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Tired of spending every morning walking Spot?  Well then, you may be one of the many that are leaping for joy that Luna the robot will soon be available for purchase later this year. Human-sized with wonderful curves and a pretty adorable face,...

Panasonic Hair-Washing Robot

September 28, 2010 | In: Robots Cyborgs

The best thing about going to get your hair did, is the hair washing massage, isn't it?  Well, how would you like the option to have that sort of luxury daily?  Then say hello to my little friend, the Panasonic Hair-Washing Robot. This Panasonic...

Where else but robot central, Japan would a headline read, i-Fairy Robot Presides Over Japanese Wedding?  Yeah, that's what we thought too. New bride Satoko Inoue works for the company behind the i-Fairy robot that usually is seen helping visitors at...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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