Pool, the kind that involves cue balls, green felt and either beer or cigars (and sometimes both) in the movies, is the last place you would think to find a robot. But think again – the physics and mathematics of pool are just ripe for automation.
Deep Green is an industrial gantry robot, equipped with a [...]
Would you eat at a joint called Momozono Robot Ramen? You bet I would. I can’t tell what I love more about this shop – the ramen or the robot.
The noodle house gained popularity not only because of its delicious noodles, but also because of the robotic chef. Customers place their orders on a [...]
No, it isn’t as cuddly (but it sure is cute) and nowhere near as intelligent or sentient as Disney-Pixar’s WALL-E. A group of Italian researchers are testing a way to replace the garbage truck with a robot that can collect trash on demand. The robot called DustCart has been zipping through the streets of the [...]
From BoingBoing Gadgets:
With such tiny wheels, this “table robot” from Laksmi-Do looks terribly delicate, but it can still ably hold itself upright and carry up to two kilograms of beverages and snacks. Woe betide the drunkard who forgets to recharge it, though. If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.
This awesome creation automatically skewers kebabs for you at an astonishing rate of 300 per hour. Apparently the process of making kebabs is so tedious (I only have them once in a while, and it’s even rarer when I make them myself) that many chefs who make kebabs develop tendonitis. But while this might be [...]
That is not a real hand sloppily Photoshopped onto a robotic arm. That’s an actual robot hand, designed to look and function disturbingly similarly to a real human hand. The skin is made of silicone and has a similar texture to human skin, and receives its motor abilities from artificial muscles controlled by air pressure. [...]
This self-propelling, two feet long robot can crawl along the ground, climb through debris, and even stand erect to give the operator a better view. The Israeli Defense Force is will use this thing for routine surveillance and reconnaissance, broadcasting video and sound to a monitor and control station. And if this is not enough? [...]
From ISAZ Newsletter, Number 29 [pdf]:
Robotic Pets and Children: A Developmental Study
Gail F. Melson, Alan M. Beck, Peter Kahn, and Batya Friedman (University of Washington) All data has now been collected for our study of children across three age groups (7-8, 10-11, 13- 14 years) as they separately interact with a live specially trained dog and [...]
Ever think your school teacher was a robot who was sent down to Earth by the evil overlords to repeatedly assign homework? You might not be so far off. A robot schoolteacher taught a science and technology class at Kudan Elementary School in Tokyo.
While Saya’s creator Professor Hiroshi Kobayashi said the robot’s main purpose was to [...]
In ascending order of cuteness and awesomeness…
3. Depressed Suicidal GM Robot
This aired as a Super Bowl commercial and is clearly dated because it comes from GM’s better days. I think now the big concern is “are we bankrupt” rather than “are our cars good?” But the sad robot is still pretty funny/cute.
2. Lovestruck R2D2
WHAT?! Star [...]
