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Robochan the humanoid with an Apple-shaped head

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 2:02am

This is Robochan, a cute little humanoid 'bot with a rather special square head. It's made from a Kondo KHR-2HV humanoid which has been decapitated and the exisiting head replaced by an iPhone (which also acts as the machine's controller.)...

Child's play: Iowa State robot learns with baby steps

Kevin Hall

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 2:01pm

The way that we figure things out as wee ankle-biters is usually referred to as procedural learning, or the process by which we interact with our surroundings in a pre-verbal manner. In other words, imagine a baby figuring out it...

A robot that can teach itself how to smile

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 7:18am

In February we told you about a robot Einstein head from Hanson Robotics that could (somewhat creepily) mimic human facial expressions. Thanks to a complex 31-motor mechanism and a skin-like material dubbed "Frubber," the fake Einstein could show everything from...

Robot rat could save you from a burning building — but would it want to?

DVICE Staff

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 6:01am

Bow down, people, and worship your new leader, the SCRATCHbot. Cute little critter, isn't he? This biomimetic rodent robot has been developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab and the University of Sheffield and could be used to rescue people from...

Willow Garage's PR2 navigates crowded offices in its quest to find a power outlet

Kevin Hall

Monday, June 15, 2009 - 1:37pm

Willow Garage, a group of 'bot builders who see "personal robots as the next paradigm shifting personal productivity tool for mankind," are working toward that end by developing robots that are unobtrusive and self-maintaining. One such robot is the PR2,...

Ninomiya-kun book-reading 'bot is like a three foot tall Kindle

Kevin Hall

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 1:21pm

The average student's backpack is loaded with a bunch of books. For the average robotic student? A backpack stuffed with a computer, which allows that 'bot to read said books. Ninomiya-kun, a robot built by Japan's Waseda University (along with...

Giant GUNDAM robot set to invade Tokyo

Adario Strange

Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 11:14pm

Those familiar with Tokyo's artificial island known as Odaiba already know that the place is riddled with some of the most amazingly futuristic buildings on the planet. Now the location is set to get even more surreal with the addition...

Jackoon painting robot is a mini, motorized Jackson Pollock

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 8:14am

Oscar G Torres, the grad student who presented this Helios gadget-charging power tree last year at NYU's ITP show was back at the Spring ITP show this year with Jackoon, a robot that paints. Jackoon is named after Jackson...

Goodnight, Pleo: Ugobe dies, making its cute dinobot extinct

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 7:34am

Robot animals just can't buy a break. Pleo, the fun robot dinosaur that wants to be your friend, died today when its maker, Ugobe, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. First Aibo, now this. We've been following Pleo's development since we...

Sniper rifle-equipped robo-copter uses an Xbox 360 controller to line up kills

Kevin Hall

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 12:48pm

The military currently has thousands of robots operating overseas, including unmanned aerial scouts and small-payload bombers, bomb disposal 'bots, and even robots roaming around with machine guns. Now there's another robo-copter being tossed into the mix — the Autonomous Rotorcraft...

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robot stories

Robochan the humanoid with an Apple-shaped head

Child's play: Iowa State robot learns with baby steps

A robot that can teach itself how to smile

Robot rat could save you from a burning building — but would it want to?

Willow Garage's PR2 navigates crowded offices in its quest to find a power outlet

Ninomiya-kun book-reading 'bot is like a three foot tall Kindle

Giant GUNDAM robot set to invade Tokyo

Jackoon painting robot is a mini, motorized Jackson Pollock

Goodnight, Pleo: Ugobe dies, making its cute dinobot extinct

Sniper rifle-equipped robo-copter uses an Xbox 360 controller to line up kills

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