Robots

Phasma Six-Legged Robot Is Both Cool & Terrifying (video)

Phasma Six-Legged Robot Is Both Cool & Terrifying (video)

The Phasma hexapedal running robot is something that I do no want to see scampering down my hallway at night. That being said, it’s an engineering marvel. Built by Takram Design Engineering, it uses its springy six [...]

This Custom Lego Wall-E Robot Transforms (video)

This Custom Lego Wall-E Robot Transforms (video)

Pretty much everybody loved Wall-E, the cute waste disposal robot, when he first appeared in his eponymous movie a couple years. Which is why I find this custom Wall-E robot so charming, because it’s so similar [...]

Skynet Is Almost Here, Army Funding Autonomous Robo Helicopter

Skynet Is Almost Here, Army Funding Autonomous Robo Helicopter

Should we be a little scared that this helicopter can take off, fly around, avoid obstacles and return home all without a preprogrammed flight path?  Is Skynet upon us? Currently the Unmanned Little Bird, as it’s [...]

Rex, The Robotic Exoskeleton Makes The Paralyzed Walk Again (video)

Rex, The Robotic Exoskeleton Makes The Paralyzed Walk Again (video)

For a while there we thought the only thing notable to come out of New Zealand was the Lord Of The Ring‘s movies.  Full stop my friends.  The Rex is one bad ass piece of kit.  [...]

The Kame Robotto Is Your Own Personal Robot Turtle (video)

The Kame Robotto Is Your Own Personal Robot Turtle (video)

Kondo, a Japanese robot maker, has unveiled the Kame Robotto, the world’s first turtle robot. (Kame is Japanese for turtle — the more you know…). The turtle is powered by a 10.8V-300mAh Ni-MH “Robo Power Cell”, [...]

Beer-Fetching Robot Solves Man’s Biggest Problem (video)

Beer-Fetching Robot Solves Man’s Biggest Problem (video)

When it comes to technology, robots doing things for us lazy humans is always a plus, and while we’ve seen beer fetching robots before, none are as efficient as the PR2. Its creators, Willow Garage, taught [...]

This PR2 Robot Knows How To Shoot Some Pool (video)

This PR2 Robot Knows How To Shoot Some Pool (video)

A creation of the Willow Garage team, this PR2 robot can do a variety of tasks, including folding clothes. But the team put it to an even cooler use — playing billiards. Using a special grip [...]

MIT Student Creates Robotic Helper From A Lamp (video)

MIT Student Creates Robotic Helper From A Lamp (video)

A crafty MIT student has, well, crafted a robot out of a desk lamp. Natan Linder’s LuminAR robotic lamp can display images and text via an embedded Pico Projector, helping with your homework. It also recognizes [...]

iRobot 710 Warrior Bot Cleans Roads With Grenades (video)

iRobot’s bots clear gutters and remove debris from floors.  So it might come as a surprise to hear that they’ve been working on another breed of robots that can clear a road chalk full of mines. [...]

BeBionic Hand: Cyborg Becomes Reality (video)

BeBionic Hand: Cyborg Becomes Reality (video)

Dean Kamen’s Luke Arm is most certainly one piece of impressive kit.  And while we were thinking nothing could possibly eclipse it along comes the BeBionic hand.  The deets are a bit few and far between, [...]