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EMIEW2, The New And Improved Office Robot From Hitachi

Chasing down staplers and printer cartridges hurting your productivity at the office? Fret not. Hitachi has just come out with [...]

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DARPA’s New Robot Conquers Stairs

No sooner does DARPA lay down the Robotics Challenge gauntlet do they then entice would be entrants by giving them [...]

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Robots Will Drive, Bust Through A Wall, And Make Repairs In DARPA’s New Robotics Challenge

Five years after the DARPA Grand Challenge robotic cars are already hitting the roads and states are preparing for their [...]

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Humanoid Robots Fight WWF Style at Japan’s ROBO-ONE

It’s kind of like Rock ‘Em Sock ’Em meets the movie Real Steel. ROBO-ONE is a tournament that pits little [...]

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Rollin’ Justin Robot Gets Agile, Learns How To Throw A Ball (video)

Where was Agile Justin last year when we needed him to throw out the first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies [...]

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Petman – Finally A Robot That Looks Like Terminator (video)

Look out cute and cuddly Nao. Get out of the way ever-attentive Asimo, a new robot’s on the march and [...]

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A First Look At The Slimmer And Smarter Asimo Humanoid Robot (video)

Wanna get a glimpse of what the future will look like? Take a look at the all-new Asimo humanoid robot. [...]

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Nao Robots Can Feed Themselves By Plugging Into Their NEST

Nao, the miniature humanoid robot favorite, has added yet another capability to its growing list of awesomeness. It hasn’t gotten [...]

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Artist Takes Your Junk And Makes Beautiful Robots

It’s Mad Max meets Toy Story. Or, perhaps, it’s one man’s junk is another man’s opportunity to teach the world [...]

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Aldebaran, Makers of Nao Robot, Gets $15 Million From Intel and Others (video)

I love the Nao robot. It seems like every time we turn around it’s learning how to do something new. [...]

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Robots Perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Dance (video)

The King of Pop would have been proud. As a man who pushed the boundaries of technology himself, from his [...]

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This Humanoid Robot’s Comin’ At You Like A Spider Monkey! (video)

If you’re going to get past the Christiano Ronaldos of the world, you’re going to have to run fast. In [...]

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Best Toy On The Block: Nao Humanoid Robot Plays Card Games With Kids

The Nao Developer Program is making the robot more human-like every day. Just last month Nao robot developer Carl Clement [...]

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Coming To A Shopping Mall Near You: Panhandling Robots

Robots can do so much these days. They can beat us at games, help us fight wars, perform operations, dance, [...]

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Cool Videos of the Robonova-1 Humanoid Robot

Surviving in the field of toy robotics isn’t easy – it takes durability, versatility, and no small measure of charm. [...]

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Robot To Throw Out First Pitch Today At Phillies Game

On May 29, 2010, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw a perfect game. It was only the twentieth time ever [...]

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Your Body is the Controller for this Humanoid Robot (video)

One of the great benefits of building a humanoid robot is that it can move just like a human does. [...]

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While NASA’s Robonaut 2 Is In Orbit, Its Hype Has Escape Velocity

Sorry to kill your buzz, NASA and GM, but your jointly developed humanoid robot, the Robonaut 2, is way over [...]

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Dreamer Robot Presents a Cute Face and a Friendly Shoulder (video)

We’ll probably decide to trust robots based on how friendly they look, but we’d do better to check whether or [...]

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DLR’s Cool Looking Upper Body and Lower Body Robots (video)

Show me two robots that look like they can fit together and I start having fantasies about real world versions [...]

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Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot Plays Janitor By Cleaning Up With a Cart (video)

In its latest step towards becoming a real boy, Willow Garage‘s PR2 has learned another human skill: cleaning up after [...]

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HUBO’s Creator Shows Off Robot’s New Walking Skills (Video)

Most humanoid robots tend to walk with bent knees. It makes them look like they’re trying to sneak up on [...]

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Motoman Robot Impresses With Lego Building Prowess (Video)

For those of you who are having a hard time figuring out what to buy your robot for Christmas I [...]

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HUBO-2 Robot Shows Off (Video)

The Beatles and The Monkees. Scooby-Doo and Josie and The Pussycats. Transformers and Gobots. It seems like whenever someone creates [...]

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ROPID Robot Runs, Skips, and Jumps to Your Voice Commands

Some robots get all the girls. Not only is ROPID one of the only toy-sized robots that can run and [...]

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