The RobotShop team wishes a happy birthday to its partner, iRobot, which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year! iRobot is the world leader in vacuum robots and is also actively involved in floor-washing robots, robots which clean swimming pools as well as industrial and military robots. …
Wheelie the robot from Toshiba is a new two-wheel domestic robot showcased by the Japanese on March 10 at the Toshiba Science Museum in Kawasaki. It uses the same principle as the Segway in order to balance on two wheels. Wheelie moves autonomously, avoiding obstacles thanks to its laser and vi…
Twendy-One is a robot built by the team of researchers working for professor Shigeki Sugano at the Japanese University of Waseda. It's a domestic robot which was created to provide help to the elderly. The design required ten years of work and funding from twenty private companies. It has forty-…
The French company Robosoft has just presented the Kompaï domestic robot in New Orleans to assist the elderly, dependants, or autistic people. Robosoft has more than 25 years of experience in robotics and has been providing solutions since 1985 in various industries, such as transport, clea…
The Chinese University of Zhejiang has created the HaiBao robot to welcome visitors to the Shanghai World Expo 2010 (China) that is taking place now. Hai Bao is 1.55 meters high and speaks 6 different languages. It speaks, has a screen on its face, can shake hands with visitors and takes pictur…
Robot Stock News says that they have tried to order the highly anticipated Neato Robotics robot vacuum cleaner but its launch seems to be delayed. The Neato Robotics is a very promising intelligent vacuum cleaner that will directly compete with Roomba by iRobot. RSN tried to pre-order the pro…
This robotic arm already works well despite the small failure at the beginning of the video (too much haste). It carries a cocktail glass, moves quickly without spilling a drop, and always keeps the glass in an upright position. This application was developed by Eager in Osaka, Japan. They hope…
MEC (Manufacturing Engineering Centre) (University of Cardiff in the United Kingdom) is developing a semi-autonomous domestic robot able to help senior citizens with their daily tasks. The 3 million euro project is also aimed at creating a robot able to provide healthcare and assistance for people…
Robot cats and other pet robots will soon arrive in numbers as domestic robots. The world population is aging and in 2030, 25% of the population will be over 65 years. To pass the time, many seniors who live alone enjoy keeping a pet, such as a cat. In this case, to alleviate the amount of wor…
By 2012, South Korea should see a great number of robot teachers landing in their classrooms. The Korean government will inject nearly 9 million US dollars in 2011 to increase to 500 number of schools testing out a robot assistant teacher. Then in 2012, Korea will invest 36 million dollar…
Samsung's Navibot robot vacuum cleaner arrives in Europe this spring and will be available soon at RobotShop in the robot vacuums category. All RobotShop international customers can purchase it as soon as we have it in stock. Operation: To start, Navibot maps the area it is going to clean by ca…
In Japan, "Street Marketing" is now handled by robots. A prototype is shown below distributing tissues to passers-by. It can very well replace the tissues with advertising cards for a company that wants visibility at a fair, for example. Interobots Inc developed the Mospeng-kun, a 1.20 m tall (…
The Mint vacuum robot was presented at CES in Las Vegas in January. iRobot (Scooba) is about to have a serious competitor. A few days ago we told you about Neato Robotics, a super intelligent vacuum to compete against Roomba. Mint Evolution is a floor cleaning robot and it has the special featu…
We've just received the life-size replica of Robot B9 from the 1960's American TV program Lost in Space. This robot possesses more than 500 different custom phrases from Richard Tufeld, like the original B9 from the TV show. It is equipped with an animated top, lit fingers, animated receiver ear…
Marv is a robot which plays as a vibraphone with a remarkable speed that no human is able to keep up with. Check out this musical tower of strength. There is plenty of leeway for numerous possible applications but it is real musicians who will soon be pouting. You can find out more about Marv on…
Adopt a robot assistant into the household! TheRobotics Research Institute at the University of Tokyo (Tokyo University's IRT) has developed a robot that can assist you in your daily domestic tasks. The IRT is financed by big companies like Toyota, Olympus, SEGA, Toppan, Fujitsu, Panasonic and…
