 Beverage Buggies - Personal Drink Delivery::This little gift idea from Hammacher Schlemmer conjures up images of a wife or mother in the kitchen, while men are watching the football or kids are screaming for drinks.
Not wanting to miss what could… [MORE] |
 Chess Robots With Fake Arms - Novag 2Robot Chess Game::If you can’t find a partner worthy of your time, maybe the ‘2Robot’ from Novag will get your competitive juices flowing. The game board has a robotic arm which becomes your rival. The game has 128… [MORE] |
 Bots Better than Humans - Poker Bot Beats Pros::A bot has beaten a top poker professional at a popular poker game called Limit Texas Hold ‘em. Its the same game you see all over the cable channels, except there is a limit on the money one can bet.… [MORE] |
 Art Manipulated by Blogger Posts - Pulse::Berlin-based artist Markus Kison has integrated pure art and technology in his project called Pulse. Here's how it works: Pulse searches Blogger blog posts for key words - words found in Robert Plutchik's… [MORE] |
 Wall Climbing Robots - Electrostatic Vertical Surface Climbing::There have been several posts over the past year about engineering innovations that have enabled robots to scale vertical surfaces. These have generally required the use of adhesives or suction pads. This… [MORE] |
 Branded Bartender Robots - Mr. Asahi (UPDATE)::The first robot bartender is finally among us and its name is Mr. Asahi. The robot is currently on tour for Japanese beer makers Asahi and it just made its public debut at Selfridges in the UK. The beer-making… [MORE] |
 10 Lovable Robots - From Weight Lifters to Camel Riders::In celebration of the newest robotic movie star, WALL-E, Time magazine featured a photo gallery of awesome robots.
The mechanical wonders perform amazing human tasks such as imitating human voices, racing… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Robots - Interactive Elvis Bust::The King has been reincarnated, this time as a lifelike, singing and talking robot. WowWee has used motion capture to recreate the expressions of the best selling solo artist in U.S. history. The Robot… [MORE] |
 Hi Tech Storage Unit - Robovault Uses No Humans::South Florida residents who need a place to safely park the Lamborghini, stash a fine wine collection, or valuable antiques now have a super secure, super high tech alternative to home security. RoboVault… [MORE] |
 Robotic Bands - The TRONS Four Piece Band::The TRONS is the world’s first robot band. The four-piece musical group is from New Zealand.
The stars of the show include: Ham (rhythm guitar), Wiggy (lead guitar), Swamp (drums) and Fifi (keyboards).… [MORE] |
 Music-Playing and Dancing Robots - The Automated Music Personality (AMP) Robots::Hasbro’s Tiger Electronic and Sega Toys have announced the release of their Automated Music Personality dancing robot music speakers. Known by its acronym of A.M.P, the 2.5 foot, 15 LB bot runs upright… [MORE] |
 Top 30 Robots in 2008 H1::This robot-acular list features the hottest 30 new Robots in 2008 (so far). As always, the rankings are based on traffic from our innovation hungry community.
The best part about the robot list is that… [MORE] |
 Scientific Robofishes - More Than Just Little Swimmers::It is fun to watch fishes play and swim underwater. Don’t you think it is also enjoyable to see robotic fishes doing their tricks underwater?
Robofishes are robotic fishes roughly the size of a 10-pound… [MORE] |
 Geek Art - WALL-E Lego Model::It’s a marriage made in geek heaven.
The first ‘well-done’ model of WALL-E, the adorable robot from Pixar’s much anticipated upcoming movie, made from lego bricks.
The geek-to-the-bones model… [MORE] |
 Smelly Emotional Robots - Pomi Emits Smells & Makes Faces::South Korean researchers have unveiled Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction), a Robot penguin that can see, hear, touch and interact with humans by emitting smells and making faces.
Set to… [MORE] |
 Chairs That Follow You - RFID Robot Chair::The Dutch designer Jelte van Geest created a chair that follows people around. The Take a Seat robot chair was conceived and designed for the Openbare Bibliotheek Endhoven library and the robot chair moves… [MORE] |
 Toy Robots - Tri-Bot and Wrex the Dawg::WowWee, a toy manufacturer, just launched two amazing robots named the Tri-Bot and Wrex the Dawg.
The Tri-Bot is a joke telling, interactive robot with built-in games like Pattern, Minefield and Maze.… [MORE] |
 Animals Made of Recycled Electronics - Eco Art-Deco Machinery::Designed by Ann Smith, these unique robotic animals are a creative method of recycling old electronics and machine parts.
As toys, art, or environmental statements, the marketing possibilities are endless.… [MORE] |
 Flame-Throwing Wheelchairs - Shoots 15 Ft Flames::For the latest project in their line of strange (but cool!) inventions, racegreathouselabs.com came up with something no disabled person who likes living on the edge can possibly do without: a flame-throwing… [MORE] |
 Robot Golf Partners - Shadow Caddy::Fond of playing golf? With this robotic caddy, you will surely start loving golf even more.
The Shadow Caddy is the first robotic golf caddy that follows the player anywhere on the golf course. There’s… [MORE] |
 Revealing War Mysteries - Secret Weapons of World War 2::The Second World war is riddled with stories of mad scientists working for the Nazi’s and the Allies, developing technology which was much far advanced than any of the technology seen today.
Michael… [MORE] |
 Grand Canyon Climbing Robots - Panasonic Evolta PR Stunt::On May 24 Panasonic performed a robotic publicity stunt to promote Evolta. Specifically the stunt was to demonstrate the endurance of the AA alkaline dry-cell batteries.
The stunt had a 17-centimeter… [MORE] |
 Rescue Grasshoppers - Leaping Rescue Robots::A tiny little grasshopper inspired robot can jump 27 times its own body length; that's ten times farther than any other jumping robot. Scientists hope the little leaper will be able to aid in chemical… [MORE] |
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 Taste Test Robots - Artificial Mouths::Food quality and flavours are of great importance in the food industry. Human taste-testers are still better at deciding if processed food is going to do anything for our palate. Recently, French scientists… [MORE] |
 Recycled Robot Jewelry - Obvious Front::D Young, the artisan behind Obvious Front, makes the funkiest robot earrings, pendants and ornaments from recycled parts of old TV and VCR. The quirky, humorous bots are assembled from capacitors, wires,… [MORE] |
 Recycled Electric Toothbrush Gadgets - Bristlebot/Brushbot::Old toothbrushes can be used for all sorts of things - cleaning greasy engine parts, scrubbing hard-to-reach toilet nooks, and creating robotic artists. The folks at Evil Mad Science Laboratories discovered… [MORE] |
 Maestro Robots In Action - Honda Asimo Conducts Symphony (UPDATE)::We told you Honda's Asimo robot was scheduled to conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a performance of The Impossible Dream from Man of la Mancha. The successful performance took place yesterday,… [MORE] |
 Anti-PMS Robots - Panadol Menstrual Ads::A man probably couldn't get away featuring this ad, but I think as a woman, it's OK to share the humor of this PMS-mocking campaign.
The print campaign for Panadol Menstrual shows an image of a driveway… [MORE] |
 Robot Bartender Festivals - Roboexotica::Robots are now man's new best friend. Thats right dogs, you are not good enough anymore. You know why? 'Cause you can't make cocktails.
Roboexotica, a yearly festival that usually takes place in Vienna,… [MORE] |
 Robotic Fashion Campaigns - Levi's Metal Denim Passion::Robotified fashion campaigns continue to emerge as the obsession with futurism and luxury space travel continues. Now Levi's has jumped on board with this ad campaign.
The Levi's Copper Jeans ads are… [MORE] |
 Themed Robot Sex - Terminator Kamasutra::These terminator sex positions are the bomb, in a freakish sort of way! I have to confess that I am a fanatic of the Terminator series and whoever came up with this idea is
A. an absolute perv, but
B.… [MORE] |
 Jellyfish Robots - Festo AirJelly::Most people would probably be freaked out as well as awestruck by the beauty of this jellyfish robot designed by Festo. The AirJelly performs a series of motions similar to that of a real life jellyfish… [MORE] |
 Character Animation Evolved - GTA4's Euphoria Engine::Character animation is becoming more evolved than ever before, as proven by the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA4). The game, to be released next week, uses a new Euphoria Engine, thought to… [MORE] |
 Resurrecting 80 Year Old Humanoids - Gakutensoku Revived::The Japanese always had a thing for robots. An 80 year old japanese robot has been brought back to life to star as the main attraction at the newly renovated Osaka Science Museum beginning July 18.
Gakutensoku… [MORE] |
 Musical Robots - Honda Asimo to Conduct Orchestra::A Honda robot will conduct the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a concert that will take place on May 13th in Detroit. The Honda Asimo robot will pick up the baton and lead the human musicians in a rendition… [MORE] |
 Robotic Bouncers - "Bum Bot" Shoos away Homeless::What does a small business owner do when he's tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he's owned his successful business… [MORE] |
 Fire Fighter Robots - Forest-Clearing Transformer::This fire fighter robot was a group project designed by Jordan Guelde and Daniel Shankland II. Each designed a robot, both using the same core parts but each is meant to perform unique tasks.
Guelde's… [MORE] |
 Elephant Toilet Cleaners - Urine for a Real Surprise::A herd of little blue elephants have been left on the loose in Japan. These little pachyderm robots with little yellow hats are also known as the Dasubee, or toilet scrubbing robots. The robots scrub and… [MORE] |
 Firefighting Robots - OLE Insect Firefighter::The OLE robot is a product of the industrial-design studio at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal in Germany. The OLE, which is autonomous and is guided by GPS, intelligent feelers, infrared and heat sensors,… [MORE] |
 Super Exoskeletons - Now on Sale::We have seen plenty of exoskeletons being developed over the years designed to support humans and assist them with super strength, the only problem was that none of them were available for sale. Cyberdyne,… [MORE] |
 Robot Nurses - uBOT-5::With baby boomers making the transition into the 65-and-older crowd, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a robot that can help in case of a medical emergency. What can… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Fashion Robots - Gwyneth Paltrow in Vogue::The intrigue with futurism and robots has permeated the fashion industry, with space-inspired styles supplementing the growing integration of robots and smart technologies in our daily lives.
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 Green Pool Cleaners - Solar Breeze::The Solar Breeze robotic pool skimmer can float continuously in your pool, operating on solar power directly during the day, and on battery power at night. However, no electrical connections are needed,… [MORE] |
 Robotic Housekeepers - Robot Butlers and Maids::I've been thinking of replacing my monkey butler for a while, but you know, good help is hard to find. Thankfully now there's the 'Robot Butler' which in all honesty is amazing!
There were invented to… [MORE] |
 36 Freaky Robots With Human Jobs (SUPER GALLERY)::Trend Hunter's robot section features several hundred robots, but none are more freaky than these 36, which each have human jobs. Having said that, I did cheat a little on this list, adding some unemployed… [MORE] |
 Canine Robots - G-Dog::Before we get carried away with robotic soul mates, let's start out with man's best friend. HPI has produced a robotic G-Dog. This isn't the name of the latest rap star - it's a robotic canine. Set to… [MORE] |
 Robot Secretaries (UPDATE) - Phorone::Kokoro Dreams' life-sized android secretary's name is Phorone. She stands 175 cm and she has already starred in an anime where she was the protagonist. The big hope is that someday, she, and robots like… [MORE] |
 Emotional Robots - MIT's Nexi::Nexi is a next generation humanoid robot conceived and designed by roboticist Cynthia Breazeal’s group at the MIT Media Lab. They call this so-called "emotional robot" an MDS (Mobile/Dexterous/Social).… [MORE] |
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