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Threlly: Now make it look like a RealDoll and I'm in... more »
Serolf Divad: IR is line of sight. That makes no sense for this thing's projected missions. more »
nutbastard: with any luck, these will be on woot selling as 3-packs for $20 by 2013. more »
Navin R Johnson: Every time I hear about a small robot it's "Designed to find survivors in a disaster." Are there really that many disasters? Is there some serious a... more »
pretsal: I kind of just want to know what exactly each dollar of those couple millions is going into. For some reason 2.1 million dollars I just can't imagine... more »
techpops001: Why not just use a helicopter design so it can be made more powerful, carry better cameras and maybe even a survival kit for the stranged survivor whi... more »
Mr.Affrox: And what happens after the hummingbird finds the survivors in the inaccessible spots? more »
Kaiser-Machead: It's begging to be dressed like a Shy Guy. more »
poisonfist is nipponese: Well, up to the point of letting go too late, it looked pretty good. I know I can't do that shit. more »
MacPro66: I like the Bionic Woman version better, at least it's creepy at first site and not hidden by lying flesh. more »
Kirkaiya: I mean this in the best possible way, but: Le dude - for all the money you've spent on this robo-masturbatory toy, couldn't you have afforded a hooke... more »
EskemO: "She has all senses except for smell." She can taste? fembots can do that now? more »
Alfisted: Come on, Aiko. You can do way better than that dude. more »
Atrocious: I imagine we won't be hearing from Mr. Le Trung much longer. He's broken the cardinal rule of robot building: He's trusted his creation with holding... more »
Kaiser-Machead: Merry Christmas Aiko! speaks through lips like ventriloquist - Merry Christmas Le! What did you get? through lips again- You know what I got; y... more »
FriarNurgle: I saw fembot kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night. She didn't see me being creepy down under the stairs to have a pee. She thought ... more »
Atrocious: Aiko's blank expression is a cry for help if ever I've seen one. more »
Nintenboy01: Why must she have scary Mickey Mouse hands? more »
davidshockey: When I was in the army we tried to shoot down an RC plan with 30 rifles and machine guns. They were mostly M16s on full auto but we had some M60s and... more »
JPMarat: Bushman is the epitome of America. God bless you, merry pig-spearer! more »

#art

Speaker Bot: The Iron Giant Reimagined as an Artsy iPod Dock
This Speaker Bot is a handmade, Etsy-fied robot seemingly designed around one of those little pocket guitar amps. It's maybe not the most technologically advanced iPod dock around, but it's about as cute as robots ever get. More »
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Action-Generalizing Robot Is a Crucial Step Towards Robot Butlers
Willow Garage's PR2 robot already knew how to find its own electrical outlet. Now that it's also learning how to generalize actions, it's only a matter of time before it's mixing me the perfect highball. More »
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This is a $2.1 Million Robot Hummingbird and It Could Save Your Life
This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second—just like a real hummingbird—and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots not easily accessible by humans. More »
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Remo Robot Channels Silent Hill for Extra-Terrifying Visage
At this point, it seems passe to accuse every robot post-Roomba of trying to kill you, but if this one isn't a homicidal psychokiller, somebody should tell its face. More »
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Robot Gymnast Needs Robot Bela Karolyi
Okay, robot athletes. You've bested our professional wrestlers. But until you learn how to stick your landings, humans will remain masters of the gymnasium. More »
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Happy Holidays to You, Dear Weird Dude and Your Sex Fembot
Remember Aiko, the fembot created by amateur inventor Le Trung? Well, apparently she and his boyfriend/creator spent Christmas with his family, and he even got her presents. He claims that she's exactly like a real woman. Seriously, Le? Let's review: More »
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What a RC Plane Sees When You Try to Kill It With Fireworks
Giz reader BushmanLA sent in a video of his kids trying to shoot down his flying R/C drone with fireworks. From the perspective of the UAV. More »
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Asus's E-Clean Robo Vacuum Has an Antibacterial Ultra Violet Beam
Asus's subsidiary is coming out with this colorful robot vacuum called the E-Clean. It includes a bacterial killing UV light, a fragrance sprayer and remote control. It's set for China and Taiwan only for a mere $150. More »
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Lightdrawing Robot Takes the Guesswork Out Of Long Exposure Paintings
Not everyone's a PIcasso when it comes to long exposure art—though some of you guys aren't too far off—but even Pablo himself couldn't replicate the precise, geometric light illustrations created by Nils Voelker's Lightdrawing robot. More »
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Ukraine Begins Employing Giant Combat Robots for Security
"TIS is proud to inform that we are the first in our Kominternovsky region to employ Giant Humanlike Combat Robots within the Security Department. Model TIS-1CB." That's the caption for this photo. What are they up to in Ukraine? Updated. More »
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Weaponized i-Sobot Mini Humanoid Robot Tries To Murder Your Other Toys
Remember i-Sobot, the toy once heralded as the world's smallest bipedal humanoid robot? Well someone has gone and outfitted him with all sorts of homemade weapons. Naturally, he has gone haywire and begun a campaign to eliminate the competition. [Botjunkie]
#pranks

Ping Pong Robot Hides in the Ceiling Until the Moment Is Right
There are office pranks and then there are office pranks. This ceiling-mounted, ping-pong-ball-firing robot is distinctly in the latter category.
#art

Beautiful Soviet Children's Books Make Me Wish I Was Born Behind the Iron Curtain
I mean, not really, but still! These wonderfully idiosyncratic illustrations, from 1989's Hello, I'm Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko, render our robot future in a way that conveys big ideas to children, and pure poetry to the rest of us.
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#imagecache

Dead or Alive, You're Learning With Me
An ornery-looking bipedal educational robot, intended to teach Japanese schoolchildren about humanoid machines, is unveiled at the Nippon Institute of Technology. Lesson one, for the children: robots are nothing to be afraid of. Lesson two: except this one. [PlasticPals]
#y2k10

Aibo and the Days of Hot Dog-on-Robot Action
In 1999, the world met Aibo, the $2,500 robotic dog from Sony. The following year brought quite the litter of less expensive mechanized pups. Real dogs, however, had mixed feelings about their cyber counterparts. More »
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Japanese Baby Simulator Is 1,000 Times Creepier Than a Normal Baby
You know what they say: nothing prepares you for parenthood like a creepy stuffed bearchild that cries real tears. Or something like that. More »
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Robotic Suit Gets Me That Much Closer to Being a Real-Life Iron Man
The scientists who created the Muscle Suit may say that it's to help health care workers lift patients, but we both know that its real purpose is to help me lift cars, and throw them at evildoers. More »
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Robovie II Helps You Load Up On Beer and Frozen Pizza at the Supermarket
I have to admit, a robot that would help you buy groceries at the supermarket would be awesome. But I think that Robovie II could be even better. More »
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For a Post-Christmas Treat, Order a Looky-Likey Android From Japan
What would you spend $225,000 on? An animated android, styled after yourself? Starting in January the Japanese store Sogo & Seibu will begin taking pre-orders for these "Actroids." They may not walk, but they can move their upper bodies. More »
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Someday, Robots Will Do Our Work and Play
This video of the Festo CyberKite shows exactly how we'll arrive at our dystopian future. Robots will do our jobs and play our games. Eventually, completely devoid of feeling, we'll all...say, look at that kite go! [IEEE Spectrum]
#remainders

Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
Buckle the eff up for Remainders today, because we've got: A man in a chicken suit playing "What Is Love," two separate Christmas-themed videos (one Muppet, one Guitar Hero), minor Apple updates, and a severed hand crafted of breakfast foods. More »
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CoolerBot Terrorizes Woodland Creatures
Think of CoolerBot like the paparazzi of the woods. It's solar powered and waterproof, so it stops at nothing to get that perfect shot. Of course, it looks like it should be diffusing bombs, not taking nature photography. More »
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Micromouse Finishes Maze in Record Time, Cares Nothing For Your Foolish "Cheese"
Meet Tetra, officially the fastest mouse on four wheels. Stuart Little's got nothing on this guy. More »
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Nao the Robot Thespian Performs Star Wars: I Give It Five Stars
Nao the humanoid robot really, really wants us nerds to like him. Or, more accurately, Aldebaran Robotics wants us to really like him. That's why they have him pandering to us with a scene from Star Wars. More »
#rc

Something Tells Me This Paintball Gun Is Cheating
That could be a real gun mounted on those wheels, but 20 non-lethal paintballs a second honestly sound a whole lot more cruel than regulation bullets. More »
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World's First Robot vs. Human Pro Wrestling Match Ends in KO
In one corner, we've got a spry, three-foot-tall robot, prone to floating like a butterfly and doing its damnedest to sting like a bee; in the other, a medium-sized Japanese pro wrestler in shiny silver short shorts. WHO WILL WIN?! More »
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iPhone-Controlled Music Bot Improvises Just Like Your Favorite Jazz Master
We've seen the Shimon robot playing some music and also bobbing its head, but this video shows it doing both at the same time, all while being controlled by an iPhone. And wowee zowee, is this thing impressive. More »
#inventors

Mecha, Hovercycles and Flying Bikes: Meet the Tony Stark of Wasilla, Alaska
Wasilla, Alaska: Home to moose, human, and most notoriously, one Sarah Palin. Its most famous resident may be a divisive one, but I think we can all agree that Carlos Owen, backyard roboticist and aspiring mad scientist, is a hero. More »
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This Robot Jedi Will Literally Blow Your Mind
Jesusrollerbladinginspandexchrist-alive. I've watched this video of a robot jedi—making all kinds of objects float across complex paths in midair—about ten times, and I still can't believe what I'm seeing. But it's 100% real, and as impressive as BigDog. More »
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Pingo the Robot Penguin is a Facebook Friend Who Won't Ignore Your Event Invites
I want an army of MyDeskFriend Pingo robot penguins. They'll dance around alerting of Facebook updates, read news, sing songs, and give weather forecasts. We'll be bestest friends and play together until they decide to kill me. Updated: In-Action Video More »
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Head-Bobbing Musician Robot Looks Just Like Your Stoned Friend Listening to Phish
This marimba-playing robot just learned how to bob its head to the beat, looking around and interacting with its fellow musicians just like a real person. If only this video showed it, you know, playing marimbas. [Shimon via BotJunkie]
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Drink Cocktails Mixed By a Robot Based on Your Mario and Tetris Gameplay
To me, a festival is a field, a few musical acts, pair of rain boots, and heaps of mud. But then, I do live in England. Roboexotica, on the other hand, is robots and cocktails. Much more civilized. More »
#madrobotics

A Robot Who Can Be Your Real-Life Avatar
One of the dreams of robotics has been to create a machine that can act as a remote version of its operator - like the movie Surrogates, only cool. Now a group of Korean engineers have brought us closer to this goal. More »
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Robo Theater: Mobile Projector, Or Projector Mobile?
People take movies on the road all the time; it's why so many minivans have TVs, and why PMPs play video. What people don't do, most of the time, is put movies on the road. Most of the time. More »
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Freaky Singing Animatronic Heads Part of $75K Art Work
These creepily realistic face molds are attached to servos controlled by computer. They come from the twisted mind of artist, Nathaniel Mellor, and are part of an art piece being sold at Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 for $75K. Watch: More »
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Optical Sensor-Laden Skin Gives Robots a Softer Touch
As robots become more involved in delicate tasks such as autopsies or surgeries, we need their touch to be as precise and sensitive as possible. To have that, we'll need to give them a skin-like surface full of optical sensors. More »
#phones

I'd Call This Phone Cute, But I'm Afraid That It'll Hurt Me
I don't really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7, but I'm certain that I've never seen another cellphone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer. More »
#robots

Robot Dance-Off
Last week, the greatest dancers of the biped robot world assembled to battle on the dance floor. More »
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Wind-Up Salt and Pepper Bots Put an End to Dinner Table Shame
While reaching for salt shakers, I've managed to set tablecloths on fire, knock glasses over, and, in one case, flash a dinner companion. No more of that though, because these across-the-table marching, wind-up salt-and-pepper bots are here to help. More »
#humor

Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
Snitch and Langford are about to find out whether they've got what it takes to survive the Robot apocalypse. The answer might surprise you! More »

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