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Robots love Barack Obama

Barack Obama seems to be loved by so many people of all walks of life and race, but he was getting support from an unlikely source, that’s right, a robot. If you were thinking of voting for John McCain, then you would have had a change of heart seeing this big robot coming down the Turlington Plaza pavement. Read more

HAL robotic suit rental: be like Iron Man

Back in 2005, Tsukuba University professor Yoshiyuki Sankai designed Hal-5, which was a robotic suit. This was just the start of his work, which would hopefully allow people to overcome being handicap.

It now looks as though HAL is finally here and ready to be mass Read more

VIA Pico-ITX at the Heart of Modern Robots

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today showcased VIA EPIA Pico-ITX-based entertainment robots at the Taipei International Robot Show (TIROS), being held on 21-24 August at the World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan.

With robotics development representing the cutting edge of technological progress, VIA’s commitment to extremely compact form factors, robust performance, extensive feature sets and extremely low power consumption means that VIA’s off-the-shelf EPIA boards are becoming an essential component for academic, hobbyist and commercial robot developers Read more

Rat’s brain used in robot to help Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

Love them or hate them rat’s could end up changing the lives of thousands of people who suffer from Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Researchers at the University of Reading in England have developed a small robot that is controlled by the brain of a rat.

Well when I say a rat’s brain I mean a Petri dish full of rat neurons. These neurons are able to remotely steer the robot via Bluetooth wireless signals. Professor Kevin Warwick said “If we can understand some of the basics of what is going on in our little model brain, it could have enormous medical spin-offs.”

The team at the University of Reading had to dissolve a fetal rat’s brain, which they then placed in into an electrode-ringed Petri dish. These cells then reassociated themselves with each other, they then begun to fire electrical signals randomly.

The electrical pulses that were sent through the ring of electrodes managed to calm the neurons down, after a period of time those cells then began to learn patterns among the external pulses.

The team hopes that by understanding their findings will help them to shed a bit of light on neurodegenerative disorders; this includes Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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Nintendo Wii Controller System to operate real military robots: Is this good for warfare?

Strange but true and quite scary really but the Nintendo Wii controller system will be used in real life warfare to operate military robots. All I hope is that the men and women in the military do not play the Nintendo Wii in real life or they might think it’s a game.

Scientist has reported that two scientists in the United States have just adapted the Nintendo Wii control system technology into robots that clear mine fields.

The Nintendo Wiimote detects movement in three dimensions using wireless technology in the games as we know it, but it is just for that “games” so do we really want this technology in modern warfare?

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Vstone Black Ox robot called Gigantor should entertain: Video action

We all love robots and the more sophisticated the better, Vstone Black Ox robot is called Gigantor and the original stands 7,000 feet tall, but come on there is not way you can have a robot that size in your house.

So what they did was built a Tokyo sized one for you all, the Gigantor robot is only foot and a half tall from the floor and features 20 movable axis points, oh and he has mean fighting skills which should entertain you somewhat.

Watch the video below of Gigantor in action (Watch out for the laser eyes).

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Robo-dog Ideal Pet For The Elderly

It’s lovely to come home and be greeted by your pet, but for some people it is not practical to have pet in their home, due to long working hours, some elderly people don’t have pets as they can’t out and about to walk them.

Here is the answer it’s the Read more

Justine The Futuristic Butler Can Make Coffee On Demand

By the time I become rich enough to afford a maid or butler, it looks like they’ll be replaced by robots like this one! Bruno Sicilano, a professor at Naples university is currently working on a 6.3 million Euro project called DEXMART. The aim of the project Is to create Justine - a robot who can make instant coffee in, well, an instant! Read more

$750 to $6,000 Junk Robots from Bennett Robot Works

I do not get it, what is so special about these robots; they’re just robots made from junk. The robots don’t do anything so who would want to waste their money on stuff that doesn’t do any think. The sculptures from Bennett Robot Works were made with objects from garage dumps, basements, construction sites and garage sales Read more

WowWee Dragonfly Robot vs. Real Hawk

With robots becoming more lifelike everyday it looks like hawks are not able to tell the difference, there have been reports that 45 people have been attacked by hawks as they try to take their WowWee Dragonfly Robot Read more

SEGATOY Robot Dog: responds to touch, voice commands and tracks you

This robot dog may not have an LCD display or WiFi, but it does look pretty cool. The SEGATOY robotic dog can respond to your touch, voice commands and it will even track you as you walk around.

The SEGATOY robotic dog will move his/her tail, head, mouth, and eyes and even let you shake a paw just like a normal dog would (well not exactly) Read more