PennyBot – The Video
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Team PennyBot
We are a team of robotics enthusiasts with an interest in human-robot interaction and telepresence. We are Mechanical Engineers and self-taught programmers with two of us located in Boston and one in Singapore. Dev is a Roboticist interested in Human-Robot Interaction, Mobile Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Chaitanya is passionate about Usability and is interested in [...]
Aurora Borealis + Erupting Volcano
For all those who are as fascinated by the northern lights as I am, sign up for email alerts from the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Thanks Benin for this awesome picture. Image source Share on Facebook
Where The Mind Is Without Fear
I was recently introduced to this mashup by Imogen Heap and Vishal-Shekar. It’s an awesome song with some really powerful lyrics. Where The Mind Is Without Fear By Rabindranath Tagore Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into [...]
Finalists! Woop Woop!
We, Dev Vikas and I, have been selected as one of the finalists for the Microsoft Robotics@Home contest! Share on Facebook
Hello Penny
Penny is a robotic waitress designed to attend to the guests at a restaurant and take orders. It would be wonderful to have a robotic waiter attend to you at a restaurant who you can just call using a gesture. The robot would be smart enough to engage in a conversation through Kinect microphones and [...]
Some Pictures..
Cleaning up for some disk space and I found some of my fave shots. Click on individual pictures to enlarge. Here goes Share on Facebook
I got me some lightning
This was captured using an Android HTC MyTouch on June 1st 2011 around 9PM in Somerville, MA. Share on Facebook
MIT 100K Competition
I’ve been working with Green Logistics to develop collapsible shipping containers. Congratulations Green Logistics for emerging as the winner for Products/Services track at the MIT 100K competition. Woot woot! Share on Facebook
507 Mechanical Movements
This book was mentioned at a brainstorm session at work. I went through the book for a bit and I loved that the book includes some of the mechanisms described in this book were very basic. So basic and simple that one would overlook their potential. I enjoyed browsing through this book and it could be surprisingly useful. [...]
A Lazy Weekend..
Took a few days off from work. Jason and I raided a Borders store that was shutting down and bought a few really nice books. We love BIG books filled with pictures. I bought 50 Wonders Of The World. Interestingly 4 of them were in India and I haven’t been to any (surprise! surprise!). The [...]
Gong Xi Fa Cai
February 3rd happens to be the Chinese New Year. I never really understood the significance of this day or how it was celebrated until I lived in Singapore. Singaporeans love to abbreviate almost everything and Chinese New Year is CNY. All of Fusionopolis (IHPC’s offices) were decorated in Red and Gold and everyone was given CNY goodie [...]
Funny Sign boards
I was going through some of my old pictures from Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand trips and I found that are funny and some absolutely hilarious. A cruise to Nowhere: Durian is taken pretty seriously in Singapore! So are theives… Share on Facebook
wedding and the world wide web
Here’s the very first picture that was posted online from the wedding. I was quite confused when people called in and mentioned the “picture”, I kept wondering how anyone got to see the pictures on the same day and I didnt. Thanks Dev, for the awesome pic! More pics on Picasa! Share on Facebook
Smashed iPhone
Here’s a picture of my smashed iPhone. I dropped it on the hard wood floor over the summer amazingly, it still worked. Ofcourse, I got the screen replaced eventually but I know two other people who still use their iPhones with packing tape over their broken screens. Now that qualifies for awesomeness. Share on Facebook
Oh Boy! Not Again!
Another freak incident of a pram rolling off the platform onto the tracks in Melbourne Australia this week. Obviously the manual brake system needs to be designed to better to account for the human error factor. Read this for more details on the incident. The baby survived miraculously. Share on Facebook
Copyrights & Trends
There seems to a lot of talk lately about how markets should be open and not be dominated by any single or group of Companies. We have Google talking about “Openness and Choice” and we have Apple which guards it’s market space with it’s life. I personally lurrrve Apple products. But then I also love [...]
Phuket !
We traveled to Phuket and I fell in love with the place. Here’s why: We were staying at Kata beach which is further South from Patong. The beaches on the south are PRISTINE! The people are absolutely great. They are forever smiling and helpful (except for one mean guy who was renting us jet skis). [...]
Trivia Night… and the awesome answer that won us an extra point
Theo is back with his Trivia Nights at Harry’s and I was there with the gang on Tuesday. As usual Theo’s questions are picked with great effort, sorted by level of difficulty and rematched to achieve a good mix of topics in all 4 rounds. Ofcourse we lost terribly but there was this one question [...]
blinkBL-NK
blinkBL-NK is an event where regular people share their expertise about fascinating subjects in a social environment. I was asked to design the temp logo and flyers for blinkBl-nk. And here’s what I have: Join their Facebook Page at : http://www.facebook.com/blinkbl.nk?v=info&ref=search Share on Facebook
Smart cockpits..
Aircraft cockpit systems need to be designed to address complexity of current systems and the lack of interfaces that make optimum use of the spatial and psychomotor capabilities of the human Vik and I watched a documentary about the Bermuda Triangle made by Nat Geo. So the Avenger that was believed to have disappeared due [...]
Pram design
I read about this bizarre incident that happened in Melbourne sometime in October. A baby pram rolled off the train station platform right onto the tracks. The oncoming train dragged the baby (strapped to the pram) about 35m! Luckily the baby survived the freak accident with just a bump on his forehead. Read this article [...]
Finally I have my virtual space :)
I have been wanting to do this for a long time and I’m glad I finally did! I am still figuring out how to work with the templates and pages. I will eventually post all my notes and hope to get some good ideas/feedback. Share on Facebook
www.skepit.com
I am the Founder of Skepit, a global network of fabrication houses offering a designer-centric, one-stop prototyping service. Share on Facebook