I have been reading about robotic surgery. It is really amazing how this is coming along. I have a friend who has had several dental procedures that are fairly extensive. He can only have them done at Indianapolis hospitals. I wonder if Dental insurance plans cover this type of surgery.
Anyway, I wonder as we… Continue

Join him to chat about robots on his blog at http://thereberobotshere.blogspot.com

I'll take this site down in a few days. Thanks to all of you for the support you showed Sara and me.

- Steve

Neither Sara nor I will be able to keep this site running any more, and the "Grandroids" title doesn't mean anything now, so I think we should shut the site down. However, there's a nice little community here and it's a terrible shame to waste. I have everyone's email address, so I'd be happy to send them to anyone who's already a member here and would like take over the reins on a new site. Just let me know. Pius? Motters? Anyone?

If anyone doesn't want their email to be passed on to someone e… Continue

Hi all,

This will be my last post on this web site. But, for anyone that is interested, I will be posting reguarly on this blog instead. I would love it if you joined me on the new site, but I understand if you prefer not to.

All the best,
Sara

You might want to check out this document, produced by Intel concerning a robot they have named Herb (Home Exploring Robotic Butler). Herb uses the Robot Operating System (ROS), which was developed by the folks at Willow Garage.

According to the document I referred to, Herb uses 8 software modules to direct the robot and communicate with it's laser range finder, Segway base, W… Continue