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Why we care to know how squirrels communicate is anyone's guess, but it seems that this research is so important that a robot squirrel is being employed to live amongst the regular squirrel population. In fact, "Rocky" here (named after the cartoon character) is one of a growing legion of robo-creatures designed to study animals in their natural habitat.
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Rocky the Robo-Squirrel Scares the Hell Out of Timid Woodland Creatures
Why we care to know how squirrels communicate is anyone's guess, but it seems that this research is so important that a robot squirrel is being employed to live amongst the regular squirrel population. In fact, "Rocky" here (named after the cartoon character) is one of a growing legion of robo-creatures designed to study animals in their natural habitat.
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Robo-Dog Can Pull Rickshaws, Hump Your Leg
This plastic and metal husky with baby blue sneakers is one of the many weird and wonderful robotic entries at Chiba's Techno-Frontier 2008 symposium. Doesn't work as complex and chilling as the mindblowing BigDog, but at least the robo-husky won't try to poop everywhere. [Robot Watch]
1:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Jesus Diaz
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Sporty Robot Webcam With Choice of Balls, the MPC-095
A posable sports robot-theme webcam, with a choice of ball: basketball, baseball and football (US and Euro style). Who'd've thought there's a market for this? Chinese company Rodintech for one, though a trip through their website shows that they'll try and stick a USB webcam in just about anything. This MPC-095 has a 350 kilopixel CMOS sensor, plus the regulation built-in mic for your video-calling needs. Sorry, posable sporty robot theme webcam fans, there's no info on price or availability. [Rodintech via Geek Alerts]
software
Pleo Gets More Funtastic With Update 1.0.2
We loved the Pleo when we reviewed it a little while back, and now the smallest dinosaur in town has just been updated for more fun times. The 1.0.2 update will allow Pleo to interact with its surroundings more convincingly, wake from rest if a noise is detected and support a new grouped singing function, which we can't help but think is our little Pleo growing up and giving out the old mating call—those dino hormones sure are going to be tough to control. [Pleoworld;Thanks, Elvis. P]
robots
Desktop Robo Vacuum Sucks Just a Little Bit
I was pretty excited when I saw it was a "Robo" desk vacuum, 'cause I thought this was like a Roomba for your desk—it'd clean up granola bits while I fragged suckers and not commit suicide with a running leap off the edge. Sadly, I don't think it's that smart, just zooming forward sucking all your nastiness in a straight line. Still, it might be useful if you have a really loooong desk or a line of powder you want to neatly pack away without losing a speck. [Wowzzers via Notcot]
robo bedmodo
Cute Model Demos Starry Night Luxo-Bed
Come along on a bed tour, where this Starry Night Sleep Technology Bed by Leggett & Platt can run as high as $50,000, depending on how you configure it. Plug in your iPod (it's not quite ready for the iPhone, even though it will fit), trick it out with 2K watts of subwoofer/fanny-rattling power, or team it up with electronic trickery that even senses when you're snoring too much or trigger the lights and raises the blinds when you rise in the morning. More »
8:00 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Charlie White
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Latest by n/a: She is indeed cute. If you were expecting a big ol' fake titted tramp in a thong - then you are an idiot. If it said "Whore Model" than you'd have a gripe... then again, if you want to look more »
robo battles
Who has the strongest two-legged robot in the world? The Robo-One ground championships currently being held in Japan aims to find out. Twenty-five competitors are duking it out in "a spectacle strikes a close resemblance to a real boxing or mixed martial arts match as robots trade jabs, dodge punches and eventually knock out opponents with a crushing blow." Check out the bot with the floating balloon head. It is the cutest death blow ever. [Reuters via Spluch via UberReview]
Two-Legged Robot Wars: Kung Fu Fighting and Floating Head Smackdowns
Who has the strongest two-legged robot in the world? The Robo-One ground championships currently being held in Japan aims to find out. Twenty-five competitors are duking it out in "a spectacle strikes a close resemblance to a real boxing or mixed martial arts match as robots trade jabs, dodge punches and eventually knock out opponents with a crushing blow." Check out the bot with the floating balloon head. It is the cutest death blow ever. [Reuters via Spluch via UberReview]
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Kyosho Robo Hopper Helicopter Man: The Movie
The Kyosho Robo Hopper beats los pantalones off other similar flying toys like the RC Helicopter or the WowWee Dragonfly because it reminds us of a Japanese Inspector Gadget. Check the guy out in full motion as he whirls around a Japanese office space complete with snazzy Japanese soundtrack. Go Go Gadget Decapitation Device! [Daily Motion via Uber Gizmo]
2:15 PM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Jason Chen
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buggy bot
Robo-Moth Hooks Up Insect's Brain to a Robot
Reminding us of a tiny paper airplane with flies superglued to its wings, here's another melding of insect and machine, the Robo-Moth. This six-inch robot uses a moth's brain and eyes to get around, and wherever the moth's eyes look, that's where the robot goes. Sure, moths are plenty stupid, with brains scarcely larger than a couple of commas like this, but they can still detect motion better than anything scientists can build. More »
baaaahd luck
Robot Goat Feeds on Broken Dreams
Gamblers at Tokyo's Edogawa Kyotei boat races have a (better?) solution than just throwing away their losing tickets. Because now, players can feed them to a robot goat. When the ticket is placed up to the goat's mouth, a sensor is tripped, cuing the goat to chomp away at finger ticket stubs. Consuming about 500 tickets a day, the robogoat is intended to bring good luck to gamblers in their next race. Not to be a buzzkill or anything, but if the mascot really worked, the goat wouldn't be eating so many tickets every day. [asahi via pinktentacle]
robo ramen
Japanese Rube Goldberg Machine Makes Ramen in Six Long Minutes
While this bowl of Ramen may not be instant &mdash just the way Adam Frucci likes 'em &mdash its creation is utterly, butterly wonderful, if a tad long-winded. Six minutes in the making, this Japanese Rube Goldberg-esque machine uses skittles, model cars and what looks like miniature junk sails to make a bowl of steaming noodles with an egg on top. The commentator should have got a medal for keeping up the excitement levels. [Spluch]
toys
Kyosho's Robo Hopper Hops into Our Faces, Pectorals and Hearts
We have just realized our lives are far from complete. Please do not be shocked, we also thought blogging for a living was the abstract definition of self-completion. Apparently not, the Robo Hopper, an RC flying robot fashioned like our lovable buddy Asimo, has made us realize we need a flying robot/astronaut toy to complete us. More »
robo-waiter
Humans aren't perfect, therefore human waiting staff aren't perfect—as you'll know if you've ever had hot soup spilled on you, or the wrong meal brought out. To err is human, after all. However, diners in Nuremberg, Germany, won't have to put up with imperfection anymore because a new restaurant there is staffed entirely by robots. Check out a video of the future of dining after the jump.
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Robot-Staffed Restaurant Launches in Germany
Humans aren't perfect, therefore human waiting staff aren't perfect—as you'll know if you've ever had hot soup spilled on you, or the wrong meal brought out. To err is human, after all. However, diners in Nuremberg, Germany, won't have to put up with imperfection anymore because a new restaurant there is staffed entirely by robots. Check out a video of the future of dining after the jump.
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toilets
RoboFlusher Holds Toilet Flusher Down For 10 Seconds
If you've got one of those lousy toilets that require you to actually hold down the flusher the entire time you have to flush, you have two options. One, get a new flushing mechanism from Ace Hardware that's not a piece of crap. Two, build your own RoboFlusher that holds down the flusher for you, ensuring that you can get in and out with just one press of the button. We'd choose option one ourselves. [Grandideastudio via MAKE]
massage this
ROBO Chair, Voice Controlled Massage Chair For the Lazy Elitist
The INADA ROBO chair is the every-man's dream. It has all of the features that your typical massage chair includes like a 3D rolling mechanism, leg massager and 170˚ reclining ability. But it has one more trick up its armrest that sets it apart, voice activation. More »
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