We'll be straight with you: it's pretty hard to imagine what all will go down at ICA London just weeks from now. Apparently a host of bebopping robots will be on hand to pogo up and down to the melodic sounds of the Punk Voice Choir.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 10:11
Jacob Whitehill at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering has demonstrated a proof of concept that allows his facial expressions to speed-up and slow-down video playback.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 07:50
By David Ponce
Hi guys. Just want to let y’all know that we haven’t died around here. Evan’s away for a few weeks of R&R (writing about robots and gadgets can be pretty taxing, believe me) and we’re bringing in one of our guys from OhGizmo to fill in.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.06.24 at 22:51
We were already ga-ga over the hobbyist-built ReadyBot cleaning bot when it was scrubbing down a kitchen, but this latest video of the all-white droid picking up a living room cluttered with kid's toys has us solidly past crush and into dangerous obsession territory.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.23 at 20:17
While robots are still quite a ways away from being able to challenge humans in sports like soccer, it looks like at least one company has managed to create a robot that's able to prevail in one somewhat athletic activity: air hockey.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.23 at 17:36
AiKo, Anna Konda -- you two had a good run, but it's time to pass the torch onto something that slithers a bit better. Cybernetics and optical measurement scientists at SINTEF are currently creating a wheeled pipe inspection robot that would "be able to climb, navigate intersections and at any given time know its location in the pipe system.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.23 at 14:43
Remember when you were a kid and you told your friends that you totally loved your new computer, and some little luddite looked at you and said, "So why don't you marry it?" There was that brief moment when you thought your Commodore 64 could, in fact, make a nice spouse.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.22 at 20:11
While they may be lacking in technical prowess, Crabfu bots never are lacking in charm, and this here remote controlled Tortoise bot charmed our very pants off.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.21 at 22:44
Hey, did I mention that I’ve seen Wall-E and it’s the BEST MOVIE EVER?! Here’s another little featurette to whet your appetite (like it needs any more whetting):
Wall-E and Eve are cool and all, but I gotta say, M-O is my mostest favoritest bot of all.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.06.20 at 23:36
Cross a Segway with a Rolly and Miuro and out pops this A. M. P. soaked in a grey-goo afterbirth of Robotic procreation. The two-wheeled, dancing A.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.06.20 at 00:16