Despite the vote of no confidence displayed yesterday by Apple's new Blu-ray-less laptops, the format continues to gain steam. Sharp has just unveiled the AQUOS DX Series billed as the world's first LCD television with built-in Blu-ray disc recorders. The...

The robot masters at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) have updated their Mahru II robot with the new Mahru Humanoid Robot that is now a dead ringer for Sony's tiny dancing QRIO robot. Scheduled to make its first...

The world of anime is once again invading the real world with the debut of the FST (flexible sensor tube). The FST is a controller suit developed by Kyokko Inc. designed to control the Wakamaru robot. Using the FST, a...

Developed a few years ago by the roboticists at Osaka University, the Repliee R-1 robot made a rare public appearance at last week's CEATEC conference in Tokyo. Sporting a silicon skin and utilizing 50 sensors, the tiny robot was designed...