It is exactly the catchiest name I've heard (but volumes better than "Qrio"), but Wakamaru is the latest in Japan's bid to take over the world with robots. That and help out their rapidly aging population. Wakamaru, weighing in at 30kg, 3ft tall, and anywhere from $9,000 to $14,000 USD …
Here's your chance to win $5,000! The Lantronix wireless design contest, sponsored by, you guessed it, Lantronix, the makers of our favorite really small webserver. The goal is to "Wirelessly network-enable your machine or device with a Lantronix WiPort™ ... and you could win $5,0…
Here's a quick roundup on robot related stuff in the social bookmarking scene (aka, Digg and Delicious). Robot spy plane - Shape-shifting like Odo! Well, not quite. "Small robotic spy-planes have been developed that use shape-shifting wings to switch from being stable gliders to ultra-mano…
Via, Akihabara News. See what 300 Euros will buy you in Japan? Judging from another picture on Akihabara, it seems you get about 9 servos, lots of wood, 3 battery packs, and some sort of proprietary controller board. The results? ... I have no idea, because the company website is in Japanese. Looki…
I found this off of Digg. It's a pretty impressive short film showing the Honda ASIMO racing an old man on an airport people mover. Especially note how "easy" it is for ASIMO to transistion from running to walking and vice versa. They've got a 30 second and a 60 second version. You'll nee…
