Robotics Institute

The “First Real Robot For Girls” Is A Pink, Waddling Penguin

8:40AM July 10, 2009 | 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 »

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Runs On His Hands, Smashes Aibos To Bits

7:40AM July 10, 2009 | 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 »