Japan’s 2020 Olympic Games to Sport Robot Olympians
As one of the main developers of robots, Japan announced that it would like the 2020 Olympics hosted by Tokyo …
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Hexapod Robot Learns to Walk Straight After Suffering Leg Damage
Researchers Antoine Cully, Jeff Clune and Jean-Baptiste Mouret unveiled last year a robot that could teach itself to walk after …
HitchBOT: The Robotic Hitchhiker’s Guide to Canada
In recent years, robots have assumed different roles, sometimes replacing humans for complicated tasks, other times complementing them. HitchBOT is …
MIT’s Robotic Grasp Provides You With a Few Extra Fingers
Since many tasks are difficult to accomplish single-handedly, researchers at MIT thought that it wouldn’t be such a bad idea …
JIBO Is the Robotic Family Member You’ve Always Wanted
Instead of asking for little brothers or sisters, maybe kids would be better off with robotic companion and home helper. …
Phase-Change Material Turns Solid Rock Robots into Squishy Things
The MIT researchers who worked on this concept must have had octopi in mind, as there are a lot of …
Google Project Tango Smartphone to Empower NASA Robots Aboard the ISS
Just when you believed that NASA’s robots couldn’t possibly be more awesome, the agency announced that it will equip some …
Stubby Is a Stargate SG-1-Inspired Hexabot You Can Build at Home
The Stargate SG-1 replicators inspired Wyatt Olson to create a hexapod robot for a competition hosted by Hackaday back in …
DIY Minibuilder Robots Will 3D Print Large-Scale Constructions
There’s a bright future for 3D printing, and it looks like nothing will escape this technology. From various organs to …
Google to sell their first humanoid robot
Internet giant Google is more than the search engine: they’re also behind a series of robots that might just change …
Newscaster Robots: another job killed by technology
Soon enough, us writers might not be necessary at Walyou once a robot replaces us! But, until then, we’ve got …
Tell Me Dave Robot Learns Through Conversations with Humans
Most robots come with predefined interactions with humans, so seeing one who has the ability of learning as people converse …
Japanese Comedian Robot Is Funnier Than Some Humans
Some of us are good at making bad jokes, while others are bad at telling good jokes. With that in …
Clearpath Robotics TwitBot Expects Your Tweets to Move
Remote controls seem to be old-fashioned, and Clearpath Robotics demonstrated clearly that Tweets are everything needed for controlling their TwitBot.
Pepper, the Incredibly Communicative Japanese Humanoid Robot
On his first day at work, Pepper couldn’t keep his robotic mouth shop and entertained a great number of people …
Toyota Rehabilitation Robots Train Balance and Leg Swing
Medical gadgets have gone a long way, especially because of the advancements in assist robotics, a field that Toyota has …
Bakable Robots Are the Next Logical Step, Say MIT Researchers
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated how exposing specially designed, 3D printed self-folding components to uniform heat, in …
Roombots Are Reconfigurable Pieces of Furniture
With the Roombots, the robotic modules that transform themselves into various pieces of furniture, you can no longer blame your …
OutRunner RC Running Robot Has Potential for Breaking Speed Records
We all need an incentive from time to time, in order exceed our own limits, and when it comes to …
Disney’s Pixelbots Form Colorful Swarms You Can Interact With
ETH Zurich and Disney partnered up to create the Pixelbots, a bunch of colorful robots that have a mind of …
Honda’s ASIMO Humanoid Robot Shows Signs of Evolution
The Japanese company’s humanoid robot proved recently that its behavior can be even closer to the ones of humans. ASIMO’s …