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 Mars Rover Stuck After over five years of tireless service, the Mars rover Spirit is one again in trouble. Our long-lived martian friend now appears to be stuck in the sand. Spirit, which has been dragging an immobile wheel for nearly three years, has been circling a, "low plateau calle
Festo, a German engineering company which brought us the stunning AirJelly, has now unveiled their latest project - life-like robo-penginus. Even better, there 's a swimming and a flying version. The penguins, which were designed to showcase a new mechanical linkage/control design for robotic a…
Robot Portraits by Ben Rollman Robots are cool. Pictures of robots are cool too. But, custom artwork of people as robots ... now that's very cool. If you agree, then Ben Rollman can help you out by creating a custom piece of fine art depecting you (or your favorite photo) as a robot. Case…
Dvice and SciFi are sponsoring a Steampunk Cylon Contest. Your challenge is to design a steampunk style Cylon and submit a drawing or photo to SciFi before March 20th. Winners will win various Battlestar Galactica prizes. The Cylons were created by the people of the Twelve Colonies. Intelligent…
The LEGO company is producing a special, Limited Edition, version of the Mindstorms NXT brick. The brick will be black, and LEGO will only produce 1998 of them, to commemorate the creation of Mindstorms in 1998. Owners will get special goodies, like bragging rights, and special programs with the p…
 If anyone doubted the US Air Force's commitment to unmanned (read: robots) aircraft, you won't after you hear this: The Air Force plans on acquiring more unmanned than manned aircraft next year. That's a pretty amazing statistic, and amounts to billions of dollars of potential new busine
Ok, show of hands, how many of you robot lovers have been watching "Battlestar Galactica" (BSG)? I hope it's all of you, because, if you haven't you've been missing some excellent story-telling. I started watching BSG about year ago because I'd heard lots of good things about it. Now I'm hooked. …
We've reported on such matter before, but once again a US Military drone (robot) has successfully fired on and killed at least 5 militants (terrorists) on the Pakistani border. It's great to hear that the "bad guys" are getting the due, and that US soldiers are being kept from harm by our roboti…
Ok, so we've heard songs about robots before, but unless you happen to be a fan of Flight of the Conchords, perhaps you haven't heard this one - "The Humans are Dead". Sung from the point-of-view of two conquering robot overlords, it's a clever and distopian view of our future. Oh, and be sure to …
The Christmas season is upon us, and it's time to whip up your gift lists. Why not put a little robot love on there? Here's some great suggestions for robotic gifts. We've featured 10 great products that will make excellent gift ideas for your robot loving friend or relative. LEGO Mindstorm…
The US Army has decided to move it's Robotics Systems Joint Project Office to Warren, MI, outside of Detroit. In response to this, many large robotics companies are following suit and opening offices in the area. The office is currently hiring engineers and designers to create robots to do “d
 In what is pretty stunning news to me, iRobot has purchased Nekton Research for $10 million USD. The reason this is so stunning, is because Nekton is 30min down the road from me, and I've interviewed there! Nekton is a small business located in Durham North Carolina and specializes in unde
Robots turn on humans! For Halloween Gizmodo sponsored a costume contest. This year's theme was "Robots Turn on Humans." You'll definitely want to check out the contest results and the clever and funny costumes. More robot mayhem! Did you spot any great costumes this year? Tell us about them i…
Here's three wonderful LEGO robots built by legoloverman. There's closeups of the three (and quite a few others) in the flickr gallery. Three LEGO robots built by legoloverman [Via Brothers Brick]
Want a nifty robot illustration while helping a good cause? Check out the Robots and Monsters Project, ... a charitable art project that matches goodwill and charitable giving with custom-made commissioned cartoon and pop art. The project, which chooses a new charity to benefit each quarte…
GoRobotics.net Sticker! I'm pretty excited because my shipment of brand new GoRobotics.net stickers arrived today. But, I don't want them to stay in my house for very long. No, I want to send them to YOU. Yep, all you have to do is send a self addressed stamped envelope to me and I'll send you bac…
