For many of us, R2D2 was one of the first "real" robots we wanted to "get to know" as a robot friend (sorry C3P0, you were just too opinionated). Tony Dyson was the master builder of the R2D2 droid, and he passed away on March 4, 2016 at the young age of 68.
Humans tend to think that impersonating a robot is simply a matter of moving stiffly and talking in a silly way. In the hilarious video below, Simon Peg and Nick Frost impersonate two of the best known robots in the world, namely R2D2 and C3PO, which can be very challenging. http://www.youtube.c
United States President Barack Obama announced as part of the President's FY2012 Budget, the creation of grants for Robotics Technology Development and Deployment. The funding will target companies developing service robots, drug discovery robots, and bomb disarming robots (under the DARP
