Category: Robots
Robot Wars
Soon your living room could be the scene of a titanic battle between two hulking robotic beasts, armed to the teeth with high-tech suction devices conceived in the most twisted scientific minds! Too long has Roomba enjoyed a comfy rule…
And now, a robot power suit
I've waited years for something like this to happen. Finally a lab in Japan has managed to develop a robot suit. The suit will augment your own strength to help you lift heavy loads. It weighs about 15kg, and detects…
iRobot reveal Scooba
You read it here first, now iRobot has made good on its promise to bring out a counter-part to the much-loved Roomba. The Scooba can tackle surfaces that the Roomba could only dream of – hard floors! Perhaps the…
AIBO does Daft Punk competition
No Sony press conference is complete without a dancing robot whether it be digital dog AIBO, or his new upright chum QRIO. Now the company is offering punters the chance to show how clever their robotic canine chum is…
Robots learn to reproduce…
…for a given value of reproduce in any case: looks like scientists at Cornell University are the first develop a robot that can reproduce itself. Now before you start to dig out all your old Demon Seed tapes, the…
The seven metre tall WEEE man
The WEEE man isn't so wee. What is he? A seven-metre tall tall human figure made of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE, for those of you who hadn't guessed). The WEEE man, unveiled by Canon Europe and the…
iRobot's automated mop-bot
Robotics company iRobot originally made every couch-potato's dream come true when the Roomba was unveiled. Now iRobot has set its sights beyond mere vacuum functions in the new automated cleaning device. Details on the new machine are extremely scarce; Chief…
Hitachi's talking robot
Hitachi has delivered a talkative new robot Emiew, which will be displayed starting June 9 at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan. The 130cm-tall, 70kg robot is equipped with wheels allowing it to walk at a speed of 6km…
Math Bot
OK, so it’s not *actually* a robot as such, but the Robot Calculator is built to look like a retro robo so it gets a mention nevertheless. The solar powered calculator will apparently help you with all your "basic math…
Sega iDog
I4U has got more details of the cute looking Sega iDog up on its site. The Soroban Geeks lot said that it was basically a glorified speaker that could play tunes and hook up to an MP3 player. I4U has…