<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>There's a robot beneath the fluff. : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>There's a robot beneath the fluff. : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a robot beneath the fluff.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/59715/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds worst robot.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1794/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It claims nothing beats this robot when it comes to pouring beer.<br/>But seriously, ive never seen anything so inefficient in my life.<br/>Possibly the worlds most tedious robot.<br/>(Scroll down for video)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fastest Industrial Robot On The Market]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/19596/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers from CNRS and the Spanish foundation Fatronik have designed a manipulator-type robot that is twice as fast as all existing robots.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists to build robot society ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/17702/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists in Dundee have announced plans to create a &quot;robot village&quot; in an effort to learn how different cultures emerge in society.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing robot (no not that robot)]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14334/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Keepon is a robot project by Marek Michalowski of Carnegie Mellon to create a socially rhythmic robot that detects beats and dances to them.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/35609/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Store]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/69927/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Where does a mad scientist go to get all of his robot needs? To the robot store of course.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creepy 80-Year-Old Japanese Robot Brought Back to Life]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/59700/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Gakutensoku is Asia's oldest modern robot, built in 1928.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise of the robot soldier: Terminator-style war 'could be a reality within 10 years']]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/52265/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots are our Friends]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/69483/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Robots are our friends. They really are. You know it is true. Have you hugged a robot lately?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[School to be Guarded by a Robot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/22205/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Type of Robot May Soon Have Your Face]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35936/1/</link><description><![CDATA[With a name like &quot;WD-2,&quot; this robot may sound like a robot's robot: all gears and metal. But WD-2 is actually a &quot;face robot&quot;--with a face that is realistically human-looking.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laser-Guided Robot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/54118/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The entire world becomes a point and click interface. Objects become buttons. And if you point at one, the robot comes to grab it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Kitty Robot  ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28386/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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&amp;paste...actual text)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[UMass scientists build interactive robot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/58753/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emotional Robots: Software Empowers Robots To Learn When A Person Is Sad, Happy Or Angry]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/69967/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toyota Announces Personal Transport Robot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/71137/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corp announced Aug 1, 2008, that it developed the &quot;Winglet,&quot; a transport assistance robot that users ride in a standing position.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jules ponders sex]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58983/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Jules, the talking, thinking robot from Hansen Robotics... talks about sex with one of his creators.<br/><br/>Yes, it appears set up, but the robot... really isn't.<br/><br/>More info at <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.hansonrobotics.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hansonrobotics.com/index.html</a></div>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad News Robot]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/70068/1/</link><description><![CDATA[No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot phone buddies]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/53191/1/</link><description><![CDATA[For those who feel a bit lonely just talking on the phone, a Japanese company is offering a cellphone that turns into a robot buddy ready to chat.<br/><br/>I pretty much <b>have</b> to have one of these.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoltan's Robot Girlfriend (mildly NSFW)]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55848/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Zoltan's website shows how he built a robot girlfriend on his website, and explains why he proposed to it in this <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://gizmodo.com/367698/technosexual-one-mans-tale-of-robot-love" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">article</a>.<br/><br/>I cannot even begin to describe how creepy and downright WRONG this is. I feel the need to bathe in bleach now. This guy needs help and a cleaner.]]></description></item></channel></rss>