3 posts categorized "Wii"

June 06, 2011

Beer Can Transformer Robot

 In the U.S., beer fetching robots are quite popular, but here we have a beer can that does not need to be fetched. It can walk over to you! Although, there's no liquid inside - at least not yet.

 It's made by Ron Tajima (@longjie0723) who professionaly is an expert on legged robots. You can see his earlier hobby work  here (Wiimba) and here (Pacmba).

 Also, it's fun to see how much his son has grown!

 Thanks Ron!

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April 10, 2009

Lawn mowing robot using Wii remote

 Not a Japanese robot but..... From the gaming site Inside for Nintendo.

Posted by Norri Kageki at 2:57 PM in Wii | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

January 27, 2008

Wiimote+Roomba=Wiimba!

Japanese roboticist Ryosuke (Ron) Tajima used the Wii Remote to turn the Roomba into a regular - or as he puts it "dull" - vacuum cleaner. Check out the video below.

Tajima-san - who is clad in kimono in this video - is also the creator of the one-leg hopping robot. You can see a video of the robot at this site. Click the photo on the left to see it hop.

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