Would Tiger Woods be able to finally retire, since his replacement is coming from where we least expected it? Did someone say robotics? Candy-05 is the latest in robotic prototypes funded through NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization) and developed by the Hajime R…
Junimotion is a new humanoid robot toy arriving on the market in the second quarter of 2010. Its manufacturer is the South Korean Robotro company Junimotion measures 39 cm high and weighs 2.8 kg. It has a 3-axis motion sensor and can be controlled by Bluetooth. The battery lasts 25 minutes; t…
We knew the female Robot Teacher android, now here is her male counterpart. However, this robot teacher barely resembles a human. Rather, it seems to have travelled from a distant planet (an alien? :-) ). It measures 4.1 feet (1.26 m) and weighs 33 pounds (15 kg). This specimen developed by the…
Here is a wheelchair robot that can serve the elderly, disabled, or handicapped. The innovation in this type of technology is that the chair supports you in all your movements. For example, you lean forward and it goes forward. You turn to the right and the chair follows. The sensors on the ba…
One Robot a Day is an strange but environmentally-friendly initiative from a group called the Weird Force One. Their goal: recover waste from the streets, collect from trash and garbage dumps and turn everything they gather into small robots. The idea is commendable because it is environmentall…
