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humanoid robot learns to make an omelet

filed under: future tech | robotics | strange and wonderful

Robot Cooking

There seems to be an ever-mounting pile of evidence that leads me to believe that robots really ARE going to take over the world. This video series of a super snappy Fujitsu robot learning to make an omelet is definitely not quelling my fears! Interestingly, the human “teacher” uses a Wii remote to guide the training…

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posted: May 22nd, 2008 stumble it! 3 comments author: karen

robobuilder: build multiple robots with one kit

filed under: robotics

Robobuilder Kit Examples

This new robotics platform out of Korea lets you build a variety of unique robots from a single set of modular parts. RoboBuilder offers a complete kit of interchangeable modules which come together to form computer programmable mini-bots.

Out of the box, there are three “standard” robot designs, HUNO, DINO and DOGY…

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posted: May 20th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

robot artist draws portraits

filed under: interactive | robotics

Artist Robot by Sylvain Calinon

This humanoid robot holds a pen in its hand and can draw an image of any person who stands in front of it.

Created by robotic researcher Sylvain Calinon, the robot recognizes when there’s a face in its field of view, then snaps a digital photo and extracts the major characteristics of their visage…

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posted: December 28th, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

robophilo: humanoid robot for under $500

filed under: robotics

RoboPhilo

RoboPhilo is a compact personal robot that offers a level of sophistication you usually don’t find in robots for under $1000, let alone in one that costs less than 500 clams…

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posted: December 8th, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

hubo, the walking robot chair

filed under: robotics | strange and wonderful

HUBO FX-1 Robot

I stumbled across this video over on Technovelgy this morning and thought it worth a mention. The HUBO FX-1 is a humanoid robot that happens to have a seat on top of it instead of a head.

Just sit in the chair, move the joysticks, and the gyroscopic stabilization system allows the ‘bot to walk like you and I…

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posted: March 14th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

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