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MechRC Robot Does Evolution of Robotic Dance Vid, Original Put to Shame

Incredible: what more's there to say? Incredible. Based on Judson Laipply's "Evolution of Dance Video," but way better. We get to see a robot doing Vanilla Ice's dance moves better than he did. A robot doing the "walk like an Egyptian" dance. The upcoming MechRC robot has been under development for three years and has 17 independently-controlled servos, and built-in audio. And if this video is anything to go by, when it goes on sale in the fall it should make quite a dent in the miniature robot world. [MechRC via RoboSavvy. —Thanks Limor]

Robot Does The History Of Dance

Ever see a robot do the robot? I hadn’t either until I saw this video. The robot actually performs the whole “History of Dance” skit made famous by Judson Laipply. Thanks to limor for the linkage.

Robots + Air Hockey = You Lose

Just when you thought they’ve come out with almost every possible robot imaginable; robot monkeys, robot girlfriends, robot gas stations, robot bartender, robotic surgeons, killer robots…then comes the air hockey robot. I guess my next question is “why?”

Robotic palletising from Haden & Custance

Haden & Custance offers flexible and reliable robotic palletising solutions for the manufacturing industry. The integration of ABB Industrial Robots and the extensive range of Haden & Custance products and pallet handling equipment offers both standard and custom designed robotic palletising solutions. Haden & Custance can accommodate single or multiple lines in a single robotic palletising solution of up to five stations around one robot or more. The robot is mounted on a track that provides a low cost per line palletising solution.

New household robot promises to make virtual visits easy

iRobot-the maker of household robot helpers such as the Roomba (a robot vacuum cleaner), the Verro (a pool-cleaning robot) and the Scooba (a robotic mop)-has set its sights on a far more social product, the ConnectR robot.

New household robot promises to make virtual visits easy

iRobot-the maker of household robot helpers such as the Roomba (a robot vacuum cleaner), the Verro (a pool-cleaning robot) and the Scooba (a robotic mop)-has set its sights on a far more social product, the ConnectR robot.

New Household Robot Promises to Make Virtual Visits Easy

CIO — iRobot—the maker of household robot helpers such as the Roomba (a robot vacuum cleaner), the Verro (a pool-cleaning robot) and the Scooba (a robotic mop)—has set its sights on a far more social product, the ConnectR robot.

The Saddest Robot Ever Made?

If you were expecting a robot that could emote "sad"...I'm sorry, that's not what this is. No, this isn't a robot that can cry either (we already have those creepy baby dolls for that). No, instead, this is just sad in the "sorry-excuse-for-a-robot" kind of way. If you've ever asked yourself what would happen if a Segway just couldn't stay upright, well you're in luck...watch the video here for a balancing robot that...well...doesn't really balance all too well. And in closing, I must apologize to all other robots for referring to this disaster as a robot.

Mythbusters Shark Week: Real Sharks Eat Robot Dog, Robot Shark Eats Real People

To find out if dogs are really homing snackycakes for bloodthirsty sharks, or if poking them in the eye with a pokey thing is actually a good idea, you could ask a dude in a lab coat, or like, watch Jaws. Unless you're the Mythbusters—then you build a robot dog, surround it with doggy blood, piss and shit and dump it in shark-infested waters. And a 16-foot ROBOT SHARK. With serrated metal teeth and the same pound-for-bone-crunching-pound bite as a great white. But! If you stab it in the eye, you can make it stop killing you (I guess that's one way to test the myth). You can catch a glimpse of this robo-Jaws in the vid below.

Students engage in robot wars

Keen robot masters: (Top) A group of male students making adjustments to their robot at the Robotech Olympiad competition. (Middle) Some female students testing out their creation. (Above) A student getting ready to put his robot to the test. Pictures: BT/Zamri Zainal

Touchy-feely Robot-Skin for Robots (and maybe us)

Everyone loves a robot. Especially a sensitive robot. Just look at WALL-E or Johnny-5. When it comes to a robot who has the capacity to feel, we all go a bit gooey inside. The cold, unfeeling, emotionless robot is a metaphor for that fear we have of losing what it is to be human.

Touchy-feely Robot-Skin for Robots (and maybe us)

Everyone loves a robot. Especially a sensitive robot. Just look at WALL-E or Johnny-5. When it comes to a robot who has the capacity to feel, we all go a bit gooey inside. The cold, unfeeling, emotionless robot is a metaphor for that fear we have of losing what it is to be human.

EC-201 Robotic Palletizing Machine

The Fuji Model EC-201 Robotic Palletizer encompasses the best Fuji has to offer. With a payload capacity of 440 lbs and capacities exceeding 20 cycles per minute, this robot delivers high speed and reliability unmatched in the industry. This robot is the most popular robot in the Fuji family and is the product of thousands of hours of design time. Due to this devotion to excellence, this system is a direct result of constant improvements and technological advances. This system palletizes products ranging from bags, cases, pails, and other miscellaneous products.

Neurons Control Robot

Researchers at the University of Reading, in England, have developed a robot controlled by a biological "brain." Hundreds of thousands of rat neurons communicate via a multielectrode array--a dish with over 60 two-way electrodes that transmit signals between neurons and outside electronics--to control the movement of a wheeled robot. When the neurons receive signals that the robot is nearing an object, their output moves the wheels in an attempt to avoid obstacles. The researchers, led by neuroscientists Mark Hammond, Ben Whalley, and cyberneticist Kevin Warwick, suggest that by stimulating the neurons with different signals as the robot returns to a familiar location, they will be able to study how a brain stores data. Their goal is to eventually understand memory formation and disorders, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

British Army Competition Yields Bomb-Dropping, Hi-Def Video Taking, Unfortunately Noisy Flying Robot

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Britist Army Competition Yields Bomb-Dropping, Hi-Def Video Taking, Unfortunately Noisy Flying Robot

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Pittsburgh abuzz with robotic art

Greg Witt, left, and Joey Hayes prepare their green roller coaster that twists and turns above the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh entrance as part of Pittsburgh's Robot 250, Wednesday, July 9, 2008. This robotic installation isn't for human riders; the coaster's cars are instead filled with plants. Robot 250 is a citywide celebration of robotics that aims to take technology out of university classrooms and make it accessible to everyone. Dubbed to coincide with the city's commemoration of its 250th anniversary, Robot 250 begins Friday as a mix of robotics and artistry. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Humans Meet Their Robot Overlords At SIGGRAPH

Los Angeles (CA) - Balancing on two wheels, the shiny UBot-5 scurries around the Los Angeles Convention Center like it owns the place. Made by students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the robot can speed up to 12 km/hour and can’t be knocked over. Nearby, MIT students were demoing "Nexi", a robot that can respond to people with face gestures and speech. Put your hand directly in "her" face and the bot will act upset. Say something and the robot will follow your face around. Oh, and don’t you dare have a staring contest against Nexi, because she will win, guaranteed.

IRobot Looj Gutter Cleaning Robot Review

justechn writes "Many of us have seen robots in the movies and wondered how long it would take for them to become a reality. Some of my favorites when I was a kid were Short Circut and Runaway. iRobot is a company that is striving to bring some of that technology home today. Their most popular and well known product is the Roomba vacuuming robot. The Roomba is great, after I finished my review of it and sent it back I went out and bought one. It does its best work picking up pet hair. They just came out with another robot called the Looj. The Looj is used to clean the rain gutters that go around your roof. If you have ever had to do this by hand you know how much of a pain it is. This robot uses a 3 stage auger to break up clogs and sweep all the debris out of your gutter.

Motoman SV3 robot from Robotic Automation at work in a Sydney confectionary plant

Robotic Automation supply robotics for all applications, including automatic guided vehicles, pallet wrapping systems, robotic palletising and end of line automation systems.

Robot with Rat Brains Learns to Avoid Obstacles; Holy Crap, a Robot with a Rat's Brain

ratrobot.jpgA group of mad scientists from Reading University in the UK have hooked up a bunch of rat brain neurons to a circuit board and gotten it to control a robot. What resulted what a robot on wheels that used its rat brain to avoid running into obstacles. How unsettling!

Deutsch embraces change - Aylesbury Automation delivers a flexible solution A flexible robotic production cell solution has been delivered to Deutsch UK by robotics and automation specialist Aylesbury Automation. The robot-based machine has been intr

A flexible robotic production cell solution has been delivered to Deutsch UK by robotics and automation specialist Aylesbury Automation. The robot-based machine has been introduced as a result of increasing product demand. It assembles a range of similar, two pin electrical plugs and sockets and produces one complete part every six seconds.

Robot shopper trawls the aisles

Robot Shopper Japanese robot developer tmsuk have unveiled their future vision of high-street shopping, the telerobotic shopper. Presented in the female form the humanoid robot uses a variety of mobile communication technologies so we can shop from the safety of the stampedes with our feet up.

Robots Learn To Follow

Rather than have the lead robot signal the follower directly, the research team sent "behavioral cues" to the follower via wireless link. Effectively, the cues told the robot, "the leader might be about to turn right" or "might be about to turn left." To develop a decision on how to move, the follower robot was programmed to take into account the lead robot's behavioral cues and the follower's prediction of the lead robot's movement, based on the leader's current speed and direction.

Robot to listen and respond

Robotic Chatting machineThe Hitachi EMIEW2 humanoid robot is in need of a snappier salutation granted, and we’re sure that the listening robot is up for suggestions.

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