February 23, 2010 | In: Robots Cyborgs
After just a few months of classroom trials, the South Korean government is moving ahead with robot technology in schools. R-Learning will soon be making its way into classrooms across the country with robotic teaching assistants. The country has...
December 16, 2009 | In: Robots Cyborgs
The Roomba better watch out, there is a new robot vacuum cleaner in town. Say hello to the Neato from Silicon Valley. What makes Neato, well, neato, is that it will clean your floors not like the sorta dumb Roomba, but by using an internal mapping...
October 8, 2008 | In: Robots Cyborgs
A robotic suited called the HAL-5 (which was created by Tsukuba University professor Yoshiyuki Sankai) which was created a few year ago will be available for rent in Japan starting this Friday. The suit will be available for $2,200 a month. The...
September 19, 2008 | In: Robots Cyborgs
WowWee has introduced a variety of robot toys. This latest offering appears to be targeted at a slightly different market, though. The Rovio is a robotic sentry that can patrol your house, and use its 640x480 webcam to snap pictures back in to...
August 21, 2008 | In: Robots Cyborgs, Toys and Pranks
WowWee has been releasing a lot of programmable robots. From sapiens to dinosaurs, they have many, many little droids in training on the market. This holiday season, they're going to take it one step further by introducing their very first female...
October 30, 2007 | In: Robots Cyborgs
The Zeno robot got his first live exposure at the RoboDevelopment Conference 2007 that recently took place in San Jose. Designed by Tomataka Takahashi (big name on Japan), and made by Hanson Robotics, the Zeno is similar to an old Japanese television...
June 29, 2007 | In: DVD Players, Robots Cyborgs
Remember the R2-D2 robot from Star Wars? I'm sure you do, and in case you are a real fan of the little blue character get ready to spend some money on a new gadget. The good news is that NIKKO has used the shape of R2-D2 to create a multifunction...
June 11, 2007 | In: Robots Cyborgs
The BEAR is not actually a bear, but more of a robot that can help soldiers. It has 2 high-mobility legs and a dynamic balance behavior, so it is suppose to go anywhere a human can. With the help of the 2 high-power hydraulic arms it can lift persons...
June 5, 2007 | In: Robots Cyborgs
With all kind of robots being created, the humanoid robot named Kansei and made in Japan is here to make the difference because its main feature is related to facial expressions - something that is rarely seen on robots. Basically after hearing a...
April 10, 2007 | In: General, Robots Cyborgs
There are a couple of ways to clean a pool, the most common is using one of those regular pumps but from personal experience I can say that isn't the best option. So forget the past gadgets and make an investment in the future – the robots. With...
