Category: Robots
Sega unveils the AMP musical robot
Oh, for the good old days – when Sega ruled the console world with a black box and a blue hedgehog. These days, it seems to think robots are the future – and right now, the AMP robot…
You Tube Hits: The Trons – fully robotic band
Genius. That’s the only word to describe this, pure genius. I’ve a feeling it was more of a feat of fun and engineering to make a robotic band than a statement about the corporate produced, faceless pop groups constantly churned out by the majors…
Horrific animatronic teddy bear hacked to 'speak' your Twitter friends' updates
The micro-blogging service Twitter has been at the centre of many recent mods, including an awesome home automation system, however I doubt the previous hacks have been as dramatic as this.
You might know of Nabaztags, the Wi-Fi rabbits which translate your data (emails, RSS etc) into visual and audio alerts – taking inspiration from this product, the My Home 2.0 team outfitted an animatronic teddy bear with various chips and circuit boards, plus a Bluetooth audio adapter. The results…
Pomi: the smelly, emotional robot penguin from Korea
Meet Pomi the robot penguin. Pomi is the latest robotic companion from the Korean state run Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. Pomi can see, hear, touch, make faces and also emit two different smells…
SEGA Toys EMA – a living, dancing, kissing robot to fill that empty void
Finally, a piece of SEGA hardware we can love almost as much as we loved Dreamcast – and this one is capable of loving us back.
It, or indeed, “she,” is called EMA, which stands for Eternal Maiden Actualization. “Eternal” presumably means she’s got fantastic battery life, “Maiden” is because she’s got realistically proportioned breasts she’s programmed to not mind you touching, and “Actualization” because, well, just look at the beauty!
Isn’t she lovely? She apparently has a “kiss mode” that makes her willing and actually accepting…
"Robot receptionist" dream finally made real thanks to Chinese tin-man monster
That absolutely hideous MONSTROSITY to the left there has been given the name Siasun and set to work as a receptionist in the Chinese city of Shenyang.
It/she works at the fantastically Communist-sounding “administrative examination and approval service center” in Shenyang, where it/she nods, waves and even, so it is alleged but we would have to see it to believe it, talks to businessmen…
Mask of Emotions – you'll never need to smile again
There’s something a bit wrong about the Mask of Emotions; something altogether unsavory and I keep rolling it around my mind like I’m drinking milk that I’m beginning to suspect is off.
This LED labour-saving emotions device…
Partner-type Personal Robot: would you leave your child with a robot?
PaPeRo is not only quite a bizarre name for a robot, but a potentially disturbing concept. The NEC-developed “Partner-type Personal Robot” is being tested in childcare.
It’s able to express itself, can recognise 650 phrases and speak over 3,000, recognise faces, and remember interests and preferences…
Looking for the perfect woman? The 'perfect woman' robot launches June 11th!
Meet the ‘perfect woman’. As of June the 11th, you’ll be able to order your very own Angelina, Gwyneth and err, Julie Andrews. The company AI Robotics has created the most superior robot to date (pardon the pun), which can cook meals for you, go shopping, do the housework and even given ‘massages’.
In addition to that, she can hold a conversation just like any other woman (well, most), and can entertain you with topics including music, culture and world travel. Just like the UGOBE Pleo, her skin contains thousands of sensors, her eyes have integrated cameras, and she even has inbuilt Wi-Fi!
Click over for a video of this impressive robotic girlfriend…
Flame head robot walks upright, mistakes hat-stand as girlfriend
If this isn’t your new best friend, then I’m shocked. Look! It’s a bipedal flame-head robot! According to BotJunkie, it walks just like a human, which is no easy feat for designers of robots to accomplish.
Measuring 1.3m tall, it was developed by a Ph.D student, Daan Hobbelen, who used seven motors, balance organ and springs to ensure it has a smooth gait, like that of you or I. Check out the video below the jump of Mr. Flame Head in action…
