Tag Archive for 'robots'
Andre Stubbe is a Computational Designer. Now I’m not entirely sure what that means, and although I could look it up I don’t think I will; I’m far happier thinking of him as some esoteric genius with a talent for making obscure and slightly unnerving robotic sculptures.
A case in point is this robotic eye, one [...]
A Robosapien with a flamethrower is one thing - it’s not so difficult to outrun the little blighter - but Marcus over at EVOSAPIEN has taken leave of his senses and fitted a Coilgun to his electronic friend. That’s right, now he doesn’t have to get up close to toast your shins, he can just [...]
Given the fact that large chunks of the UK are currently incapacitated by the evils of snow (seriously, a couple of inches and we grind to a halt), this Japanese snow-gobbling robot seems very appropriate. With a bevy of GPS sensors, cameras and a little bit of intelligence, it prowls the icy streets on its [...]
If you’re lucky enough to have a couple of robot arms lying around, but don’t fancy setting them up as sword-wielding sentries, then how about letting them make sweet music? With far more stamina than ever the most coked-up DJ, this pair of Kuko industrial robots have a selection of vinyl and a bad scratching [...]
Sweet bajesus, that thing sure looks evil. In fact, I’m pretty certain I saw it try to kill James Bond at one point. Intuitive Surgical would have us believe that it’s the da Vinci Surgical System, a remote 3D operating system with multiple arms and poseable endoscope for those extreme-closeups.
Apparently I’m the only one scared [...]
You probably recognise this cute little bugger - it’s Pleo, the robot dinosaur tipped to sweep the board for toy purchases this year. Pre-ordering was meant to begin tomorrow, but the latest news from creators Ugobe is that this has been pushed back to sometime in the Spring, so that they can finish tweaking a [...]
So you’re out there in the real world (scary isn’t it) trying to find that special someone, but you can’t ever seem to find the courage to chat up a total stranger. Now, imagine that you had a monkey that could help you break the ice. No, not a real monkey, but more of a [...]
Here’s my terrible admission for the day: I’m not really all that bothered by Star Wars. In fact, the only thing that interested me about the films was the cool Imperial tech, particularly the two- and four-legged walkers. Well, Mike Smyth looked Darth-ward for design inspiration when it came to the appearance of his bipedal [...]
Talk about celebrity sightings in Las Vegas. Besides Cher, Michael Jackson, and Madonna, who were roaming around the floor of the CES unveiling event, we also saw the singing and swaying bust of Elvis at the Wowwee booth. I’m sure many would love to have a singing Elvis bust, but I was more interested in [...]
We’re blogging live from CES 2007. And now we’re at the sneek-peak unveiling event here in the Venetian and my first post is the Korean UBOT from Microrobot, because, well, I love robots, and especially ones that clean my house so that I don’t have to. This soon to be Roomba competitor, is a much [...]
