Category: Robots
Tuesday Top Ten: the eBay Robots are back
I love robots, they’re my friends. At least, they are until the batteries run out, or they go on a laser death rampage. Thankfully, the former usually happens before the latter. Anyway, it’s Tuesday, so it’s time to round up the best robots available to buy on eBay. And this week, I’m upping the number to ten of the tinny fellas, because there’s just too many good ones.
Eeyore joins the cast of Transformers the Movie
80s children will remember the cult that was Transformers, a range of toys / cartoon characters that turned ('transformed', if you will) from alien robots into cars, lorries, helicopters and the like. Well, the age-old battle of Autobots vs…
YouTube video of the day: Japanese Walking Attack Robot
$300,000 to make a big massive huge robot that you can drive around and shoot people with. $300,000 just to be able to clunk up to some people and yell "YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY" convincingly. Practical? Not one…
Missile Man and other robots taking over eBay
It's Robot Tuesday again over on Bayraider, and they've been hunting down more metal man-machines that are available to buy on eBay. Today sees a couple of cool Japanese toy robots from the 1950s and 1960s, with Bandai's 16-inch…
Top Ten Coolest Lego Gadgets
So you thought Lego was just for kids? Wrong! There's a whole bunch of enthusiasts out there using the plastic building blocks to construct everything from self-balancing robots and fully functional vending machines to CD throwers. Prepare to be…
Wednesday interview: Graham Whitehead part 2: why Aibo's descendants will run our world (in a benign way)
Having quizzed BT Exact futurologist Graham Whitehead earlier this week about BT's new IP-based network and intelligent agents, the logical next discussion topic was robots. At least, it seemed that way at the time. Rather than spinning a yarn…
Five of the best robots up for grabs on eBay
It's Robot Tuesday over on Bayraider, and they've picked out five corking robots that are available to buy on eBay right now. For example, there's this wind-up Japanese space elephant toy (pictured). It's made of tin, and will set…
Ride-Em Robo
It's the one we've all been waiting for, the first rideable Robot, from the Korean company Robo 3. According to the RealTechNews report the company is also developing a girl robot and a veritable menagerie of animated creatures. The…
CES 2006: Robosapien RS2 Media
Just as I was complaining of the lack of robots at CES there comes word the latest evolution of the increasingly popular Robosapien series. This next-gen version is called the RS2 Media and offers enhanced programming abilities as well as…
CES 2006: Lego Mindstorms NXT
There hasn't been that much in the way of toys or robots at the show so it's nice to see a big name wheeling out some neat robotic accessories. I say accessory because what LEGO has really done, rather than…