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
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…
A cat declares war on a robotic arm. Who do you think is going to win? The answer in the video below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NvPcphRbec
Here is the cream-of-the-crop automobile: an autonomous car (that drives itself, like the Knight Rider K 2000). This is the robot-guided Audi TTS, named Shelley and developed by engineers at Stanford University in California. We had already seen it in a video before but this time the car will ta…
The Spy Video Trakr is a small remote controlled mobile robot equipped with a video camera and a microphone. There is no doubt that this gadget could draw the interest of big and small alike ;-) Wild Planet Entertainment will display their pride and glory at the International Toy Fair in New Yo…
The 2010 Robogames will take place from April 23 to 25. Robogames is the largest international robot competition. It's a family event with over 70 robotics competitions. Many categories are represented, from major combat robots, to the kung-fu and Sumo androids, gymnast robots, miniature autonomo…
Here is the birth of a new French magazine dedicated totally to the Robot universe: Planete Robots. The first issue was released November 24, 2009 and the second one in January 26, 2010. This magazine comes out bi-monthly (once every two months), has 60,000 copies printed, and is edited by Ro…
South Korea wants to build, not just one, but two Robotland theme parks. First ones in the world. Already a dedicated site, Robotland, talks about these huge projects that carry a hefty budget nearing 675 million US dollars. "Incheon Robot Land" should open in 2012 and plans to welcome 3 milli…
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…
At the Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan, one can see out a large Coca-Cola distributor robot. In the photo, the girls seem rather surprised and can't believe that this nice monster came out of nowhere :-) via tradingmarkets
Matt Bunting, an electrical engineering student in Tucson, Arizona has developed a particularly successful hexapod robot. This is a robot spider that moves in all directions with incredible flexibility and with legs that are both, joined and independent. The student project is so successful that …
The Ibn Sina robot is the first humanoid in the world that speaks Arabic. It is based on Iranian philosopher Avicenna who can be considered as the Leonardo of the East. It was one of the stars of the 2009 Dubai Gitex show. Ibn Sina recently flew in an airplane for the first time aboard the E
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…
Science fiction and robot moviegoers: you probably have seen the movie Robocop from 1988. A character who looks just as good as always, and who is also saying hello in an old Korean chicken commercial :-) Not quite recent, since this is a TV commercial from the 80s! http://www.youtube.com/watch?…
Willow Garage has launched an initiative to create and develop Open Source robotics. It is based on its PR2 (Personal Robot 2) physical platform and on its ROS (Robot Operating System) open source software application. Initially the firm will provide ten PR2's to research organizations. The pu…
The RP-7 robot resembles a great boot fitted with a screen and a video camera. It is 5 foot tall (1.52 m) and allows patients and hospital staff to communicate with doctors at anytime. In addition one can connect it to electronic measuring devices (stethoscopes, otoscopes and ultrasounds) to tr…
