Robotics

Popular culture is littered with examples of where robots have taken over the world and have left humans at their mercy. Movies such as Terminator and Matrix show potential consequences of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics. At present, many jobs such as factory assembly are being automated with investments in robotics. Even office jobs involving data entry and analysis ...

Xenex uses a super powered UV light to kill any harmful little beings trying to dig their way into your body. While the bot isn't guaranteed to kill every last germ hiding in every little corner, it does do a pretty good job of disinfecting a hospital room.

Tokyo's Team SCHAFT has been named the winner of the DARPA Robotics Challenge after two days of grueling competition!

If you're looking for something to keep you entertained on YouTube (as if you have to look all that hard) check out gymnast bot. Aside from sticking every landing, gymnast bot has all the moves and they just keep on coming. Once you watch this bot in action you'll want to check out every video ever made of gymnast bot...so what are you waiting for?

Have you ever wondered what your favorite Disney / Pixar character would be like if they were real? Well, if your favorite character is Wall-E then you don't have to wonder anymore!

Fiction has brought to life many great robotic characters through the pages of books and movie portrayals. Today we want to share 6 of our favorite fictional robots that we wish were real!

Artificial arms attached to the back of the coat use motors and computer programming to let vulnerable, fragile, lonely Japanese boys feel that maybe, one day, these loving arms won't have to be forced to embrace them by a piece of machinery.

This machine uses a CNC router bed, and Arduino RBBB, servo-powered grippers and a Dremel tool to completely decimate the cream of the Oreo cookie.

Produced by manufacturing company Tosy, the DiscoRobo will dance in response to music. It even has heart-shaped adorable LED eyes just to let you know how much it loves you.

Researchers at MIT, Harvard and Northeastern University have created an incredible new robot prototype that actually simulates a pretty high level of intelligence. The robot uses an Android phone for its "brain", which is connected to a virtual cloud.