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Flame Bot Has Manliest Walk in Robot Kingdom

Next Friday, a Dutch robotics researcher named Daan Hobbelen at TU Delft will be getting his PhD for building a robot named Flame. What's the big deal? you robo-saturated Giz readers ask. Flame has been built to walk like a man, using human-based principles that strike fear in the hearts of other robotics experts. UPDATE and BONUS VIDEO BELOW!! More »

3:00 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
22,034 views, 44 comments

Latest by N@tedog: Needs a big toe for lateral balance. I think I read somewhere that most of our lateral balance is derived more »

autoliv pedestrian protection system

Autoliv's Hood Airbag System Saves Dumb Walkers From Dumb Drivers

Autoliv's new Pedestrian Protection System combines a hood that opens to cushion impact and a pair of hood mounted airbags to reduce the risk of serious injury when a car comes into contact with an unfortunate pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist. The tech's safety specs are impressive: "From almost certain death to less than a 15% risk of life-threatening injuries in a car-to-pedestrian impact at 40 km/h." [Autoliv via Autoblog via Inventor Spot]

7:06 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Chris Magor
2,268 views, 21 comments

Latest by emag: All we really need is a method by which pedestrians can send in plates for cars that don't stop for more »

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Honda's Assisted Walking Device Makes Grandma Strut Like Asimo

Honda has developed a gadget that they say could make walking easier for the elderly and others with weak leg muscles. The aptly named Walking Assist Device is a 6 lb. motorized belt with hip sensors that gauge how much help the wearer will need. The motor then gives the wearer an appropriate boost, lengthening his or her stride enough to make walking easier on the legs. More »

11:30 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Benny Goldman
7,097 views, 49 comments

Latest by Brau: Today a man wearing a Honda Assisted Walking Device fell asleep at the wheel (so to speak) and drowned when more »

robots

Cornell Ranger Breaks Walking 'Bot Distance Record, Falls Over

When a team of Cornell students put Ranger to work tottering around the running track it just kept on walking, eventually achieving 45 laps before its batteries died and the poor thing toppled backwards. This 5.6-mile hike smashed the previous 20-lap record. The kneeless Ranger is designed to investigate aspects of locomotion so that robot walking can be improved, and hopefully prosthetics for humans too. More »

10:40 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
4,067 views, 8 comments

Latest by TheCyberBob: @Darrone: See and here I was thinkin more the Matthew Wilders songs "Break My Stride" For those that don't know the more »

gadgets

Sportline ThinQ Pocket Credit Card-Sized Pedometer

The deal here is that this is a credit card sized, 3mm thick, pedometer. Counts calories, distance, and steps. This makes a lot more sense than strapping a full sized pedometer to your arm or belt and living with it in tow. Most walking is probably done down city blocks, across the office to the laser printer, and through the mall during sale season. [Sportline via Digital Trends]

5:26 PM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Brian Lam
2,693 views, 2 comments

Latest by Dr.Chocobo: Oh no, what an embarrassing name. I can see jokes about pedophiles lining the comments section. more »

robots

This Robot Defies Jesus, Walks on Walls


Hold on to the edge of your seat, boys and girls, because this here robot is poised to Blow. You. Away. Not only is it made of metal and rubber, in and of itself completely mind-boggling and on more than one occasion made me question my own hollow existence, but it can also walk up walls. So the government has been lying to us! I totally called this back in '47. More »

3:46 PM on Mon Oct 23 2006
By Gizloco
392 views, 24 comments

Latest by SexCpotatoes: Phalc0n, bold denotes opinion. more »

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Remote Controlled Gundam Robot Walks Better Than Stephen Hawking

GUNDAM!! Who hasn't watched a Gundam cartoon and wished they were 13 years old and piloting one of these huge mechs? Here's the next, next, next, next best thing to that. The remote controlled Gunwalker robot lets you walk the guy in "true two leg walking action" by using the "Magna Traction System". More »

4:45 PM on Fri Sep 22 2006
By Jason Chen
2,106 views, 37 comments

Latest by wahlumsurfer: So, how long until a government stills the idea and we start having our own Gundam Wars? With that, reading from more »

gadgets

Real, Virtual Reality Roller Shoes ... Huh?

The "powered shoes" are virtual reality assistants that were developed by Hiroo Iwata, Hiroshi Tomioka and Hiroaki Yano in Japan. The shoes—or hippie sandals as they appear—have motorized rollers built into the base. As you take steps, a computer strapped to your back will make the rollers on the bottom of the sandals roll the opposite direction canceling out your steps. So it is like really walking in place or being on a mobile treadmill. Get it? More »

4:36 PM on Fri Jul 21 2006
By Travis Hudson
771 views, 5 comments

Latest by c--b: That Socks+Sandals comment hurt. more »

ipod

Apple + Nike Sport Kit Ships

ipod_sportkit.jpgAnnounced two months ago and now shipping is the Nike + Apple iPod Sport Kit, a pair of shoes that talks to your iPod, and then lets your iPod talk to you. The Nike shoes keep track of your running (or walking, skipping, hopping, limping or jumping) distance, time, speed and even calculates calories burned, sending that info to your iPod that speaks the data to you so you don't even have to look down at the screen. More »

9:26 AM on Thu Jul 13 2006
By Charlie White
2,570 views, 5 comments

Latest by weatherman: I'll get this -- but only when the next iPod Nano comes out. I assume the next Nano is going more »

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Rainlegs Keep Writing Riders Dryer

If you've ever gotten caught in the rain riding your bike, you might have noticed that the most soaked-through part of your body was your knees and thighs. Here's an answer for that problem: Rainlegs, which are made out of wind and water-repellent parachute cloth. This unusual $43 garment rolls up into a very small package that you wear around your waist like a belt, and then if you get caught in a cloudburst, you simply roll them down and cover up those legs. These look like they would work for runners and walkers, too, where even when you have a raincoat on, your legs get soaking wet in a downpour. It just happened to me the other day. Now if they can just come up with a solution for that wet-back-from-the-tirewash problem, we writing riders of the blogosphere could stay completely dry while riding in the rain. Or we could just stay inside in our pajamas. More »

7:50 AM on Tue Jan 31 2006
By Charlie White
178 views, 5 comments

Latest by mikeyboy: ... a solution for that wet-back-from-the-tirewash problem... yep, inexpensive plastic fenders can be had for around $10 each. sure beats a more »