DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to develop an initiative to build a robotic hand which imitates the gestures of a human hand. Robert Mandelbaum, a manager at DARPA, explained that the research agency and robotics communities in recent years have focused on robots which mo…
You are going to be amazed by this drawing robot who can sketch your portrait just by looking at you. This Aikon2 Skediomata robotic arm was presented at the Kinetica Art Fair in London a few days ago. It uses a video camera to view facial features and then the "hand" reproduces them on a piece o…
Quasi "Q" robot is causing a big sensation at the Toy Fair 2010. This small concept robot from the Interbots company is controlled by a tablet PC. You can change the color of his eyes and move his arms and hands with a stylus. This is not his first public appearance (that was in 2006), his pre…
Russian gas company Gazprom wants to build an oil pipeline from Vyborg, Russia to Greifswald, Germany. The pipeline will supply 26 million homes with natural gas for heating. There's one big problem though - the pipeline runs over the Baltic Sea-floor which is still covered by up to 150,000Â u
After Intel, now LG also has its mascot robot called Feeney (Korean: ?? ). And she even knows how to ski jump. This is a commercial for LG's Whisen brand which makes air conditioners. More info on the LG website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUbey0BgaRc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2_Rq6…
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…
Zhu Zhu Pets from the Cepia company, is a small robot hamster which just won as 2010 toy of the year awarded by TOTY (Toy Industry Association's 2010 Toy of the Year Awards). By integrating artificial intelligence these miniature hamsters are capable of interacting with humans as well as explori…
Voix du Nord reports that teacher Olivier Cassez is going to participate in the Open International Championship in Taiwan with 8 of his students. This is the First Lego League which gathers participants from 60 countries and is an international contest where the aim is to present useful and cutt…
RoboPharma, a robotics technology adapted to the healthcare sector, will distribute medications in a British hospital, University Hospital of North Staffordshire. This robot who can distribute prescriptions to nurses and doctors in less than 20 seconds costs 345,000 euro. The robot which is 6 m…
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…
CubeStormer, based on Lego Mindstorms, solves a Rubik's Cube in just a few seconds. We've presented this great video creation of a Mindstorms NXT solving a Rubik's Cube using a Nokia phone. This time we've found even better with a speed record holder. Cubestormer is a real fighting machine. Crea…
Here's a classic 1978 hit, We are Robots a song sung by the German band Kraftwerk. The song is over 30 years old but it hasn't aged at all. It's great practice with these German humanoids who sing ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY0T07hxJYM Lyrics : Ja tvoi sluga, (I'm your slave) ja tvoi R…
Hey loyal readers, I need your help. You may have noticed that things have been a bit quiet around here for a while - a long while, actually. The reason for this is that I've been working on another robotics project, and I need your help testing it out. The project is a new robotics website call
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…
Here is a robot camera with 3 lenses to help you save your smile and catch you from different angles. Very original in concept, and ideal for achieving more vivid photos. Its two eyes and mouth represent the three shutters. through ubergizmo
