<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Robot whips up a snack : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Robot whips up a snack : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Robot whips up a snack]]></title><description><![CDATA[We reported last year that Fujitsu's <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/rd/200506hoap-series.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HOAP-3 </a>robot is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19626356.500-humanoid-robot-finds-learning-childs-play.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">learning the basics of chess</a>. Now the little fellow is trying his hand at cooking. It can chop, whisk, and grate its way through a simple omelette recipe - check out the video.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/61307/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/61307/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing robot (no not that robot)]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14334/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/14334/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds worst robot.]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1794/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1794/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists to build robot society ]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/17702/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/17702/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Fastest Industrial Robot On The Market]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/19596/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/19596/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Christopher Walken Cooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amatuer video of a kick-ass man cooking.  I think I'm in love.<br/><br/>YouTube for foodies website, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.imcooked.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Imcooked.com</a> allows cooks to upload and share their own cooking shows.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/58917/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/l/58917/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Considering Robohawk to fight pigeons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will the Big Apple spring big $$$ to fight rats with wings? Liverpool, England started their robot hawk program last year. <br/><br/>More on the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://gothamist.com/2008/05/16/robotic_hawk.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">&quot;pigeon czar&quot; proposal.</a><br/><br/>(I thought I read a similar article on plime recently, but can't find it. Or, I imagined I did)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/62188/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Jules ponders sex]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58983/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58983/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dessert is served - Cooking mamma 2 on the way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like its predecessor, this one will be served up on the Nintendo DS and Wii, and your stylus will once again double up as an all-in-one multi-purpose kitchen tool, allowing you to chop, slice, pan fry, knead, grate, mash, tenderise, mix, peel, carve, roll and much more besides. New recipes are promised, and there&#8217;ll be twice as many mini-games as Cooking Mama&#8217;s 200.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/games/l/31005/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/games/l/31005/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoltan's Robot Girlfriend (mildly NSFW)]]></title><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><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55848/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55848/1/</guid><category>technology</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>