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Snow Shoveling Robots (GALLERY)
The i-Shovel Robot is Ready to Rid Your Walkway of SnowBy Marissa Liu - It’s Winter and with Winter comes snow. This means snow angels, snowmen, snowball fights and also clearing (and salting) the drive and walkway. This year save your back and body from shoveling with the…
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Top 50 Robots in 2009 (COUNTDOWN)
By Jeremy Gutsche - Domo arigato Mister Roboto, here is a countdown of the Top 50 robots featured on Trend Hunter this year... Unlike the robots you grew up with, these bad boys will blow your mind. If you finish eating…8,256 Views
Robotic Mousetraps (VIDEO)
Jake Easton Creates a Truly Modern Way to Get Rid of RodentsBy Marissa Liu - There are many ways to kill rodents but Jake Easton has designed a truly hands-off, robotic mousetrap system called ‘Better Mousetrap.’ This shiny, sleek, aluminum robotic mousetrap combines electronic…
603 Views
Robot Insects for Kids (VIDEO)
Hexbug Micro Robot Creatures Are One of 2009's X-Mas Must-HavesBy boomchickyboom - This close to Christmas, you have undoubtedly seen a 2009 top toy list. But to find one where the Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster didn’t make it to the top piqued my curiosity. The list was compiled by the Wyoming…
1,241 Views
Robot Dance Battles (VIDEO)
Mini Robot Dancers Wow the Crowd at Japan's IREXBy Emily A. Davidson - These shimmying, twisting and swaying robot dancers competed in the 6th Annual Robo-One Gate International Robot Exhibition (IREX) in Japan. Robo-One is a robot competition category for bipedal humanoid…
966 Views
Amazing Unicycling Robots
Murata Girl is a Modern Mechanical WonderBy Marissa Liu - Murata Girl is a unicycling robot, she is also the cousin of Murata Boy a bicycle riding robot who was created in 2005 by Japan-based Murata Manufacturing. Murata Girl was modeled after a primary school-aged…
827 Views
Human-Like Mechanical Limbs
The Shadow Dexterous Hand Can Mimic Our MovementsBy Marissa Liu - The Shadow Dexterous Hand was seem at Tokyo’s International Robot Exhinibition 2009. It comes with the CyberGlove which one wears when remotely operating this mechanical limb. In combination the glove…
817 Views
Lambent Transformers (GALLERY)
The Robolamps by Robert Matysiak are More than Meets the EyeBy Robyn Currie - Just when you thought that the world couldn’t get any better, here come the Robolamps by Robert Matysiak. They bring together humanity’s two great loves: light and robots. Using plumbing supplies and…
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72 Cartoonish Robots (CLUSTER)
From Disco-Dancing Robots to Smelly Emotional RobotsBy Meghan Young - Although we are making leaps and bounds in regards to robotic technology, I can’t help but note that there are still many cartoonish robots being produced. I admit, some of the robots in this cluster are…
2,715 Views
Noodle-Making Robots (VIDEO)
The Sanuki Shokunin Crafts Delicious Asian Pasta Before Your EyesBy Marissa Liu - We need a noodle-making robot in the TrendHunter office, if only to curb the amount of instant noodles consumed on a daily basis. The Sanuki Shokunin robot makes traditional, high-quality buckwheat soba…
1,159 Views
iPhone-Controlled Cars (VIDEO)
Austin Engineers Combine the Auto With Mobile TechnologyBy Rhonda Knott - A bunch of Austin-based engineers have produced the ultimate futuristic mobile application, using the iPhone as a remote control device to drive a car. These remote control-happy scientists prefer to live…
1,392 Views
Exercising Robots (VIDEO)
Bandit is a Socially-Assistive Robotic Personal TrainerBy Marissa Liu - Bandit is a personal trainer, and also a robot. This exercising robot was developed by researches at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Bandit is part of professor Maja Mataric’s lab, which specializes…
579 Views
Picturesque Robot Paintings (GALLERY)
Brian Despain Art Shows Robots Living Life to the FullestBy Jessica Marcel - Roq La Rue Gallery is now showing this Brian Despain art, featuring robots in some unusual circumstances. They’re experiencing the world one situation at a time, from swimming with fish to chatting with…
1,417 Views
Robotic Bikers (VIDEO)
Joules is the Perfect Tandem Biking PartnerBy Marissa Liu - Love going for a bike ride but are too lazy to actually pedal? Joules, the robot bike chauffeur, is here to help. The bicycle-pedaling robot sits on the back of a tandem bike. All you have to do is sit…
785 Views
Flame-Throwing Gadgets (GALLERY)
The Prometheus Device Packs Some Serious HeatBy Robyn Currie - Have you ever wanted a superhero power? I wanted to do the Bat Dance like Adam West, but that is not really a power. How about shooting flames out of your palms? Everett Bradford created the Prometheus…
1,520 Views
44 Kids Tech Toys (CLUSTER)
Virtual and Hi-Tech Toys Signal the End of Old School Big BirdBy Katherine Vong - If you’ve used Google at all today, you might have noticed Sesame Street’s Big Bird legs. Why the sudden tribute to the iconic kid’s program? Well today is Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary. Yes, it’s been…
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Plastic Pugilist Costumes (GALLERY)
Life-Sized Rockem Sockem Robots are Better than Your CostumeBy Brian G Randles - Rockem Sockem Robots are a great toy that lets children vent their frustrations via plastic figurines. Ian Austin has not let his childhood dream of becoming a real life Rockem Sockem Robots figurine die.…
1,427 Views
Senior Cyborgs (GALLERY)
Douglas Kalberg Gives Us a Glimpse into the FutureBy Brian G Randles - An art student from Sweden, Douglas Kalberg, gives us a look at what our great-great-grandchildren will look like once they are old. Featured in his “Hand Drawn Images" gallery, the photo is one of many…
766 Views
Iconic Robot Hoodies (GALLERY)
R2-D2 Hoodie is an Easy Way to Dress Up for HalloweenBy Brian G Randles - Frosti is a hoodie designer and a a self-proclaimed “vessel of awesomeness.” I think I am going to have to agree with her on this one. Coming out with a nice selection of kickass hoodies for the Halloween…
1,591 Views
16 Expressive Innovations (CLUSTER)
From Expressive Lids to Emotional MeatBy Meghan Young - Sometimes you’re sitting alone and all you want to see is a friendly (or at the very least, an empathetic) face. Imagine your surprise (and perhaps delight) if you do happen to look over and discover a…
974 Views
Robotastic Artworks (GALLERY)
Robot Art by Brian Kappel is Funny -- Until We're Their SlavesBy Robyn Currie - Art is can be inspired by anything and has no bounds, which is exactly why art geared to a certain demographic is even more scintillating -- especially when your demographic is robots and you make robot…
927 Views
Robotic Bees
Harvard Researchers Get $10 Million to Create RobobeesBy Marissa Liu - The National Science Foundation has awarded Harvard researchers $10 million to create a coordinated colony of robotic bees. The project is named Robobees. On the plus side, the robotic bees won’t be able…
740 Views
Sensory Robotic Limbs (VIDEO)
Scientists Confirm First Feeling HandBy Marcus Munro - Scientists from Italy and Sweden have confirmed the first surgically implanted artificial hand that has feeling. For the first time in history, scientists have successfully implanted a prosthesis capable…
818 Views
Shape-Shifting Blob Bots (VIDEO)
Chemical Robot Prototypes to Enter Inaccessible SpacesBy Katie Cordrey - The soft, shape-shifting chembot blobs that roll around and change shape in order to gain mobility are still experimental, but they are part of DARPA’s Chemical Robots Program vision. The DARPA program…
1,227 Views
Computer Whiz Wastelands
Tech Skills Go to Waste in 'Guitar Hero'-Playing RobotsBy Jessica Marcel - If an individual is gifted with a technological mind and serious mathematical skill, they should really use it to better the world. Making 'Guitar Hero'-playing robots does not fall in the ‘bettering the…
1,013 Views
Life-Saving Robots (VIDEO)
Robocue Comes to the Rescue Where Humans Hesitate to GoBy Christina Butty - There are a lot of situations where it is extremely dangerous for one person to help another. The threat is often too high in earthquake wreckage and bad car accidents. Now to assist humans in peril comes…
1,417 Views
Animal-Inspired Robotics (VIDEO)
Robotech Cheetah's Mechanical Design Based on BiologyBy Katie Cordrey - Robotic designer Sangbae Kim, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biomimetic Robotics Lab has undertaken an ambitious project: Building a lightweight carbon-fiber-foam composite robotic…
2,061 Views
Superhero Anatomy Enhancers (VIDEO)
The Power Loader Exoskeleton Lets Users Lift 220 PoundsBy Christina Butty - For those who always wanted the strength of the Hulk, this may be your lucky day because of the Power Loader Exoskeleton. A Japanese company called Activeink (which is a Panasonic subsidiary) has created…
828 Views
Futuristic Street-Sweepers (GALLERY)
Scarab by Olga Kalugina Could Make the Garbage Man ObsoleteBy Brian G Randles - Your local garbage man might soon be out of a job: The Scarab by Olga Kalugina is a new street cleaner that you could be seeing on the roadways. The Scarab has the maneuverability of a Roomba, but is designed…
1,176 Views
Possessed Pianos (VIDEO)
This Musical Robot by Peter Ablinger Can Give SpeechesBy IdeaMan - Just in time for Halloween comes this possessed piano! No, it’s not really possessed, but I think it is pretty creepy. I wouldn’t want it sitting there “staring” at me after watching the movie 'Poltergeist'…
1,141 Views
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