Robotics Category - Page 4

Talay Robot Takes Your Tweets And Writes Them [Sony Music's London HQ Hosts Robot-Driven Hard Copy Twitter Archive]

By on Tuesday, 30. November 2010

It’s the combination of things that so often makes for exciting gadget news, and today we’ve got the combination of two strange things via Sony Music: a combination of Twitter and robotics that they’re calling the Talay Robot.

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New Bicycle Lock Climbs Poles With Your Bike In Tow [Meant As A Theft Deterrent, New Bike Lock Climbs Poles, Lifting Your Bike Out Of Reach]

By on Monday, 29. November 2010

King Kong ain’t got nothing on…this new bike lock, folks. And movie references aside, it’s an item that melds together green technology and light robotics in one of the grandest possible ways.

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Panasonic’s Evolta Robot Makes 500 Kilometer Trek In 2 Months [Powered by AA Batteries, Evolta Goes From Tokyo To Kyoto]

By on Friday, 26. November 2010

Remember the Energizer Bunny? How preposterous its commercials were, how this little drum-banging bunny could go ridiculous lengths powered by nothing more than a handful of batteries? Well, we’re about to get our minds blown by the announcement that the Mr. Evolta robot has concluded its nearly 500 kilometer trek [...]

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Land Crawler Robot Gives You New Way To Travel [Land Crawler Walks on Series of Crablike Legs, Capable of Carrying You Under Certain Conditions]

By on Thursday, 25. November 2010

Considering that it’s Thanksgiving in the United States, and most of us are either planning to get or already are fuller than the proverbial tick (my own dinner is roughly two hours away and I do intend to eat my fill) you’re probably dreading those first few minutes after the [...]

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Squirt Robot Gets Its Marching Orders From Android [Tank-Mounted Squirt Gun Robot Controlled Via Cell Phone]

By on Wednesday, 24. November 2010

Perhaps the holy grail of all toys–at least back when I was a kid–was the of a remote-controlled tank or car or most anything that could not only fly remotely but also shoot things remotely. Not just light-up guns or noises, either, but actually firing. And finally, someone has done [...]

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President Obama Hits Japan, Meets With Host of Robots [Part of President Obama's Asian Tour Had Him Meeting Several Robots, Including The Familiar HRP-4C]

By on Monday, 15. November 2010

It’s always a great day for me personally when I can bring out two robot stories, and today is one of those days. Seems that, during President Barack Obama’s big tour of the various Pacific Rim nations, for the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit,  he made a stop in Japan. [...]

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Introducing Pulito, The Lego MindStorms Sweeping Robot [Pulito Robot Sweeps Floors, Seeks Electricity, Made of Legos]

By on Monday, 15. November 2010

You know, when I was a kid, I used to make Lego robots and long for the day when I could get them to sweep the floor for me, instead of me just pushing them across said floor while making beeping noises. Now, this day in which my childhood dreams [...]

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Cody The Robot Nurse Emerges From Georgia Institute Of Technology [Robot Nurse Gives Sponge Baths, Terrifies Many]

By on Thursday, 11. November 2010

The thought of letting a robot give you a sponge bath might make some people happy over the thought of getting clean without any labor on their part, though for many, the idea leaves them cold and frightened. At least, that’s the experience most people have around the Cody robot…at [...]

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Bacarobo Contest Hits Budapest, Dumbest Robot Ever Judged [The Bacarobo Contest Is Geared Specifically Toward Stupid Robots]

By on Tuesday, 9. November 2010

You know we love robots here. Robots that lift, carry, help people to walk or move in their wheelchairs…all of these are great. It’s hard not to love a robot, even when its function is, well, decidedly stupid. And that’s the whole thrust behind the Bacarobo competition, which just released [...]

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Yamaha’s HRP-4C Girlbot Dance Software Revealed [We've Got A Closer Look At The Software Powering the Yamaha Girlbot's Dance Steps]

By on Wednesday, 3. November 2010

It may well be every downtrodden geek’s dream to build a girlfriend, which is likely to be a disturbing concept to most. And it certainly didn’t help matters when Yamaha exhibited the HRP-4C Girlbot, which fueled the fires of possibility stoking in their minds. Today, we toss a little more [...]

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