BeatBots » Videos http://beatbots.net Robots with Rhythm Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:03:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 My Keepon updates http://beatbots.net/2011/09/20/my-keepon-updates/ http://beatbots.net/2011/09/20/my-keepon-updates/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:49:13 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.net/?p=597 We’re happy to report that the My Keepon toy is coming along nicely!

Last week, the MyKeepon.com website went live with a new music video featuring the toy.

We’ve had wonderfully supportive interviews/coverage from Businessweek, Engadget, CNET Crave, MIT Technology Review, Automaton, Robots Dreams, and Adafruit. And our press release has just gone out on the wire.

My Keepon is available for presale in ToysRUs.com in the US (where it has made their Fabulous 15 List), and at other retailers around the world.

In other news, My Keepon saw his first public showings at World Maker Faire. Marek carried My Keepon around the Faire to the great delight of fans and Keepon noobs alike. The toy held up wonderfully to the enthusiasm, handling, and loud noise! We also printed mini-Keepons from yellow ABS plastic (with bonus googly eyes) on our MakerBot Thing-O-Matic and gave them to the most excited children (and a few very excited adults).

We’re as excited as you are that My Keepon will be hitting shelves in just a few weeks!

Become a fan on Facebook and follow My Keepon on Twitter.

]]> http://beatbots.net/2011/09/20/my-keepon-updates/feed/ 0 Plum TV’s “Masters of Innovation: Robots” http://beatbots.net/2011/01/04/plum-tvs-masters-of-innovation-robots/ http://beatbots.net/2011/01/04/plum-tvs-masters-of-innovation-robots/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:10:07 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.net/?p=518

Plum TV‘s technology show, Masters of Innovation, has created an episode about the Robotics Institute. We got a lot of great footage of Keepon interacting with kids at the Children’s School. The episode premiered on Plum’s resort cable network on December 23, 2010.

]]> http://beatbots.net/2011/01/04/plum-tvs-masters-of-innovation-robots/feed/ 2 Keepon on NBC’s Today Show http://beatbots.net/2009/04/14/keepon-on-nbc-today-show/ http://beatbots.net/2009/04/14/keepon-on-nbc-today-show/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:06:40 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.net/?p=398 Today Show LogoKeepon will be live on the Today Show tomorrow, April 15, just after 8am EST on NBC.  Keepon and Marek will be the studio guests in a longer segment on robots used in autism research and therapy.  Stay tuned for more news after the show.

UPDATE: Welcome, Today Show viewers!  Thank you for visiting our site.  Feel free to look around — check out Keepon’s videos, read some research papers, or grab a t-shirt.  If your interest runs deeper, please do get in touch with us about becoming involved with our project.

]]> http://beatbots.net/2009/04/14/keepon-on-nbc-today-show/feed/ 5 Keepon Goes Seoul-Searching http://beatbots.net/2009/02/10/keepon-goes-seoul-searching/ http://beatbots.net/2009/02/10/keepon-goes-seoul-searching/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:47:36 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.org/?p=262

Keepon’s latest music video finds him exploring Korea in search of traditional Pungmul dancers. The video is hosted on YouTube, Blip.tv, Vimeo, and Cyworld.

Credits:
BeatBots (makers of Keepon):

  • Hideki Kozima / 小嶋 秀樹
  • Marek P. Michalowski

KAIST PES Design Lab:

  • Jaewook Kim / 김재욱
  • Bomi Kim / 김보미
  • Sonya S. Kwak / 곽소나

Music:

Videography:

  • Uyoung Chang / 장우영
  • Minwoo Kang / 강민우

Pungmulnori dance team Ghil (Taroo) / 풍물놀이패 ‘길’ (타루):

  • Kkwaenggwari / 꽹과리: Junhyung Park / 박준형
  • Janggu / 장구: Seongbok Chae / 채성복
  • Buk / 북: Sangmi Lee / 이상미
  • Jing / 징: Mikyeong Kim / 김미경
  • Sogo / 소고: Sohyun Park / 박소현
]]> http://beatbots.net/2009/02/10/keepon-goes-seoul-searching/feed/ 0 “The Works: Robots” on the History Channel http://beatbots.net/2008/09/25/the-works-robots-on-the-history-channel/ http://beatbots.net/2008/09/25/the-works-robots-on-the-history-channel/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:16:15 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.org/blog/2008/09/25/the-works-robots-on-the-history-channel/ History Channel LogoKeepon appears in tonight’s robot-themed episode of The Works, a show hosted by Keepon’s friend Dan Wilson.  Set your DVRs to September 25, 8pm EST.

UPDATE: Here’s the clip.

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And yet another new video… this time Daniel H. Wilson takes Keepon to a dance audition at Carnegie Mellon with Ali Spagnola (who also wrote the music) and other dancers from 5LMT. More information at http://www.cmu.edu/robou.

UPDATE: Now available in the style of VH1’s iconic Pop-Up Video:

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Keepon is in a new video with Daniel H. Wilson, author of “How to Survive a Robot Uprising” (soon to be a movie with Mike Myers), “Where’s My Jetpack?” and “How to Build a Robot Army”. The music (no, that’s not your cell phone) is by Ali Spagnola. More information on this Carnegie Mellon alumni collaboration at http://www.cmu.edu/robou.

UPDATE: Now available in the style of VH1’s iconic Pop-Up Video:

]]> http://beatbots.net/2008/01/15/keepon-friend-or-foe/feed/ 1 Keepon dancing to Spoon’s “Don’t You Evah” http://beatbots.net/2007/08/14/keepon-dancing-to-spoons-dont-you-evah/ http://beatbots.net/2007/08/14/keepon-dancing-to-spoons-dont-you-evah/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:02:18 +0000 beatbots http://beatbots.net/?p=337

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