By 2015, Japan wants to send a humanoid robot to the moon. Code name: Maido-Kun. The Japanese group from Osaka, SOHLA (Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association), made the announcement. This association is financed by 6 private companies in the field of space research. The development a…
Mahru is a humanoid robot developed by the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in collaboration with Samsung. The idea behind this prototype is to get it to repeat the movements of a human by mimicry. Somebody moves in a certain way and the robot moves in exactly the same manner. …
What if there were no more cars on our streets in a few years and instead they were replaced by robots? In any case, that's the assertion of Stéphane Malandain, a compter science lecturer in Switzerland. And he's not talking about 40 years' time but well before. The streets will be fill…
A few days ago we introduced you to the 3D Webcam by Minoru 3 (click here for the direct link to the product) which has just arrived in store at RobotShop. We showed you a video of the Unboxing of this first commercial 3D camera. Aaron from Singularity Hub has written an excellent post about th…
Cory Kidd, an inventor at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), has developed a coach robot which helps people who need to to lose weight. In fact, the robot tells those who have the willpower what they need to hear. It helps them by telling them their diet, by repeating to them what the…
Here's NAMA - for Novel Articulated Mobile platform - a humanoid robot young lady built by the FIBO Institute in Thailand. The job of NAMO is to welcome people at the University of Technology Thonburi and could even be used in museums as a hostess. The humanoid robot has been created to mark the …
The city of Dallas, Texas, now has its own robot, like you see in Japan or Korea, with an 11.60 meters tall metal statue. "The Traveling Man" has been created by sculptors Brandon Oldernberg and Brad Oldham with a design and creation agency. The metallic monster weighs 15 875 kg (or 35 000 poun…
The Robotic mouth or how to imitate a human voice. This video is starting to tour the web, mainly due to the unusual appearance of the mouth and the very special sound it emits. But, don't be fooled by appearances, this is serious. It's a prototype for hearing-impaired people by the Japanese K…
Do you know our Wowwee Rovio Spy Robot, radio-controlled through WiFi? The Rovio can be controlled at a distance via the internet and broadcasts by video and audio streaming. Ideal, for example, if you want to stay in touch with your family on the other side of the world; it can even show you …
Our Swat Super Droid HD2 tactical robot is in the best of Deals Woot of the week in 2nd position with currently more than 60 votes! It's also in the top Woot of the month in 8th position. The Swat Super Droid is a defense-security robot for bomb disposal. It has a dual camera system with nigh…
The Husqvarna DXR 310 is a new remote-controlled demolition robot, ideal for indoors. Its big advantage is that it goes everywhere... or almost. It's just 78 cm wide. It can go up and down stairs and its 4 out-riggers allow it to work on uneven surfaces. The DXR 310 weighs almost 2 tons (1960 …
When you don't know what to do with a BMW 645CI convertible, what better idea than to convert it into a robot!! :-) We assure you, the metal sculptor Bruce Gray used a crashed model and not the one in the photo below. This doesn't stop it from being a truly luxurious robot though. And what a…
Here's a new product in stock at RobotShop: the OWI transforming solar robot. The Owi is a robot kit which can transform into three different forms: a tank, scorpion and a robot. This toy robot is ecological and doesn't require any batteries: just solar energy. A nice gift for both children an…
The Technical University of Munich (Germany) and the Institute for Autonomous Systems Technology (TAS) have developed a humanoid robot called LOLA. This prototype has required 6 years of work. It can move autonomously indoors thanks to a sophisticated visual recognition system constantly connect…
Stanford University's Biomimetics Laboratory has developed a drone which is able to cling on walls and stay fixed. The airplane clings on walls thanks to small spines on its front feet. The main difficulty with this technology is being in a position to be able to make the plane land on a vertic…
If you wonder whether sporty robots will one day be able to compete with our best athletes, well we believe we already have a good start for a response on that. It's no longer a question of robots that play soccer by moving about slowly. The soccer players at the Robocup German Open 2010 have g…
