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Humanoid, Research, Space
Robonaut 2 Looks Like Master Chief, Hopefully Less Aggressive
05.02.10 :: Make a Comment!

NASA and GM have combined forces to advance crappy Robonaut 1 (with his Star Warsesque head and his creepy fake muscles) into the sleek killing machine that is Robonaut 2, or R2 as he is known to his friends. Did I say killing machine? I meant humanoid telepresence-based space hero, so easy to get those [...]
Consumer, Hobby, Humanoid, Research
PALRO, a New Robot Pal
02.02.10 :: Make a Comment!

A new humanoid robot has been announced today, after some showboating last year, which is aimed at the aducational market to begin with – as with the wonderful Nao. Sales start on March 15th 2010 with the first thousand units and general release will follow later allowing hoobyists to get their greasy hands on PALRO’s [...]
Humanoid, Military, Research
PETMAN – BigDog’s Big Bipedal Brother
26.01.10 :: Make a Comment!

Down at Boston Dynamics they have finally accomplished one of their long-term goals – they have created a robot THAT CAN WEAR SHOES! OMFG and stuff. Actually, what they have done is create a bipedal robot that is similar to BigDog but with two legs. It is essentially going to be the first anthropomorphic robot [...]
Art, Concepts, Humanoid, Research
Living With Robots – a Honda Short Film
23.01.10 :: Make a Comment!

Honda released this short film, Living with Robots, at the Sundance Film Festival. It is pretty cool, mainly about ASIMO and its history but also throws in some footage of the weird bodyweight support thing. Basically, its like a pair of electronic pants for lazy people that makes it appear as though a large robotic [...]
Consumer, Humanoid, Toy
Robovie-nano: A Mini Humanoid Robot that can Cartwheel
11.01.10 :: Make a Comment!

This little dude stands at just 12cm tall and weighs only 575g! Robovie-nano also has a pretty speedy walk, can grasp things such as his lovely red ball and best of all can do a cartwheel, as seen in the video below. And you can actually buy this one NOW! For about £330 , you [...]
Consumer, Humanoid, Research
Sweet Bipedal Nao Robot
09.01.10 :: Make a Comment!

When I first saw this robot I assumed it was yet another humanoid robot and I guess it is really. There are some sweet features on-board though – fully customisable voice recognition and analysis, Internet interaction such as reading off an RSS feed (just like the I LIKE ROBOT feed!), face/shape and surroundings recognition, tactile [...]
Humanoid, Research
HRP-4C Humanoid Female/Gynoid Robot is Creepy, and/or Hot?
07.01.10 :: Make a Comment!

Just to clear things up: a gynoid is a humanoid robot designed to look like a female, as opposed to an android, which is designed to look like a human male. Something which I did not know before this post! This is the HRP-4C, a gynoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial [...]

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2010: A YEAR IN ROBOTS

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Blimey, it’s 2010 already, the most futuristic year to have ever happened. And what else exists in the future? Robots of course. So, in homage to our new masters (pending imminent takeover) here you will find a new robot each and every day of 2010, whether they be in pictures, art, videos or other forms.