Scientists in Dundee have announced plans to create a "robot village" in an effort to learn how different cultures emerge in society. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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.
(Scroll down for video) picked by Milkshake 2 years ago

The so called "Swarm-bot" can assemble itself out of many smaller modules to suit a variety of tasks. The more modules it uses, the more versatile (and smarter?) it gets. picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

And here I thought my friends were geeks for building the miniatures... picked by muppet 1 year ago

Keepon is a robot project by Marek Michalowski of Carnegie Mellon to create a socially rhythmic robot that detects beats and dances to them. picked by trushafty38 1 year ago

Indonesia plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge across the earthquake-prone Sunda Strait, passing within 50 kilometres of the active Krakatoa volcano. The bridge, traversing 30 kilometres, will link Indonesia's main islands of Java and Sumatra at an estimated cost of $12 billion. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Researchers from CNRS and the Spanish foundation Fatronik have designed a manipulator-type robot that is twice as fast as all existing robots. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by leehblanc 5 months ago

Zoltan's website shows how he built a robot girlfriend on his website, and explains why he proposed to it in this article.

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. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

As I explained to AutumnLotus in this post, I have always wanted a tail. And I thought I was all alone until I found out these instructions on how to build an animatronic tail that wags. Also check out video and Tiger Tail How-To. Awesome. picked by MissWinkle 3 months ago

The move follows Sony's announcement in November that it would be reducing the cost of development gear for the PLAYSTATION 3 by almost 50 percent, in an attempt to make game creation for the consoles more affordable for small and independent game developers. picked by punthe 7 months ago

An official at Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture was reprimanded for making over 260 contributions to the Japanese language Wikipedia about Gundam and toy robots, while he was supposed to be working.
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam,” ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura said. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago