For a long time the iRobot Roomba has been viewed as being the leader at all levels (more than 5 million units sold during the last 7 years), but now the company can expect strong competition with: Neato. The generation of Roombas works through a simple enough technology, as explained here: "How…
Jeffrey the robot is featured in a Super Bowl 2010 INTEL commercial. Admit that you would love to have one of these in your home; it looks so nice and helpful! The ad boasts the new and most powerful i3, i5, and i7 Intel Core processors; the man in the cafeteria says that nothing surpasses them…
Too bad for us, gentlemen, no more beautiful barmaid with this beer serving bartender robot. Researchers at the British Middlesex University have developed a Heineken robot that walks around behind the counter by itself and automatically fills beer-glasses. This prototype was unveiled at Kineti…
The South Korean Institute Kitech (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology), has developed a housecleaning robot. Its code name: SeRoPi. SeRoPi has 3 degrees of freedom in the neck, 3 in size, 6 x 2 in both arms, 2 in the hands, and 1 the knee. This robot picks objects off the ground, puts th…
Robot Stock News has an interesting post about a new robot company, SmartMow, and their self titled product, a robotic lawnmower. The mower, which is currently available for preorder, will retail for $999 and features lithium batteries, a self-charger and can supposedly mow 1/3 of an acre on a si…
An article appearing in November's issue of the IEEE Spectrum (a magazine written by and for electrical engineers), asks the question, "Why do toddlers love robots?". The answer, it seems, lies not in their cute and fuzzy appearance, but more in their ability to be unpredictable and resond to int…
The internet is abuzz with some recent news on iRobot that Engadget uncovered - apparently iRobot's latest venture will be a gutter cleaning robot named "Looj " (no, not this kind). The FCC documents that Engadget discovered have since then been made private until October 13th. The robot is sup…
November has come and gone with quite a bit of new news relating to our cute robotic dino-pal, Pleo. You can check out all of the coverage on our sister site, PleoBot.com. We've learned that Pleo really does exist and that he's pretty cute and cuddly (ha! Our suspicions are confirmed!). H…
People love to anthromorphize robots. I'm not sure why, but they do, and because of this the Smith family is now selling Roomba costumes at myRoomBuds.com. Greg Smith (the father) says, "My kids started a business to sell costumes for Roombas. We have two and are now just another one of th…
