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Heineken Bot ready serve beer without the human smalltalk

Heineken Bot ready serve beer without the human smalltalk

While the early money is that the first mass commercialization of robots will hit the sex industry, serving booze to...
 
New robot can detect earthquakes before they happen

New robot can detect earthquakes before they happen

This robot, designed by students at the JT Engineering College in Gujarat, India, is designed to detect earthquakes. It does...
 
WIND Robot System may usher in the era of battle machines

WIND Robot System may usher in the era of battle machines

It's clear that Japanese roboticists are on the fast curve toward making robots a real part of our everyday lives,...
 
 PETA says replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robot

PETA says replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robot

It's time to celebrate, everyone. Today is one of our favorite holidays, Groundhog Day! But the strange publicity-hungry animal rights...
 
Incredibly shortsighted researchers create robots that evolve

Incredibly shortsighted researchers create robots that evolve

Think robots in the future will be simple automatons with predictable behavior, doing only what you tell them? Think again....
 
Ball-busting bot propels soccer ball to 124mph

Ball-busting bot propels soccer ball to 124mph

Engine oil/lubricant company Castrol went to a tremendous amount of trouble to create this ball-kicking robot, capable of launching the...
 
<i>Living With Robots</i> paints 'bots as the good guys

Living With Robots paints 'bots as the good guys

Robots have something of a bad rap, what with the The Matrix and Terminator making them out to be murdering,...
 
Quadrocopter lurks mid-air, shoots video or peeps

Quadrocopter lurks mid-air, shoots video or peeps

Maybe this NicoletoMK Mikrokopter Quadrocopter is not trendy enough to be controlled by an iPhone like that Parrott AR.Drone we...
 
Robo Cafe robot promises end to the era of waiters and tips

Robo Cafe robot promises end to the era of waiters and tips

Korea's ITM Technology has come up with yet another means of increasing the human unemployment rolls with the creation of...
 
Say hello to the scariest robotic baby ever

Say hello to the scariest robotic baby ever

Oh my goodness. This robot baby, named Diego-san, is the stuff nightmares are made of. Standing a bit over four...
 
Indoor Personal Mobility Robot rides like a Segway

Indoor Personal Mobility Robot rides like a Segway

The Indoor Personal Mobility Robot isn't the first robotic wheelchair we've seen, but it's decidedly the most Japanese-looking. Just look...
 
'World's first sex robot' is a pretty cheap date, actually

'World's first sex robot' is a pretty cheap date, actually

This is Roxxxy, a gal with an unfortunate name and the dubious honor of being the "world's first sex robot."...
 
Landspeeder and AirMule drone: Separated at birth?

Landspeeder and AirMule drone: Separated at birth?

Apparently old Star Wars movies are a great source of ideas for the latest drones. This one's called the AirMule,...
 
I-FAIRY lets you become a robot puppet master

I-FAIRY lets you become a robot puppet master

One of the robotic standouts of the recent CES event was the new I-FAIRY robot from Kokoro Co. The robot,...
 
CES Thursday: A bigger, better Pleo and other honorable mentions

CES Thursday: A bigger, better Pleo and other honorable mentions

The dinosaurs may never return (knock on wood), but robotic ones can: Jetta, the new force behind the Pleo, is...
 

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