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Creepy robot can climb up your leg

Posted May 24, 2012 - 10:12 am

Is that a robot climbing up your leg or are you just happy to see me? It is a robot! Ahhh!
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Meet a one-armed, two-ball-juggling robot

Posted May 16, 2012 - 4:59 pm

Sure, this robot can juggle balls, but what will really impress me is when it moves to flaming torches or chainsaws.
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Japanese invent robot that won't fall when you kick it

Posted May 11, 2012 - 9:38 am

Oh, I get it - the Japanese are training their robots to be Kung Fu fighters.
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Get ready to talk to your robot vacuum cleaner

Posted May 8, 2012 - 12:33 pm

Not only does this robot vacuum respond to your voice, but it also get in a better mood if you talk to it every day, like a pet.
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How to survive when the robots attack

Posted May 8, 2012 - 12:15 pm

We all know the real danger isn't from zombies or vampires, but from intelligent, self-aware robots. Are you prepared to fight back?
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Robot butler can microwave your Hot Pocket

Posted May 1, 2012 - 11:24 am

Watch this cool demonstration of a personal robot butler that can assist the elderly with in-home activities.
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Japanese Royal Robot Rumble 2012 featured costumes, pushing (not much rumbling)

Posted April 27, 2012 - 9:43 am

Footage from this year's 2012 RoboGames in Japan features dancing and fighting robots.
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Robot bartender serves up drinks, snacks

Posted April 25, 2012 - 9:20 am

Dual-arm robot can deliver your drink and snack order.
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Robot hand fits like a glove - literally

Posted April 24, 2012 - 5:11 pm

ExoHand is a Lego-like robot hand that can mimic an operator's movements. It's like Doctor Octopus meets Terminator (but in a good way).
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Humans beware: sneaker-wearing robots can now climb stairs

Posted April 12, 2012 - 10:15 am

Are you ready for the DARPA Robotics Challenge? Queue up the Rocky III training montage music.
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Watch this 60-minute film on artificial intelligence

Posted April 10, 2012 - 9:57 am

Take a journey on the latest developments on AI with the BBC.
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Creepy finger robots? Yep, creepy finger robots

Posted April 9, 2012 - 9:10 am

Here, put this robot on your finger.
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Robot band will entertain the Machines after they take over

Posted April 6, 2012 - 9:16 am

Robot band can play The Beatles. OK, that's cool. Now play "Freebird"!
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Navy robot could fight most dangerous fires aboard ship

Posted March 7, 2012 - 3:58 pm

Navy research project may accelerate development of humanoid robots able to do things more practical than walk most of the way up a few stairs and speak with cute recorded voices.
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In the future, robot cheetahs will chase us down for capture

Posted March 6, 2012 - 10:25 am

Robot that mimics the patterns of a cheetah breaks the robot land-speed record. So now robots and cheetahs can outrun us.
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Texas cops hit obstacles (and their own truck)testing UAVs; drones coming anyway

Posted March 5, 2012 - 5:00 pm

Despite years of holdups in tests to make UAVs useful for local police agencies, including programs cancelled for maintenance issues and costs, the White House ordered the FAA to be more aggressive in approving UAVs for police and civilian uses
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Flying robots play James Bond theme

Posted March 1, 2012 - 3:02 am

I take your flying robot helicopter video and raise the stakes by having them play musical instruments in sync.
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Flying robot made cheap, easy enough to buy from vending machines

Posted February 17, 2012 - 1:13 pm

RoboBee is a cool, flying robot manufactured as a stack of flat disks and 'assembled' by pulling up to unfold the stack into a fully functioning 'bot. Process could make micro-bots practical for tasks you can't think of right now, and to annoy the cat.
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When the robots take over, at least our cats will be groomed

Posted January 5, 2012 - 12:52 pm

Making the rounds on the robot video circuit is this gem, in which Taylor Veltrop shows off his robotics work, in which he controls a robot via a treadmill, Microsoft Kinect, Nintendo Wii remote (a Wiimote) to groom his cat.
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Scientists add robotics to animal costumes

Posted November 17, 2011 - 11:44 am

Every time I think that robotics are used for the betterment of mankind, I run into a video where Japanese scientists are doing something that's just a little bit creepy.
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Honda's new ASIMO Robot even more awesome

Posted November 8, 2011 - 6:16 pm

It's robot week apparently! Here's new video of Honda's latest version of its ASIMO humanoid robot, which can run at 9 kph, hop on one or both legs, and do all sorts of amazing things. We've
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'Telexistence' robot transmits user's sight, hearing and touch

Posted November 7, 2011 - 2:01 pm

OK, forget about my Terminator rants for a moment. In this video, we meet a Telexistence Robot, which mimics the actions of a human being connected via virtual reality gear.
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More proof they're building Terminators

Posted November 7, 2011 - 12:21 pm

Sometimes I feel like Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2 (no, get your mind out of the gutter). I mean, she keeps warning people about the Terminators that are coming from the future, yet most of humanity just looks at her like she's weird, or they lock her up in an asylum.
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Merging robots with Microsoft Surface for search/rescue tasks

Posted November 4, 2011 - 11:32 am

I joke a lot on this blog about how robots will eventually rule the world, but most of the robotics work going on today focuses on the great things that robots can do to help humanity.
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Lego robot clock tells you the time (eventually)

Posted October 28, 2011 - 2:45 pm

It's not as easy as looking at a watch or your cell phone's clock, but it's still cool if you're into Legos and robotics.
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