I wish I were there: "Word is the robots are the stars of World Expo 2005. Japanese robots of various designs serve functional roles here as multilingual information guides, security guards, garbage collectors, and floor cleaners." "The Toyota exhibit has a two-part robot show featuring a robot j…
Mmmm hmmmm ... well, it's very bizzare looking. Not only does it have, "a woman's face, a sensor around its waist and can move in all directions on its three wheels hidden underneath an evening gown," but a very evident female body. Don't worry ladies, "a male version [is] under development." Oh …
It seems to me that this article is full of handwaving, but here goes - apparently, a doctor of Mechanical Engineering in the UK has come up with a self replicating rapid prototype machine, you know, the ones that can create anything by building up layers of plastic? His plans are to eventually mar…
Well, this is by far one of the more interesting robot sensing devices I've seen in a while. It's like your standard bump sensor whiskers on steroids. A group of researchers from schools that I can't pronounce have come up with the ultimate robot whiskers solution - a motor spins the whisker in a…
I have to say, the art of Arthur Ganson is some of the most amazing stuff I've seen in a long time. " Self-described as a cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer, Ganson creates contraptions composed of a range of materials from delicate wire to…
