All the stories tagged with robot
Chef Robot Does Sushi
06/10/2009, Sushi chegs are highly revered for the task they have each day, producing delectable pieces of sushi for hungry customers, where food presentation is rated as high as the taste and quality of each bite itself. Well, here’s a pretty [...]
Trilobot Loves Basking Under The Sun
05/28/2009, Now here’s something that pays tribute to lifeforms from the olden days – the Trilobot that is solar-powered and fully autonomous, being smart enough to search out for its own juice to make sure that no human master will ever [...]
Kobian Robot Is Emo
05/21/2009, Robots are supposed to be unfeeling machines that are hell-bent on annihilating or subjugating humanity – at least that’s what science fiction tells us. Well, here’s something more down to earth – the Kobian robot who is emotional enough to [...]
iPod Touch Controls Robot
05/18/2009, The enterprise of youth has led to this creation – the ability to control a robot using nothing else but a modified iPod touch. Interestingly enough, the touch interface will give one full control over the arms and legs, moving [...]
iRobot Ember Enrols In The Army
05/18/2009, It won’t be long now before robots become commonplace on the battlefield. Take the iRobot Ember for instance – this new microbot was specially developed for military applications, where it is in essence a miniaturized PackBot that boasts the full [...]
HIRO Robot Platform
05/13/2009, Kawada Industries Inc. and General Robotix Inc (GRX) have teamed up to develop a new life-size torso humanoid robot platform known as “HIRO” (Human Interactive Robot). If clothed with synthetic human skin, one might even be fooled into thinking it [...]
Saya Talking Robot Teacher
05/10/2009, Teachers need not worry about robots replacing them anytime soon, although the latest model, the Saya talking humanoid robot does edge a wee bit closer to such a future. Originally developed as a receptionist robot in 2004 by professor Hiroshi [...]
RAPHaEL Robotic Hand
05/08/2009, The RAPHaEL (Robotic Air Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments) robotic hand was conjured by the brilliant minds of Virginia Tech, and it uses air to drive the hand’s movement without the use of expensive or bulky motors/actuators. The entire system [...]
SimMan 3G Offers Next Level Medical Robot
05/08/2009, You know those medical interns and how they need to practice what they’ve learned in class on patients? Instead of risking the life of human beings going under their knife, Laerdal Medical of Norway has released the SimMan 3G – [...]
Underwater Robot Gets Sense Of Touch
05/07/2009, Right now, working with underwater robots to carry out cable repairs aren’t exactly fun since one has to grapple with the overwhelming darkness where the robot’s lamp isn’t of much help, in addition to fighting against the current to keep [...]
Night Watch Mosquito Robot
05/06/2009, Russian graphic designer iunewind has conjured the Night Watch mosquito robot concept that supposedly hunts down other mosquitos and kills them. Ah well, anything that gets rid of those pests gets two thumbs up from us as mosquitos offer more [...]
Sony Rolly Discontinued
05/06/2009, We’re sad to tell you that the Sony Rolly has been discontinued in the U.S. To add to the bad news, you probably missed the $99 firesale – both black and white version are marked as being “out of stock”. [...]
