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Archives March, 2009

22 Mar

Next Top Model May Be a Robot Shocker

The HRP-4C is a walking, talking humanoid fashion model fembot developed by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
With 30 motors in her body, the 158-centimeter (62-in) tall, 43-kilogram (95-lb) HRP-4C can walk around and strike a range of poses.
The HRP-4C has 8 motors in her face, allowing her to make expressions [...]

04 Mar

Boe Bots Invade Home School

The Boe Bot is probably the most unknown yet advanced, cheap, robot kit on the market.
It doesn’t look like much. Hell, it looks like a box with wheels. Even so, the Boe Bot robot is a hot item for home schoolers.
Robin Hoods of Henderson, NC who home schools his children says, “I got one of [...]

01 Mar

SHOCKING! Military Puts Real Brain Inside Big Dog

The military robot Big Dog controversy began when the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program posted on their website the request, “Multi-Robot Pursuit System”.
The proposal describes the need to:
“…develop a software/hardware suit that would enable a multi-robot team, together with a human operator, to search for and detect a non-cooperative human [...]

01 Mar

Cat Beaten By Roboquad and Sprinkles Revenge

In the epic battle of robot versus cat, score one for the robots. Well, maybe it’s not epic but it seems animal lovers and robot owners find it endlessly entertaining watching the two interact.
While Roboquad has little in the way of physical attacks, its smack down weapon against cats is when he turns on his [...]

01 Mar

Reckless Robot Owners

Robot owners of the Bioloid Robot are experiencing reckless abandonment as they push the design of robotic machines to the next level. Not all robots built are awesome, in fact some really suck like the Bioloid snake, a real clunker, a jerking piece of crap on the ground that looks more like a 50 year [...]