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We’ve always found mannequins a bit weird, but when they get moving and try to pass “emotions,” things get kind of creepy. The female robot came into being as a result of the work done by Osaka University’s Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro working with Tokyo based department store Takashimaya.

For an advertising spot in Japan, Samsung had the Galaxy tab join forces with RT Corporation’s RIC robot. The bare-boned metallic robot had its body covered in plastic air cushions so it could give out hugs. The bot has been (appropriately?) named Hug-chan for obvious reasons. The Galaxy and RIC make an easy pair, as [...]

The tiny, flying Quadcopter robots are quite adept at working in tandem and executing complex oddjobs. This time around, the robots got together for a piece of Flight Assembled Architecture. This structure is a 20 feet tall tower built out of foam bricks.

We can’t remember the number of times we have tried to attach a gadget to a socket or a computer and that darned thing was just out of range. Kids, this never works out well. Japan’s Asahi Kasei corporation has decided to make things that much more easier, and the world that much more better [...]

Nobotty series by photographer David Emmite features robots photographed going about their daily jobs. The homemade sculpted robots look quite well adjusted to their surroundings, and have been photographed masterfully. Great way to suck up to our future robotic overlords, David.

Robots have it easy these days. Or maybe it is just modern art. Whatever the case may be, the Senseless Drawing Bot is enjoying its time making random doodles on the wall and then claiming that it was all “art.” The bot is a four-wheeled arduino controlled machine with spray cans and a pendulum arm. [...]

In an apparent quest to develop culture, robots are now developing a sense of taste. They are starting small, tasting tomato juice, but we guess that might be a big step. Scientists in Italy have developed robot “magnetic tongues” that use nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to identify the characteristics of food.

NYC has got its first ever Casino in Queens, and it appears to be a high-tech one. From what we know, all casinos are fairly high-tech affairs, but when we hear one staffed by robot dealers, we’ll say it is a notch above the competition.

In preparation of welcoming our new robotic overlords, scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a robot that, at some point in the future, could power itself by eating organic material. Modeling the robot on the Venus Flytrap, scientists made use of different materials to set the ball rolling.

Developed by Dr Geuro, the Primer V2 is a tiny robot that knows how to keep its balance on a bicycle, and can even push his miniature bicycle to speeds up to 6mph. The robot makes use of centrifugal force from the front wheel and a gyroscope to stay balanced and drive the bicycle.