Robots
Robots
The “First Real Robot For Girls” Is A Pink, Waddling Penguin
8:40AM Matt Buchanan | The adorable counterpart to Prime8, Penbo is supposedly the “first real robot for girls.” It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: More »
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Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Runs On His Hands, Smashes Aibos To Bits
7:40AM Matt Buchanan | What’s special about Bossa Nova’s Prime8 robot—a $US100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute’s $US20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It’s the first bipedal toy robot, and it is fast. Just watch. More »
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Robot Crawls Through Veins To
12:30AM Mark Wilson | A new robot, just one millimeter in diameter, can crawl through your veins to treat arterial blockage or deliver targeted medication. More »
Robot Crawls Through Veins To Kill Heal You
12:30AM Mark Wilson | A new robot, just one millimeter in diameter, can crawl through your veins to treat arterial blockage or deliver targeted medication. More »
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This Looks Healthy
3:40AM Mark Wilson | While real cats and dogs seem far too keen on reproduction to ever be as scarce or expensive as they were in Blade Runner, Sega is pushing full steam ahead with an update to their freaky robotic felines. More »
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11:40PM Matt Buchanan | I’ll take six of the $US200,000 ramen-making robots Yoshihira Uchida built for his noodle shop Momozono Robot Ramen. The robot crafts completely customised ramen broth—there are over 40 million flavour possibilities you can configure. Mmmmm. More »
Momozon Robot Ramen: 40 Million Ramen Flavours Made By A Robot
11:40PM Matt Buchanan | I’ll take six of the $US200,000 ramen-making robots Yoshihira Uchida built for his noodle shop Momozono Robot Ramen. The robot crafts completely customised ramen broth—there are over 40 million flavour possibilities you can configure. Mmmmm. More »
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6:30AM Brian Lam | A great cover by the Christian Science Monitor. I went back and forth a few times, and ended up being wrong. Which do you think is the meat-based contruction? The answer forthcoming on Monday. [BoingBoingGadgets] More »
Which One Is The Robot?
6:30AM Brian Lam | A great cover by the Christian Science Monitor. I went back and forth a few times, and ended up being wrong. Which do you think is the meat-based contruction? The answer forthcoming on Monday. [BoingBoingGadgets] More »
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Pentagon’s Robot Hummingbird Christened “Nano Air Vehicle”
10:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Pentagon’s wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They’re not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream. More »
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9:00AM Adam Frucci | No artistic ability? Let a friendly robot force your hands into drawing a realistic self-portrait of yourself. More »
Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing A Pretty Picture
9:00AM Adam Frucci | No artistic ability? Let a friendly robot force your hands into drawing a realistic self-portrait of yourself. More »
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The Tokyo Gundam Like You Have Never Seen It Before
9:00PM Jesus Diaz | Now fully finished, the amazing full-scale Gundam is now an unofficial Tokyo landmark. The robot is so impressive that photographers are populating Flickr with beautiful photos showing every single little detail. [Flickr Search] More »
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