Miscellaneous

We take a look at Big Robots. These large finding Radio Controlled fighting machines are a cross between Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots and Wii Sports Boxing.

We go a couple of rounds with the following:
- DataRate
- Dr NineBrain
- Tenderizer 1019

Here's the official blurb:
"The battle is on! Bounding into the toy arena is Big Robots, trash-talking remote-controlled and fully steerable fighters! Featuring innovative Motion Control Technology and damage tracking LEDs, these Big Robots, Tenderizer, Dr. NineBrain and DataRate, pivot at their base and land left and right hooks, jabs and knockout punches – and kids get to control all the action! Big Robots are available individually (SRP $59.99 each) or as a two-pack of powerful foes (SRP $119.99). In addition to national TV commercials, Cepia LLC will present two-minute “KO” webisodes online starting in May."

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I worked on this project with final year degree students in Computer Games Technology at Portsmouth University CCI faculty. The robot hardware is controlled over a serial interface, the team built an VR game which controls the robot, so when you get hit in VR you get hit in real life!

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Together we can make a fist against cancer.
This interactive punch bag lets everyone step into the ring and punch to raise funds for cancer research.

We created this unique Punch Screen™ technology using motion sensors, impact sensors and punchable LEDs. This way we can detect every swing at the cancer cells being shown on the bag

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When testing the speed and power of our new robot arms, what better way than boxing using virtual reality control?

This work was done with new hardware from Boardwalk Robotics.

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