Ava, the futures nurse for the elderely

If you remember I did a post on iRobot's Ava robot, well today I here to tell something a little better. iRobot has made Ava into a personal medial assistant for doctors and the elderly. By this I mean that if a elderly person had trouble getting out of the house to see a doctor, Ava would replace the actual doctor. It would do this with the help of a tablet (iPad, hp tablet, etc..) and a video chatting service (skype or facetime), and then the person would look into Ava's camera and see the doctor. The would also be able to talk to it's patient, and find out about medical conditions and issues. However, this bot isn't available right now, but the good news is that the CEO of iRobot, Collin Angel, said that the robots price tag would be around the low single digit thousands, or possibly lower. Thanks for reading and here's a link the robot video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTwMv57UGw. (sorry I cant put it on the blog, it has a standard YouTube license)

video: lingodroids playing a location game

This is just a post I wanted to show you guys, and I hope you like it!

Nerd Club has a new home

There's little to report on the maker front this week;
We've been pretty well tied up with firstly moving, and secondly, finding a new workshop. It's been an arduous few days but finally things are looking a bit more positive.

This is mainly because we've secured a unit (well, ok, a cupboard) in the Llangollen Malthouse. So now we've somewhere to get making again, we're hoping to run a few workshops and build up a community to support HackLlan - the new hackspace for North Wales

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New "Submit" page

Hello fans and readers of SimpleBotics! Have you ever wanted to write a post for SimpleBotics? If you have then your in luck, because next week I Will be adding a new label to the site called, "Submit." This label lets you submit a post to SimpleBotics, and if it is accepted it will be featured on the site. So go ahead and pull up a new word doc. and start writing because you never know if post will make the cut!

Hexbug: Larva

Well it's been a while since Innovation First has come out with a new robot, but this month they have. Introducing the Hexbug larva. This new robotic creature resembles a larva, and it does a pretty good job of moving like one too. First off, the robot has sections of plastic, and when it moves each section moves swiftly in a flexible motion. It also has an infrared sensor, and this allows it to react to objects in an environment. So if you love hexbugs, and have around 15 bucks to spend then this bot is perfect for you!
Thanks for reading and check out the video below to see this bot in action!