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Produced by Japanese company Akazawa, Plen is a 23cm tall, 700 gram bipedal desktop robot powered by a 32 bit 33 MHz processor that can be controlled either via a computer or even via Bluetooth from a mobile phone and he has a few rather neat tricks up his little …

Based on the well known vacuuming robot available from the same company, the iRobot Create offers the aspiring roboteer a platform with which they can experiment to their heart’s content, and which can be modded to suit a host of requirements.
Delivered fully assembled and comprising of 32 inbuilt sensors, the …

If you have an interest in robotics and are looking for something a little more versatile than a pre-assembled robot then this robotics kit, referred to as a multi-bot, from Bioloid could be just what you’re looking for.
Consisting of a total of 256 modular units otherwise known as “Smart Serially …

It takes rather a lot to impress us here at TFTS Towers but the video below drew gasps of surprise and amazement from the entire office which, loosely translated means that yours truly stared wide-eyed at the following video and said “wow” a few times, opened a beer, and then …

One of the indisputable highlights of my weekday mornings has been my perilous journey past the company receptionist as one never quite knows whether she’s going to be in a good mood or a bad mood. And, frankly, it’s hard to say which is preferable as it boils down to …

Having already featured a number of robots in Thoughts from the Sidelines – from bike riding robots that can remain perfectly balanced even at a complete standstill to dancing robots and even iPod robots – we couldn’t possibly pass up on featuring this rather remarkable video of the HRP-2 Humanoid …

We have featured our fair share of robots on Thoughts from the Sidelines – from dancing robots to bicycle riding robots – but this robot is a little different as it was designed to commit robot suicide by drinking Coca Cola.
Referred to as C3 (a parody of Coca Cola’s new …

There are a wealth of accessories to facilitate listing to your favourite music tracks whilst going about your daily tasks, but the Music Innovation based on Utility Robot technology device, otherwise helpfully referred to the Miuro, is undoubtedly the ultimate amongst the plethora of mobile music accessories presently available.
Developed in …

We have already featured a robot that can pull some rather spectacular dance moves on Thoughts from the Sidelines so it seemed fitting that we should follow on from that post with this remarkable bike riding robot – known as Murata Boy.
Created by the Japanese company Murata Manufacturing, Murata Boy …

Personally, as someone with the sense of rhythm of a rusty shock absorber, and a dancing style to match, I cannot help but feel somewhat peeved that a robot can strut its stuff better than me – though I ought not to be especially surprised. After all, the last time …