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 …