The Hawthorne Army Depot, a 600,000 sq. ft. storage facility in western Nevada, has employed a new race of guards to protect the security of their weaponry and nuclear waste. The MDARS (Mobile Detection Assessment Response Systems) robots patrol the outskirts of the military installation with expert precision only a machine can provide. With a top speed of 20 mph, ...

York University engineers have been experimenting with their cute underwater robots for a few months now, but this is the first time we get to see the little guys in action. These Aqua robots are controlled through tablet computers shielded with a waterproof shell. The tablets are operated by trained divers who can get a robots-eye-view of the ocean from ...

First there was Shawn Michaels and The Rock, now prepare for SHN MC-LS and The Metal. Dekinnoka takes the concept of professional wrestling, a la the WWE, and turns it on its big fat non-metallic head. Broadcast live online from Ustream TV, Japanese Professional Robot Wrestling pairs machine against machine, programmer against programmer, robot against robot. The next scheduled show ...

Audi has taken over London’s Trafalgar Square for the next week, transforming it into “an interactive message center” called Outrace. Eight giant, industrial robots from Audi’s production line will have LED lights attached to their arms. The robots will use the LEDs to scrawl messages in the air, much to the pleasure of the onlookers. But there is so much ...

Scientists for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the University of California at Berkeley have created an electronic skin that can give robots an almost human-esque sense of touch for the first time in technological history. The pressure-sensitive skin, made using germanium and silicon, is controlled via built-in capacitors which interpret changes in the skin�s thickness. Depending ...

If you often find yourself looking for that perfect way of welcoming the constant stream of robots you have coming and going from your home, the Binary Door Mat welcomes them in their very own native language. While many humans might not “get it,” hopefully some of your geekier buddies will understand. Who cares about the humans anyway? They’re not ...

No, that isn’t just the work of some handy alliteration. Although, this post does happen to be brought to you by the letter “R.” The Fuamen Ramen restaurant� in Nagoya, Japan is manned by a team of robots who expertly prepare the customers’ bowls of noodles. The owner claims that the benefits of using robots are the consistency of taste ...

Some Transformers are better at disguising themselves than others. Some like to add a little sophistication to their disguise. And a few just don’t understand the concept of deception. This Robots In Bad Disguises t-shirt shows what happens when a Transformer is under-educated in the art of deception. Master of disguise, he is not. Though I am digging the facial ...

Word on the street is that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had a HUGE opening day. Like, “second-biggest opening ever” huge. If you’re one of the moviegoers heading out to see Transformers in the coming days, you’re going to need a new outfit to fit in with the rabid fanboys. This Robots in Disguise t-shirt is equally geeky, funny and ...

Here’s a new take on the classic Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots toy everyone remembers from when they were young. Tamiya�s Robocraft boxing robots are very much like the classic game, except you build the bots yourself. Sure, they might not look like “Bolt Crusher Bob” and “Gear Grinder Greg” but they’re just as fun. Each robot operates on a ...