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Kid robots pulling rickshaw for entertainment
Remember I posted about a Chinese farmer and his family of 26 robots, one being a rickshaw puller? Well, this time it’s the SM City Marikina mall in the Philippines, where kid robots are being used to pull real children on a rickshaw for...
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Robo-fish to help understand the underwater world better
Over at MIT, students have recognized that underwater autonomous vehicles (UAVs) have their limitations while monitoring pipelines, sunken ships and pollution. To overcome these limitations, keeping in mind the long run benefit, they have built a...
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Humanoid robots playing baseball – Will robots emerge as sportsmen?
How about robots as sportsmen? Well, if robot savvy countries go about building robots for anything and everything then it won’t be long when robots would even enter the sports arena. Step in that direction are already underway with some humanoid...
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KITRO - A wooden humanoid robot
Following in his dad’s footsteps, Yuta Sugiura, a graduate student at Keio University’s Graduate School of Media and Design, has created a robot that people would love to interact with. The 200mm wooden KITRO is an ecological friendly robot...
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Laser pointer-controlled robots
Does complication lead to simplicity? Well, I’ve noticed that the contemporary human brain is indulging in complicated activities just to make things simple. One example in that direction is robotics. Lately, a lot of complicated thought process is.
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A Chinese farmer and his family of 26 robots!
Wu Yulu, 46, a Chinese farmer has spent 65 percent of his life making a robot family for himself. He has managed to make 26 robots over the past 30 years. These robots have various talents ranging from calligraphy writing, playing musical...
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AMD computer fixed in a humanoid structure
A couple of days ago we read that humans and robots would have a similar level of intelligence in a few decades. However, we can't forget computers when we are talking about robots and here is a computer that looks like a robot but of course, has no...
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Crab Fu has his Putter Bot teeing off
Crab Fu, the guy who brought us those amazing yet useless fish and turtle bots a while back, has now come up with something for golfers. Yes ladies and gents if you love your golf but find yourself to be just a little too lazy to actually make all that.
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The Trons- Robotic musicians rock concert halls
We have all heard of the strange stories of robot nannies lulling Japanese babies to sleep and we have also heard the same Japanese people making use of the services of robotic nurses. Now, how about if we added to your medieval knowledge base that...
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Hydrozoid Robot stalks it's prey in silence
In the dark of the night you lie still, fearing to breathe, lest someone heard it. You sense an extra terrestrial presence and let out a silent scream, a whisper, and you gasp for breath. You can see it behind you, the unearthly light glowing at the...
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Calling a pool table cool, requires…
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Metal sculpture – Recycled Grenade Bug Bomb
Fred Conlon is an American artist known for bringing garbage back to life. What for you is a piece of junk, for him, it’s raw material from which he creates some marvelous handcrafted metal sculptures. Featured above, is one of his creations using.
