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CES 2021: Moorebot launches $179 Scout robot

Moorebot, which brought us the Hubble HUGO Baby Cam and the ZEUS fighting robot, today announced the new $179 Scout robot at CES 2021. Moorebot’s capabilities include Smart Home integration with either Amazon Alexa or Google Home, monocular SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping), and audio and visual intelligence that enables Scout to recognize, follow and…

11 January 2021 Chris Price Robots

Stevie II robot designed to help battle loneliness in the elderly

An Irish University has developed a robot to help battle loneliness amongst the elderly and those living in care homes. Engineers from Trinity College, Dublin, unveiled ‘Stevie II’ on Wednesday, an upgraded version of Ireland’s first socially assistive robot with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) features. The new and updated version of ‘Stevie…

15 May 201913 February 2022 Chris Price News, Robots

MIT creates Jenga-playing robot which can choose the safest block

It's a problem that many of us have, especially after a few pints! But now scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot capable of analysing a Jenga tower and understanding the safest block to remove. It is able to push blocks with different degrees of force and use the data…

31 January 201931 January 2019 Chris Price News, Robots

Robot Boris turns out to be man in a £3000 robot suit!

A robot that appeared at a tech show in Russia turned out to be a man in a suit! The apparent technological marvel, named Robot Boris, was on display at the Proyektoria youth technology forum and even appeared on TV channel Russia-24 where it was seen dancing. But soon afterwards questions were raised about its…

13 December 201813 December 2018 Chris Price Gadgets, Robots

VIDEO: The SketRobo robot is a better artist than you

Call yourself an artist? Well, you're about to be replaced by a newer, robot model. This is SketRobo, the "sketch master" robot on show at IFA 2012 from Tosy Robotics. Aimed as an interactive "art teacher" toy for kids, it…

5 September 2012 Gerald Lynch IFA 2012, Previews, Robots, Tech Digest news

This robot arse is just what your life has been missing…

I woke up today feeling a little down. There was some gap in my life, nay, a hole in the world that needed filling for the good of mankind. Something, some goal that civilisation, mankind collected, hadn't achieved yet. I…

10 May 2012 Gerald Lynch Robots, Tech Digest news, Weirdness

ONLY IN JAPAN: Sense-Roid, the hug-simulating mannequin robot

We're not sure what's more creepy here; the concept of a hug-simulating robot mannequin or researcher Nobuhiro Takahashi, who demonstrates the unit a little too enthusiatically in the video above. Called the Sense-roid, a user hugs the mannequin while…

28 June 2011 Gerald Lynch Only In Japan, Robots, Tech Digest news, Weirdness

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