It may not be the most talented poker dealer in the world, but hey, it’s a robot, and it was built as a school project by some anonymous YouTuber:
Introducing the “iDeal”.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.08 at 04:33
Never mind getting tesla coils to fix your supper, just hit the on switch on your own personal humanoid. Reportedly, the creature you see above has been loaded with learning algorithms that enable it to repeat actions that it learns.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 13:26
I take it back, I take it all back, there’s NO WAY the Wall-E toys are anywhere near this cute:
[ Wall-E ].
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 05:53
Robert Lesser has been collecting robot toys for 30 years. The only reason he stopped collecting was because he’d “acquired all the great robots and space toys”.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.07 at 02:27
Alright, so maybe the recently announced Ultimate WALL-E robot doesn't actually get down and dirty on video, but he does maintain a pretty positive attitude after being poked, prodded and generally invaded for a full five minutes.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.05.06 at 07:13
Disney brought the Wall-E toys that we wrote about last week to Maker Faire, and I took this video of a demo of the Ultimate Wall-E… It’s pretty much what you’d expect, albeit (okay okay) slightly cuter than I might have thought:
The other toy, the much smaller and less sophisticated iDance Wall-E, looks just about as detailed as the Ultimate Wall-E.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.06 at 03:40
The ComBots Cup was the main event at Maker Faire for anyone even remotely interested in robots and carnage, and this year’s battles certainly did not disappoint.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.06 at 03:16
Maker Faire was this weekend, and I’ve got tons (TONS) of robot footage, including some wicked awesome video of Combot battles. It’s kinda 3am, though, so I’ll be posting some of that tomorrow, but I wanted to make sure and put up this little gem from the very end of the Combots tournament, when Ugobe decided that it might be fun to bring a Pleo along to watch the action.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.05.05 at 05:51
We know that you love swarming bug-bots as much as we do, so of course we were thrilled to tell you about BAE Systems' MAST project the other day.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.05.04 at 12:19
Most of the squirrels our college campus were massive, hyper-intelligent little beasts that were best dealt with by vigilant avoidance, but it looks like Hampshire College professor Sarah Partan is taking the opposite approach, using a robotic squirrel named "Rocky" to interact with the local rodents up close.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.05.03 at 08:04