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Popular This Month1. Top 50 Robots in 2009 (COUNTDOWN)  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…2. 72 Cartoonish Robots - From Disco-Dancing Robots to Smelly Emotional Robots (CLUSTER)  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…3. iPhone-Controlled Cars - Austin Engineers Combine the Auto With Mobile Technology (VIDEO)  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…4. Noodle-Making Robots - The Sanuki Shokunin Crafts Delicious Asian Pasta Before Your Eyes (VIDEO)  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…5. Lambent Transformers - The Robolamps by Robert Matysiak are More than Meets the Eye (GALLERY)  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…6. Robot Dance Battles - Mini Robot Dancers Wow the Crowd at Japan's IREX (VIDEO)  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…7. Robot Insects for Kids - Hexbug Micro Robot Creatures Are One of 2009's X-Mas Must-Haves (VIDEO)  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…8. Human-Like Mechanical Limbs - The Shadow Dexterous Hand Can Mimic Our Movements  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…9. Amazing Unicycling Robots - Murata Girl is a Modern Mechanical Wonder  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…10. Exercising Robots - Bandit is a Socially-Assistive Robotic Personal Trainer (VIDEO)  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… |
Popular Last Month1. 44 Kids Tech Toys - Virtual and Hi-Tech Toys Signal the End of Old School Big Bird (CLUSTER)  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…2. Animal-Inspired Robotics - Robotech Cheetah's Mechanical Design Based on Biology (VIDEO)  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…3. Iconic Robot Hoodies - R2-D2 Hoodie is an Easy Way to Dress Up for Halloween (GALLERY)  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…4. Flame-Throwing Gadgets - The Prometheus Device Packs Some Serious Heat (GALLERY)  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…5. Plastic Pugilist Costumes - Life-Sized Rockem Sockem Robots are Better than Your Costume (GALLERY)  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.…6. Life-Saving Robots - Robocue Comes to the Rescue Where Humans Hesitate to Go (VIDEO)  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…7. Picturesque Robot Paintings - Brian Despain Art Shows Robots Living Life to the Fullest (GALLERY)  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…8. Shape-Shifting Blob Bots - Chemical Robot Prototypes to Enter Inaccessible Spaces (VIDEO)  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…9. Futuristic Street-Sweepers - Scarab by Olga Kalugina Could Make the Garbage Man Obsolete (GALLERY)  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…10. Computer Whiz Wastelands - Tech Skills Go to Waste in 'Guitar Hero'-Playing Robots  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…11. 16 Expressive Innovations - From Expressive Lids to Emotional Meat (CLUSTER)  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…12. Robotastic Artworks - Robot Art by Brian Kappel is Funny -- Until We're Their Slaves (GALLERY)  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…13. Sensory Robotic Limbs - Scientists Confirm First Feeling Hand (VIDEO)  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…14. Superhero Anatomy Enhancers - The Power Loader Exoskeleton Lets Users Lift 220 Pounds (VIDEO)  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…15. Senior Cyborgs - Douglas Kalberg Gives Us a Glimpse into the Future (GALLERY)  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…16. Robotic Bikers - Joules is the Perfect Tandem Biking Partner (VIDEO)  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…17. Robotic Bees - Harvard Researchers Get $10 Million to Create Robobees  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… |
