Innovation First’s HEXBUG Crab: Scare the crap out of that robotic crab …

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Innovation First just debuted a new line-up of innovative toys sure to wow and amaze children of all ages. Here are some of the highlights: The HEXBUG Crab for just $12.99 looks and functions like a tiny crab from the ocean floor, walking sideways and stopping to hide in the dark thanks to its on-board light sensor. Read more

Trektile Remote-Controlled Snake: Change of preferences

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If you’ve still got that lil kid inside you that loves playing remote controlled cars and all that cute yet corny stuff, then maybe you’d welcome some change in technology or well the modes you have to entertaining yourself. If you’ve fancied the long-bodied monsters for long, then here comes the Trektile Remote-Controlled Snake. This one moves with snake-like motion while flashing multi-colored lights and making snake sounds. I’d call that pretentious, but frankly that’s the closest I’d ever like to come to the creature. I’m okay with my little siblings and cousins playing with these, Read more

Non-verbal communication: Humanoid communicates with gestures

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According to the British Inquirer , Researchers at the Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology have developped a robot with non-verbal communications skills. Accordingto the paper, the humanoid can communicate using gestures. The 187-pound robot stands about five feet tall and uses a 3D vision system to recognize gestures like pointing and bowing and determine their meaning, and then use the same gestures when appropriate. The researchers envision this technology being used in caregiver robots for the elderly.

Roller-Walker Robot: Watch those swanky moves …

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Well if you thought giving company to your kids and stealing almost every job in the market were the only domains the robots had entered so far, then you are highly mistaken. It can dance for you, sing for you (the band of robots), shop for you, chat with you, but how about the fact that it can also roller-skate with you? Read more

Roomba 500: Neue Roomba-Generation noch smarter

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Der amerikanische Haushaltsroboter-Spezialist iRobot hat heute seinen neuesten Staubsauger-Roboter Roomba vorgsetellt. Das von Grund auf überarbeitete neue Modell Roomba 500 soll vor allem intelligenter zu Werke gehen als sein Vorgänger und so deutlich effizienter arbeiten, ohne dass ein Mensch eingreifen muss.
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Unmanned Robots: Saving some skin for weary soldiers

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For all mothers of the brave soldiers of our times, especially those whose sons are currently situated in the troubled waters of the Middle-Eastern countries, this might give some relief. What you see up there is not some gimmicky game for the soldiers to pass their time with, it is a robot that weighs 50 pounds or less and can be used to man the reconnaissance duty — looking out for insurgents, and their bombs. A government solicitation to robot-makers asks for a machine that can both “look into the window of a vehicle” and peek “under a vehicle undercarriage.” <!—more—>A rather useful device I say, especially with the recent spate of crimes on the ‘not-so-privacy-respecting- soldiers, as the people would call it. It comes in response to the recent requirement expressed by the government for unmanned robots to be deployed for the slightly riskier tasks when you’re out there during sensitive times. Almost 1,000 of these are expected to be out there by the end of the year, and another 2,000 in the next five years. (NR/j)

Via: Wired.com

Basilisk Lizard: Robot walking on water

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Now of course, for you and me, a robot that can run or walk past water is something we would get momentarily excited about, laugh, talk a little about it, yawn and forget about it. But for many robot geeks out there, this of course is a very important milestone in what robots might be capable of achieving someday.

I know the robot you see up there looks too crabby to be good for anything, but if this mechanism, which uses Read more

Beware the Robot Nurse: She might do your job soon …

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“I’m not a machine” might soon become the most redundant excuse at work. When was the last time you got a headache with someone pestering you to take those oh-so-many wonder drugs? Well, what if that someone is a Robot? Are you crazy, you might say! Well to your surprise this so-called craziness might well become the way of life one day.
Scientists at Tokyo University are well on their way to making those “pill’arized nightmares come true, with their newly developed robotic nurse. No kidding! This one is programmed to follow you with your medical prescriptions, warning you each time you forget to take one of those not-so-likeable tablets. Read more

P.C Patrol car: Texas town gets a PR robot

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KRISTV in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas prouldy announced today, that the Corpus Christi police welcomed the newest member of the department: A robot named P.C Patrol car. (..) It may look like a toy, but police are counting on this interactive robot car to send kids a big message on how to prevent crime. Kids can ask it questions about crimes and get answers on how to stop them from happening. Well, is this robot, a PR guy or a police man then?
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Robot Shark: Remote Controlled Hammerhead for backyard pools

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Were you always in awe of the ocean’s most dynamic creature? Always wondered what it would be like if you could capture its beauty from the comfort of your home? If your answer is yes to the above questions, then we must let you in on the remote controlled hammerhead shark. The era of creativity exemplified, trust this one to manoeuvre the sexy moves of the shark at its best.