Boston: The Big Picture - Robots
boston.com 3/4/2009 — Robotic systems continue to evolve, slowly penetrating many areas of our lives, from manufacturing, medicine and remote exploration to entertainment, security and personal assistance. Developers in Japan are currently building robots to assist the ...

Awesome Retro Robots Revealed In Japan
botjunkie.com 7/2/2009 — Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 1 of July , 2009 at 9:24 am Retro Robots I don’t speak any Japanese, so unfortunately I’ve only been able to understand little snippets of information, but according to an article on Robot Watch, an autonomy of ...

5 robots that will save your life
dvice.com 9/24/2009 — Robots help us build cars, explore the deepest oceans and farthest regions of space, and even take one for the team when it comes to bomb disposal. Now, we've got another trick to teach them: keeping us alive longer. The field of robotics offers ...

Top 10 Combat Robots - Video
newlaunches.com 1/18/2009 — Robots as it is fascinate us, add cool military tech like weapons, surveillance cams and they transform into something insane. Here are the top 10 Combat robots starting from the Sarcos Exoskeleton which transforms a normal soldier into a super ...

In Depth: 10 robots you secretly have the hots for
techradar.com 6/3/2009 — Sexy is a word that's often abused in technology. A sexy phone? Laptop? Router? But there's an exception: robots. Robots are sexy, especially when they're fictional and played by living, breathing, pouting lovelies. To mark the release of Terminator Salvation, here are ten robots that we (and ...

Video: The first (televised) kiss between robots
engadget.com 8/25/2009 — Theatrical bots "Thomas" and "Janet" -- who look complex enough to do non-theatrical work too -- have been smacking lips since a December 2008 production of Phantom of the Opera in Taiwan, but only now has video evidence of their deviant ...

Surgical Robots Operate With Precision
wired.com 9/14/2009 — << previous image | next image >> Dread going the doctor? It could be worse. Your next physician could have the bedside manner of a robot. In fact, your next physician could be a robot.  ...

Flotsam Robots
feeds.boingboing.net 10/5/2009 — Prices start at $250. [Etsy via Dinosaurs and Robots]

I Want This Now [Robots]
gizmodo.com 6/19/2009 — I want this: A robot monkey that makes me coffee every morning. Then, it will go down to the deli downstairs jumping through the fire stairs, pick me a bagel with pastrami and cream cheese, an climb back up. It's too bad that this video of ...

Guard Your Toothbrush, Razor or Pens With Robots
nerdapproved.com 3/10/2009 — These handy suction cup robots have a secure grip to hold things like your toothbrush , razor, glasses or pens. This is the kind of menial job a robot gets when it lacks the programming to ascend to a more prestigious position. It’s the high ...

Photos: Robots on campus — CNET News.com 5/28/2009
A look at some of the coolest and weirdest robotics projects to come out of universities' R&D; programs over the years.

In search of a do-it-yourself Wall-E — CNET News.com 5/29/2009
Robots will be one of the largest categories of DIY projects at this weekend's Maker Faire, but hobbyist robotics goes much further than the festival.

Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution — SFGate: Technology 5/31/2009
Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you'd store soup in. It hardly looks like it, but the two swimming ...

DARPA killer AI robots to 'participate in own construction' — The Register 6/2/2009
Foolish meatsack! OF COURSE I need nuclear weapons! You've got your robots which can make copies of themselves, of course. That's pretty scary - a runaway exponentially-multiplying machine horde, potentially able to overrun the human race in an ...