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more about #robot more comments → OCEntertainment: ASUS will be working closely with Google on the development of these robots. While details are scarce at this time, one hacker was able to poke around... more » Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow: The lead photo looks like a pleasant LSD trip... ...more please! Note: Hey, I do not advocate the use of drugs. This is why I ask for the pseudo-eff... more » Die Fledermaus: Okay so this is a "cute" wireless plastic animated salt shaker? more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Is that a humpback whale? more » OMG! Ponies!: The only way I'd get one is if it said "slide" more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: They can't really walk up stairs like in the main picture can they? more » sleekmotorwurkz: Can it chase me around a couch and play Benny Hill music? more » Curves: I wonder how fast it goes, but I am thinking that it wont be fast enough to keep up with me around the house, and I dont see it doing stairs very well... more » fuchikoma: Am I mistaken, or was this the same technology suggested in the Ghost in the Shell manga in the late 80s? more » Slyd3z: First, prosthetic bodies. Then, tachikomas. Woo! more » Curves: Other than being Freakin Adorable, I can see no practical use for it. more » ForensicGuy: It's a GoBot!...for the love of all that is holy...SHOOT IT!! more » Coolmodo: This is a dream come true for many men. "Sorry babe, I wanted to call but I couldn't, the phone wouldn't let me get near it" more » Pessimippöpötåmus: So it's like the old one, but newer? more » Poop Cooper: I'm glad to know that the good people at Ghent University are building my future body, as it's no hidden fact that my ultimate goal is immortality. My... more » -
#android
EeeBot Android Robot Being Planned By ASUS, Will Take Over The World Like Its Eee Brethren
With the catchiness of the name EeeBot, I'm surprised it's taken us this long to hear whispers of an ASUS robot. More » -
#robots
Pingo the Robot Penguin is a Facebook Friend Who Won't Ignore Your Event Invites
I want an army of MyDeskFriend Pingo robot penguins. They'll dance around alerting of Facebook updates, read news, sing songs, and give weather forecasts. We'll be bestest friends and play together until they decide to kill me. Updated: In-Action Video More » -
#mint
The Masculine Mint Pass Robot Music Tank Could Crush Sony's Rolly Under its Tracks
The Korean Mint Pass is doing some pretty neat things in the MP3 player world, with this Robot Music Tank player/speaker concept tracking humans with its pyroelectric sensor, locking onto their thermal temperature and rolling after them, gleefully playing music. More » -
#robots
Optical Sensor-Laden Skin Gives Robots a Softer Touch
As robots become more involved in delicate tasks such as autopsies or surgeries, we need their touch to be as precise and sensitive as possible. To have that, we'll need to give them a skin-like surface full of optical sensors. More » -
#phones
I'd Call This Phone Cute, But I'm Afraid That It'll Hurt Me
I don't really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7, but I'm certain that I've never seen another cellphone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer. More » -
#robots
Robot Dance-Off
Last week, the greatest dancers of the biped robot world assembled to battle on the dance floor. More » -
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Ping Pong Terminator
Vietnamese robot Topio is a master of ping pong. He also has an ab regimen that effectively distracts from his receding hairline. [Pink Tentacle] -
#robots
Robot Cow Rectum: For Educational, not Recreational, Purposes
The ‘Haptic Cow' recently won Sarah Baillie the Most Innovative Teacher of the Year Award. Hear that, Adam Frucci? It's for learning. Don't get any ideas. More » -
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#robots
Bring Me Some Coffee, Bot
Before email, newspapers used intern runners to courier things between departments. Less than 50 years later, we have robots to do their jobs. More » -
#robots
The ROPID Robot Jumps And Runs Like An Excited Kid
This cute, lil' Japanese robot is like a kid after too much candy, but somehow it's got better balance than most of us after a long day of writing posts. Check out how it lands gracefully after some high jumps. More » -
#robots
With Robot-Performed Virtual Autopsies, Your Corpse Gets a Stunt Double
Virtual autopsies (yes, "virtopsies") are the newest in cause-of-death forensics. Robots surround a body, creating 3D imagery inside and out. When ready, the real body rests in peace while the stunt corpse gets chopped apart. Goodbye, CSI-induced nightmares! More » -
#robots
Army of Scarabs Can Keep Streets Clean
Designer Olga Kalugina defines her Scarab as a "robot-harverster for pedestrian areas." I define it as a potential catastrophe of planetary proportions, to happen when they become sentient and start cutting legs and chopping fallen human bodies. More » -
#concept
Zaojun: The Personal Assistant You Won't Flirt With
It just isn't appropriate to bring your personal assistant home with you, but Zaojun doesn't mind. The concept Wi-Fi gadget can do lots of things, including read you your email, messages and be programed to turn on appliances. More » -
#robots
Miruko Eyeball Robotic Eye: For Games, Surveillance, and Freaking Everyone Out
Miruko is a camera robot in the shape of an eyeball capable of tracking objects and faces. According to its creators, it can be used for augmented reality games, security, and navigation. According to me, it sucks people's souls. More » -
#robots
Robot Actually Pedals on Tandem Bike Behind Its Maker
Joules might be a robot, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy a calming tandem bike ride with his creator, Carl. He's not dead weight, either—he actually pedals, thanks to a PMG-132 motor. More » -
#robots
Astronomers Send Robots to Stargaze in Very Worst Place on Earth for Humans
Astronomers are rejoicing that they've found the best place on earth for astronomical observation. The only problem? It also happens to be the "very worst place on the surface of the planet for humans." Whoops. Send in the Robots. More » -
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A 50-Foot Michael Jackson Gundam Almost Destroyed Las Vegas
Las Vegas is the most horrible place on earth, so I'm almost sad it wasn't destroyed by a 50-foot robot Michael Jackson wanted to build in his image that would stomp around the desert. No, I'm not making this up. More » -
#clips
Robot Baseball Players to Necessitate Man's Fusion with Rhinoceros
Unless you're Mark Buehrle, it's nearly impossible for humans to play a perfect game of baseball. But for robots, feats like batting 1000 are already a reality. More » -
#robots
Stanford Cart: When Robots Started Seeing in 3D
Terminators have night and infrared vision. But they had to start somewhere, right? In 1979, a robot at Stanford called Cart that was radio-linked to a mainframe tracked and navigated 3D obstacles using a sliding camera for stereoscopic vision. More » -
#medicine
Robot Crawls Through Veins to
A new robot, just one millimeter in diameter, can crawl through your veins to treat arterial blockage or deliver targeted medication. More »KillHeal You
