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WowWee Joebot gets unboxed, video demo

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:38 +0000

Fancy a sneak preview of what Christmas morning might be like for various tweenage kids expecting a new WowWee robot this holiday season? RoboCommunity’s appropriately-named Rudolph has picked up the company’s second new ‘bot, the Joebot , and has shared an unboxing photoset ...

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Obama to Robots: I'm Watching You [Blockquote]

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000

I don't know about you, but I like a President who can throw a funny, geeky sci-fi reference once in a while. Clearly, el Comandante en Jefe has watched his Terminators and scary Big Dogs a few times. Obama said those words while presenting his "Educate to Innovate" campaign , which aims to ...

Switched found this 39 hours ago on gizmodo.com

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Shadow Dextrous Hand grabs attention at Tokyo robot event

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:17:33 +0000

Another standout at this week's International Robot Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo is the Shadow Dextrous Hand along with the CyberGlove. The robotic hand can be operated remotely by a human wearing the sensor glove to perform actions as delicate as cradling an egg, changing a light bulb or writing ...

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TOPIO ping pong robot intimidates with abs and shades

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0000

Sure, building a robot that plays ping pong is in itself an impressive feat. But building a ping pong playing robot that looks this downright badass? That's taking things to the next level. Just look at this thing! It has huge muscles and defined abs, and he wears sunglasses inside! He's like a ...

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Multi-Format LED Display Watch

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:30:10 +0000

A robot-lover's wristwatch The MultiWatch touts itself as the watch made by a robot for a robot. As a robot, which do you find most appealing: A) shiny hardened aluminum, B) the acrylic watch face bolted to the aluminum, C) seeing the time in Binary, Octal, Decimal, or Hexadecimal at the tap of ...

OhGizmo! found this 5 days ago on thinkgeek.com

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This creepy robot wants to be your personal trainer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:38:42 +0000

Bandit, a robotic personal trainer developed by students at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering, is designed to walk humans through beneficial workout routines using vocal "encouragement" and articulated arms. I write "encouragement" because, really, I think that our friend bandit may have a ...

Gizmo Watch found this 9 days ago on dvice.com

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Official Google Blog: New site hierarchies display in search results

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:13:32 +0000

The URL of this result is "www.productwiki.com/spidersapien," which doesn't provide much additional information about the site or this result. Now take a look at the result with the new site hierarchy display: The new text provides useful information about the page. You can tell that the ...

WebProNews Feed found this 11 days ago on googleblog.blogspot.com

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Let's Make Robots!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Meet my robotic fridge magnet! :) Once upon a time I was getting into my fridge for another bottle of beer, and after closing the door, my eyes stopped at little funny ladybug magnet... And I thought: "Hmmm... Why don't I build slightly bigger one, intelligent, robotic fridge magnet? :)" ...

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Robot Wine Rack Comes with Complimentary Mustache

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000

If you don’t think your neighbors would think too kindly of your having a live-in robot posing a wine rack , no worries. This Robot Wine Rack ships with an incognito mustache. Guests will wonder who your new debonair house guest is. Just tell them its your little secret. Of ...

Gizmodo found this 6 days ago on gearfuse.com

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LadyBugBot bot crawls on your fridge

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:13:24 +0000

Vadim Ryazanov of Let's Make Robots is at it again with the LadyBugBot . If you were wondering what he was going to make with his papier-mâché shell , this is it! I really appreciate his choice of materials and homebrew parts, such as the combination bump/cavity sensor pictured ...

DVICE Atom Feed found this 5 days ago on blog.makezine.com

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Swarm robot project sounds ominous, uses open source

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:05:45 +0000

Why would you want to build a 100-strong swarm of mini robots? Well, aside from having them as your minions, you might be able to learn about "artificial self-organization," and "control in large robotic groups," which should come in useful during the inevitable robot insurrection . The ...

Gizmodo found this 12 days ago on engadget.com

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Robots Perform Shakespeare (video)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Texas A&M University staged a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" using robots as fairies. Researchers thought bringing 'bots to the Bar...

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3D mapping drone fires off lasers from a mile away (video)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:28:08 +0000

The MIT Technology Review has unearthed a new laser-based 3D mapping robot that can produce results similar to those obtained from $100,000 systems at about a fifth of the cost. Funded by the US Army, researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have now demonstrated the Remotely ...

DVICE Atom Feed found this 10 days ago on engadget.com

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Peter Thiel Says Don't Piss Off The Robots (Or Bet On A Recovery)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:46:30 +0000

Rovio mod adds remote-control over home appliances

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:53 +0000

We know this looks like a plastic trashcan full of junk electronics, but it’s actually the inside of WowWee’s Rovio robot webcam just after he’s been given a remote-control mod. Obviously blind to the dangers of granting your robot power over high-voltage appliances, ...

ewdi posted 12 days ago from slashgear.com

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Polar Bear Robots Replace Dead Bears at St. Louis Zoo

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Officials at the St. Louis Zoo are preparing for their holiday Wild Lights exhibit by installing electronic polar bear proxies in place of the deceased polar bears who died in their captivity. The gesture is rife with social commentary, given the fact that polar bears have become the iconic ...

Gizmodo found this 7 days ago on inhabitat.com

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Robots Perform Shakespeare

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been updated for the 21st century with seven small robots playing fairies alongside carbon-based co-stars. Beyond being a cool thing to do, researchers saw bringing bots to the Bard as a chance to introduce robots to the public and see how people interact with ...

Gizmodo found this 9 days ago on wired.com

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