There's a robot beneath the fluff. Posted: 5 months ago by MissWinkle
I've always been curious about stuffed animals that sing, dance, light up, or talk back. There must be a fascinating robot underneath the fur and fluff, right? Surely the robot hiding in the bear's clothing, vestimentis ursum, is impressive.
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Worlds worst robot. Posted: 2 years ago by Milkshake
It claims nothing beats this robot when it comes to pouring beer.
But seriously, ive never seen anything so inefficient in my life.
Possibly the worlds most tedious robot.
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Fastest Industrial Robot On The Market Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers from CNRS and the Spanish foundation Fatronik have designed a manipulator-type robot that is twice as fast as all existing robots.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 49 [+].
Dancing robot (no not that robot) Posted: 2 years ago by trushafty38
Keepon is a robot project by Marek Michalowski of Carnegie Mellon to create a socially rhythmic robot that detects beats and dances to them.
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Scientists to build robot society Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists in Dundee have announced plans to create a "robot village" in an effort to learn how different cultures emerge in society.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 74 [+].
Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy Posted: 1 year ago by DrNothing
The creators believe there's an emerging business in the design and sale of lifelike robotic companions, or social robots. And they'll be showing off the robot boy to students in grades 3-12 at the Wired NextFest technology conference Thursday in Los Angeles.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 185 [+].
Robot Store Posted: 3 months ago by dOntEAtpOOp
Where does a mad scientist go to get all of his robot needs? To the robot store of course.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 408 [+].
Creepy 80-Year-Old Japanese Robot Brought Back to Life Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad
Gakutensoku is Asia's oldest modern robot, built in 1928.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 305 [+].
Rise of the robot soldier: Terminator-style war 'could be a reality within 10 years' Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Robot soldiers that can decide who to attack will soon be roaming the world's battlefields if something isn't done about a global 'robot arms race'. That is the stark warning from a leading robotics expert who spoke today of the dangers of allowing increasingly sophisticated robots to make decisions of life and death.
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Robots are our Friends Posted: 3 months ago by dOntEAtpOOp
Robots are our friends. They really are. You know it is true. Have you hugged a robot lately?
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 347 [+].
Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
Google will award $20 million to the first private team to put a robot on the moon.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 83 [+].
Robot Snakes Posted: 7 months ago by mahler87
Developers at Carnegie-Mellon have designed a robot that maneuvers like a snake and is capable of crawling up pipes and legs, and navigating otherwise inaccessible places.
Video complete with killer techno music.
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Monkey's Thoughts Move Robot On Other Side of World Posted: 9 months ago by unstablefiend
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have used a monkey's brain activity to control a robot on the other side of the globe. In what researchers tout as a first-of-its-kind experiment, monkeys' thoughts controlled the walking patterns of a robot in Japan.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 90 [+].
Cyberstein Robots Ltd. Posted: 3 months ago by proselyte
This company made a robot entertainer that can be (re)programmed to sing or talk or act in a surprising amount of ways. Astounding.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 69 [+].
Weird Robot Posted: 1 year ago by sbalaciu
This is the strangest robot I have seen
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 71 [+].
School to be Guarded by a Robot Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
The world's first robot to guard children was developed in South Korea. Scientists dubbed the robot OFRO, and it's main goal is to protect children in the middle school.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 63 [+].
New Type of Robot May Soon Have Your Face Posted: 1 year ago by deepcleanfun
With a name like "WD-2," this robot may sound like a robot's robot: all gears and metal. But WD-2 is actually a "face robot"--with a face that is realistically human-looking.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 42 [+].
Hello Kitty Robot Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Hello Kitty had release this fabulous Hello Kitty Robo. This robot can communicate with your using the Hello Kitty's voice. It can chat with you in 3 different situations.(copy&paste...actual text)
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 61 [+].
UMass scientists build interactive robot Posted: 6 months ago by leehblanc
The uBot-5 was designed to be an economical robot that is highly capable, durable, and safe to operate. When equipped with a LCD touchscreen monitor and a webcam, the uBot-5 can be used for social telepresence applications. Additionally the teleoperator can use the uBot-5's manipulation capabilities to perform useful work.
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Emotional Robots: Software Empowers Robots To Learn When A Person Is Sad, Happy Or Angry Posted: 2 months ago by bingo
A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks European researchers are developing robots in tune with our emotions. Feelix Growing is developing software empowering robots that can learn when a person is sad, happy or angry.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 336 [+].
Toyota Announces Personal Transport Robot Posted: 2 months ago by maxriter
Toyota Motor Corp announced Aug 1, 2008, that it developed the "Winglet," a transport assistance robot that users ride in a standing position.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 20 [+].