What a surprise to see two altered Titan robots dance beside Rihanna, the singer! It happened at the Echo Music Awards in Berlin, Germany. Rihanna interpreted her song "Rude Boy". More than one human in the hall would have certainly wanted to change places with these robots :-) http://www.y…
The LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) bought a remote control mobile robot by Northrop Grumman Remotec. This is a Caterpillar TL1255 that does not have a driver but can be controlled remotely from a distance of 1.6 km (1 mile). The arms of the machine have a range of 12 meters in front and 1…
Kojiro is a humanoid robot developed at the University of Tokyo in Japan (JSK Robotics Lab). Its characteristic is that it tries to replicate the movements of a human by imitating the functioning of the human skeleton, muscles and tendons. On one side this robot has things in common with the EC…
Steve de BotBuilder built a Dalek robot capable of working via the iPhone / iPod by using the Wi-Fi and accelerometer of the Apple device. Simply tilt the iPhone to make the robot move in the desired direction. For those wondering what Dalek is, it is a mutant alien robot from the British telev…
The M3-Neony baby robot is the result of work done by Japanese researchers from the University of Osaka. Professor Minoru Asada has been directing the research carried out in partnership with the JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) since 2005. The main objective is to make the M3-Neony in…
