Category: Robots
Tempbot looks for love, finds only Best Overall Film
The No Spot Film Festival is done by venerable internet advertising purveyor AdCritic (which you may remember as, for a brief shining time, a repository of television ads which made it one of the coolest sites online, before it…
Solar powered Mars Explorer Kit
While this is not the Luna City nor the jetpack I've been asking Santa to deliver this Christmas, the Solar powered Mars explorer kit gives the illusion of being involved with space travel while actually teaching about how to…
Insect Lab Clockwork Insects
"Insect Lab," – and do pardon me, but I can't improve on the artist's statement – "is an artist operated studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and electronic components." So they take preserved insects and annotate…
Cube-Works CAM-08 walking robot
Once the stuff of bad sci-fi flicks, robots are becoming more a reality – and over at Brandish, they've found an affordable example that's bound to impress your mates. It's from Japanese company Cube-Works, has the catchy name of Cube…
ASIMO robot takes a spill
It seems that even with all the major advances in technology and the billions of dollars spent Honda are no closer to creating a robot that can walk up and down stairs. The first video we have for you…
Robotic Lobster de-mines the deep
Based on the actual physiology and brain activity of real lobsters, the Robolobster from Design Life Now 2006 can scuttle delicately along the ocean floor checking for everything from the results of toxic waste spills to land mines which…
HARV lets you control a robot with your head
The Head Aimed Remote Viewer, HARV, uses the 3DVisor on your head and the gimbal-mounted camera on the robot's "head" to let you see precisely what the robot sees, and direct the camera's movement just by moving your head…
Top 10 Robots Selected for Robot Award 2006
The Robot Award 2006 has been handed out, and while we're soberly impressed by My Spoon, the meal assistance robot, and the Squid-fishing machine, it's hard not to be distracted by the Paro, which is a baby seal robot…
Security Guard Robot
A new robot jointly developed by the Civil Aviation University of China and Tianjin YAAN Technology Electronics Co. Ltd. is aimed at preventing crime in public places, such as airports, warehouses and department stores. Looking like a car-cum-space-pod, it…
Reborg-Q: Another Robot Security Guard
At least the Reborg-Q has a name, albeit a rather goofy one. Like many electronic fellas developed lately, it's a security bot, somewhat resembling a life-sized plastic astronaut that's been melted like a marshmallow. It can be pre-set on…