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Like the Terminator, ACE Robot can ask humans for directions to its target

Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 2:20am

The old tourist technique of asking for directions to make friends will soon include robots thanks to a research group at the Institute of Automatic Control Engineering in Germany. The group has created a robot called the Autonomous City Explorer...

Robotic spiders may be headed to the moon

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 2:15pm

The next visitors to the moon may not be humans. No, instead they may be these robotic spiders, designed to quickly swarm across the lunar surface, collecting data through sensors and cameras. The concept is an entry in the Google...

Claw-wielding robot climbs telephone poles in mere seconds

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 12:49pm

Just this morning we told you how Boston Dynamics is getting robots to hop like rabbits, and now the company, working with the University of Pennsylvania's "Kod*lab," has them climbing up poles. The 28-inch-long RiSE V3 has four claw-tipped legs...

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...

Dr. Robot's Hawk 'bot serves drinks, plays drums and does anything else you teach it

Kevin Hall

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 3:38pm

From the frozen north comes the Hawk, a 'bot made by Canadian robotics R&D firm Dr. Robot (which is led by Dr. Haipeng Xie, who we assume is also a robot). The Hawk takes the shape of a lot of...

New worm-like floor-cleaning robot threatens Roomba's dominance

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 8:01am

We've all seen the Roomba before, but that's old news. The new in thing with floor-cleaning robots is the Fukitorimushi, an autonomous robot that crawls around like an inchworm using a super-absorbent nanofiber cloth to keep your floors sparkling. Developed...

Vstone opens ultimate robot center to public in Akihabara, Japan

Adario Strange

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 10:30pm

If you're a fan of the geek mecca known as Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan, you might be surprised to know that despite all the circuits for sale on every corner, the tech playground has never had a central hub for...

Terrifying underwater robot just wants to explore the watery depths

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 7:37am

Well, if you were wondering what sorts of objects inhabit my nightmares, just take a peek at the above image. This four-clawed robot is pretty darned close to just what I fear most: some soulless, futuristic entity hell-bent on picking...

You won't see this Steampunk Cylon in Caprica

Monday, May 4, 2009 - 6:54am

Our Steampunk Cylon contest is long over, but this waylaid entry from Raymond Tan, which came in too late to qualify for the competition, is cool enough to warrant a look back. It's certainly got a bit much of the...

German scientists unveil eye-to-robot control interface

Adario Strange

Friday, May 1, 2009 - 2:45am

Scientists at the University of Munich Hospital recently showed off their EyeSeeCam (link to PDF brief) head mounted control interface at the Hannover Messe 2009, an industrial technology fair in Germany. The EyeSeeCam tracks the viewpoint of the wearer's pupils...

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robots stories

Like the Terminator, ACE Robot can ask humans for directions to its target

Robotic spiders may be headed to the moon

Claw-wielding robot climbs telephone poles in mere seconds

Jackoon painting robot is a mini, motorized Jackson Pollock

Dr. Robot's Hawk 'bot serves drinks, plays drums and does anything else you teach it

New worm-like floor-cleaning robot threatens Roomba's dominance

Vstone opens ultimate robot center to public in Akihabara, Japan

Terrifying underwater robot just wants to explore the watery depths

You won't see this Steampunk Cylon in Caprica

German scientists unveil eye-to-robot control interface

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