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DiscoRobo Makes a Pretty Awesome Desk Accessory
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. Continue reading
Meet Siri, Your AI Apple Personal Assistant
At today’s press event, Apple unveiled “Siri”, an artificial intelligence personal assistant who will be included with the new iPhone 4S. Continue reading
Cleverbot Tricks Test Subjects Into Thinking It’s Human
At a tech festival in India, almost 60% of people believed that they were speaking to a human, when in fact they were speaking to Cleverbot. Continue reading
Robot Planes Now Have Their Own Airport. The Invasion Begins.
The Welsh government has given robotic planes their own airport, as well as a 500-square mile area of designated airspace. Continue reading
Robot Rock Band Performs Marilyn Manson’s ‘Beautiful People’
No, we don’t mean robots as in Daft Punk. EOL (“End of Life”) is a band composed entirely of real robots. And they play Manson. Continue reading
German Scientists Develop Robot That Can Touch You — Literally
The latest advancement in robotics has come from Germany, where scientists have developed a new robotic model that has ‘sensitive skin’, allowing it to simulate the sensation of touch. Continue reading
Philip K. Dick’s Head Resurfaces
The head of the Philip K. Dick android, which went missing in 2006, has been rebuilt by Hanson Robotics. Who will help it come to grips with its strange and chequered past? Video after the jump. Continue reading
DARPA-made Robot is Basically a Balloon Filled with Coffee Grounds
Coffee has all sorts of untapped potential, as we saw with the Nespresso-powered clocks and radio. DARPA takes a handful of sweet caffeine-assisted glory with this mechanical coffee grounds-filled balloon. I know, it sounds like the leftovers of a futuristic Starbucks office party, but the resulting product is actually a helpful gripper which sucks objects into its crushed coffee grounds grip. DARPA uses a system called “jamming,” which means that to mold around an object, air is pushed into the... Continue reading
Baywatch-esque Lifeguard Robot Shows Off Its Huge, Bouncing Servos
The Hoff might never have been able to seal the deal with Pam Anderson, but Emily, short for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard, just couldn’t resist. Literally, it’s physically unable to resist. Robosexuality aside, Emily is good for more than satisfying entries on your bucket list (consider getting to third base with a tubular robot crossed off my to-dos). The four-foot long robotic buoy is capable of zipping out to floundering swimmers in need of a helping robotic hand at a... Continue reading
ChefBot Shows You How Not to Make a Creme Brulee
Robots can be masterful pieces of art when enough funding, research, knowledge and artistry goes into their designs, but I think it’s important to remember that not all robots are created equal. ChefBot, an entry in SparkFun’s Antimov Competition is not a well-made robot. In fact, he’s down right hazardous. But what he lacks in precision and safety, he gains in entertainment value. Or we gain, I should say. In this video ChefBot attempts to make a Creme Brulee. This... Continue reading
