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Robot jugglers are cooler than creepy clowns

, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Robots can do all sorts of things today that are very impressive. I am partial to the video of the industrial robots I posted up last month that showed the bots having a lightsaber duel. I can have a fake lightsaber battle, but I can’t juggle at all. A couple juggling robots have turned up on video and they are really cool and take completely different tracks to juggle the balls. Read The Full Story

Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Student Walk

, May 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

We love robots here at SlashGear, especially when they can help people do things they wouldn't normally be able to do. This weekend, a paralyzed student at UC Berkeley was able to walk across the stage to receive his diploma thanks to a metal robotic exoskeleton developed at Berkeley. It was an exciting moment for the student, and for the researchers who have been working on this technology for over a decade. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Science Week in Review – Robot Edition! May 14th 2011

, May 14th 2011 Discuss [0]

This week’s SlashGear Science Week in Review is all robot. We always try to include at least one robot story in each edition, but this week, there were so many robot stories to choose from, we decided to feature all of them. These robots range from robotic arms engaging in an epic lightsaber duel, a cute and cuddly robot toy, a jumping robot (kind of) named after a famous frog, and one robot that seems to be channeling Rosie from the Jetsons. Then, those crazy German engineers who brought us the Rollin’ Justin robot are back and this time, they’re coming out swinging, as in gleefully whacking a robot with a baseball bat. Also, a couple of robot concepts that we encountered at Google I/O this week. And last, a rolling trash can that isn’t a robot, but plays one on TV. Of course, there are lots of videos included as well. Read on for all the robot goodness.

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KURMET bipedal robot proves it’s easy not being green

, May 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Each week I am seeing more and more robotics projects and research material show up on the web. It's cool to see so many colleges and universities building robots for one task or another. Had my college let us build robots rather than mousetrap-powered cars, I might have stayed in engineering school. The latest robot to show up is called KURMET. He may have a name similar to Miss Piggy's crush, but this bot isn't green. Read The Full Story

Ranger robot walked 40.5-miles without a recharge

, May 12th 2011 Discuss [0]

Robots are cool and a lot of research is going into the design and development of new robots all around the world. Many of the top universities around the globe have competitions to see who can build robots that are the best at one thing or another. Some of the things that the robots are able to do in these contests are very impressive. The Cornell Biorobotics and Locomotion lab has a cool robot called Ranger that we have talked about before. Read The Full Story

Hasbro Android Robot Toys get I/O video playtime

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [1]

Our new favorite monkey robot, Kibot, may be stuck in Korea, but Hasbro has wider ambitions for its Nexus S powered Robot Toys. On show at Google I/O this week, the Android-bots are basically self-powered motorized cradles into which the Samsung smartphone docks, hooking up via Bluetooth. You can then hold races and use object recognition, just as in the video after the cut.

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SchultzeWORKS unveils Luna Robot concept

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [1]

Many people are like me and think it would be cool to have a robot in the house if that robot could actually do things that are useful. I don't just want a toy robot that is going to cost thousands of dollars, I want a robot that can clean up or mow the yard. I don't think the tech is here yet for that, but we are getting closer every day. A new concept robot has turned up called the Luna. Luna is a very tall robot and has little arms and even a digital face. Read The Full Story

Kibot robot hands-on [Video]

, May 11th 2011 Discuss [5]

South Korea’s big companies Samsung and LG may be battling it out on serious playing fields like 3D TV and who can make the skinniest smartphone, but everybody knows that the most excitement is in pastel-colored monkey robots. Kibot is carrier KT Telecom’s attempt to condition children to the inevitable AI takeover, a trundling, warbling robot that uses NFC, two way video calling and WiFi to remotely monitor, entertain and generally play with them.

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Sphero Robotic Ball Debuts Developer Program At Google I/O

, May 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Since the PlayStation Network is down, have you considered other forms of game play? Well, how about a robotic ball that can be controlled directly from your smartphone to do all kinds of crazy maneuvers in the real physical world? No? But Orbotix has. The company created a robotic ball called Sphero, the first of its kind. Now, they're opening up the API behind what controls this amazing sphere by unveiling their Sphero developer program at Google I/O. Read The Full Story

POLYRO open source robot is cute and friendly

, May 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

I really like robots and I can't wait until we can have our own affordable bots to help around the house. There is so much research going into robots for various uses today that new designs are surfacing all the time. A new bot has come to light called POLYRO. POLYRO stands for oPen sOurce friendLY RObot. You can see for the caps in the long name where the short version came from. The little bot is cool and looks a bit like some sort of toy with a smiling face and frog eyes. Read The Full Story

Hair Follicle Harvesting Robot Approved by FDA

, Apr 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Baldness is one of those things that our capitalist society manages to rail against something fierce. We have foams, drugs, surgeries, and old-wives tales all centered around the dreaded idea of losing your hair. I think hair loss is similar to how silverback gorillas go silver when they're all alpha-male and in-charge. One time I read it had something to do with testosterone. That said, Restoration Robotics just received clearance to market a new robotic system called the ARTAS. It's designed to assist in the hair transplant process by precisely ripping out a hair follicle and storing it until the doc can manually transplant it into the area where the hair is thin. Read The Full Story

DON-8r Robot

, Apr 25th 2011 Discuss [2]

Props to robot designers for finally coming out with stuff that can make a difference, not that robotic factory arms and mechanized food processing and and and... Whatever man, this thing is cute. It's designed on the principle that many organizations depend on charitable contributions for their operating budgets. Usually it takes legions of volunteers to collect these donations, but in our modern world such tasks can be done with robots just as well. Not to mention that people get annoyed with panhandlers. Enter DON-8r bot, designed by Tim Pryde. There's even videos after the break. Read The Full Story
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