For those still waiting to hear about the robot revolution, you'll have to keep waiting a bit longer. Though, finding out that a restaurant in China is now letting a team of robots not only greet customers, but also serve them food, perhaps that day is right around the corner. A new restaurant, called the Delu Rebot Restaurant opened its doors in Jiang, China, and offers up plenty of robot entertainment for those who want to partake.
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Panasonic’s HOSPI Robot Brings Nurses Drugs When They’re Needed [Video]
In the medical field, there's a push to make robots a real presence. Whether that means they take over certain aspects of a particular job, or even just remove the need for a person as a whole, it doesn't matter. And the new HOSPI robot from Panasonic is one of those robots. While it may not take over an orderlie's job over night, you can see how a few improvements could indeed put the robot into every hospital in the world.
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Panasonic’s EVOLTA Robot Uses 12-AA Batteries to Travel 317 Miles [Video]
Considering it is the day after Thanksgiving, how about a little publicity stunt from Panasonic to tide you over during your extended weekend? Even if batteries are one of the most commonly used items in the world, it seems Panasonic doesn't think they get enough attention. That's why they put together the EVOLTA robot, and decided to send the little robot on a 500-kilometer trek across Japan. Luckily enough for the EVOLTA, it made it, and actually did it ahead of schedule.
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Land Crawler exTreme Uses 12 Legs to Carry 175 Pounds
While the United States Army may get all the glory when it comes to load-bearing robots, it's pretty obvious that the designs are being built all around the globe. Whether it be for general purposes, or one in particular, these robots can usually be pretty small in their own right, but be able to carry quite a large amount given the right circumstances. The Land Crawler exTreme is one of those robots, which is reportedly being built to carry humans.
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DARwIn-OP open-source DIY robot gets premature reveal
A new version of the NSF-sponsored DARwIn-OP open-source robot has been spotted, the latest handiwork from Virginia Tech in collaboration with Purdue University, University of Pennsylvania, and Robotis Co. The images were discovered in among the DARwIn-OP support site photos by the RoboSavvy forum, though right now it's unclear exactly what changes have been made.
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US Army Testing Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot [Video]
Robots in the military are becoming pretty common. As the Commanding Officers try to think of new, and futuristic ways to make sure that their soldiers aren't put into harm's way, new robotic devices are being tested and implemented into dangerous situations. One of the United States Army's newest devices, the Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, is meant to be able to use all of its skills and abilities to go into live-fire zones, and pull wounded military personnel out of the conflict.
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Robo-Camera Mimics the Movement of a Human Eye, Does It Faster [Video]
Even the smallest of creations can create some pretty significant results. This small robotic device was created by a team at the Technical University of Munich, and it's designed specifically to pan and tilt a small robotic camera. The interesting part is the design process, in which the researchers and scientists made it so that the small robo-cam follows the same movements as the human eye. The small robot is meant to keep up with the human eye in gaze-tracking studies.
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Yume Robo Robots Endlessly Climb Up and Down Wall [Video]
At the recent Shanghai Expo, where companies all over the world show off their latest inventions, Japan showed up to show off three robotic humanoids. The point of the robots, which are designed to endlessly climb up and down a wall, was to showcase their prowess in the robotics market. The three robots are called Yume Robo, and they've been on an endless journey ever since their debut.
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Dalek-style robot gripper could be handy for amputees
If you were writing a top-five list of Dalek shortcomings, having to make do with a glorified plunger for a hand might rate pretty high on the list. Turns out, though, that might actually be a high-point of robotics evolution; a team at the University of Chicago in Illinois has bypassed complex, tricky-to-control robotic fingers by using a pliable rubber sack filled with coffee grains or glass spheres, and which can be used to grip objects by adjusting the internal pressure.
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Human Easily Beats Expert Bowling Robot [Video]
Robots are getting more advanced every day, especially as the designers behind them test new ground. But, even if some consider the fact that a robot beat a world-class Shogi player for the first time ever a few weeks back the sign of End Times, perhaps there's a bit of solace in the fact that a human easily beat a robot bowler. In fact, the robot is actually considered an "expert bowling robot," but that didn't mean anything to the human opponent, who managed to beat the expert easily enough.
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Toyota and Fujita Health University Testing Robot to Aide Stroke Patients
Toyota, which primarily sees its name planted on vehicles all over the world, is making a hard push for robotics. The company is trying to make the future technology part of its core business, and with that, they're developing new robots to help in all sorts of different ways. Working in conjunction with the Fujita Health University in Japan, Toyota is currently testing out a new robot which they say, will help stroke victims.
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Hammacher Schlemmer’s Emotive Robotic Avatar Costs $65,000
Perhaps not an age-old question, but one that needs to be answered anyway: at what point does a toy no longer become a toy? Is it the price that should dictate the title? If that's the case, then we're not sure that the Emotive Robotic Avatar can really be called a toy, because the price tag is equal to some cars out there. Then again, there are people out there that consider their car their "toy," so maybe it's the same idea here.
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