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SWITL’s new robot hand has some sort of magic in its veins (circuits?). There isn’t much description available, but checkout the video to see the robot hand move towards semi-liquid goop and make it vanish without any smears or as much as an altered shape. If it really can handle mayonnaise and ketchup that easily, [...]

Lookout for Blinky, people. That’s a dangerous robot. The short film directed by Ruairi Robinson comes with the tag line “Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don’t worry. It’s perfectly safe.” That’s exactly where you know it isn’t all that safe. Watch it, it’s totally worth the time. Via: IEEE Spectrum

Festo has a thing for making robots that remarkably an eerily resemble real-life creatures. We’ve seen a touch of their magic with penguins and dolphins, and this time they’ve taken to the skies with the SmartBird robot. The bionic robot can flap its wings, which give it the capability to fly and glide like a [...]

Wall-E won hearts with its cute looks, so you’re likely to have some sort of a liking for that look already. Tico robot from TreeLogic and Adele Robots probably wants to make best of the Wall-E look, even if it isn’t quite half as cute. Tico can actually be bought, the robot is priced in [...]

With modern technology working tirelessly to achieve its goal of making us super lazy, we’ll soon have robots that will lift food from the plate and bring it to our mouth. The robot can detect food on your plate, and brings the desired dish to the user. Image recognition software in the robot labels everything [...]

TEROOS robot doesn’t look like a parrot, but I’m sure I could get a costume for it, dress up as a pirate myself and … you know… be pirate like. On the other hand, those looking to go shopping or wanting to spend some time with friends, without having to be “physically” present, would find [...]

We’ve long had a theory that there is something that makes Transformers loved by the Chinese. Seriously, there’s the Megatron tank, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Transformer truck, and now this guy has built himself a Transformers army. Yang Junlin of Huizhou, China, gained some fame with the Megatron tank, but this guy has a lot more [...]

Monocomplex has come up with three desktop wind-up robots, each with a specific function to perform. The robots play music, sharpen pencils, and play music. Simple tasks, performed in elaborate and cool packages, with the unmistakable element of creativity and design. Via: MoCo Loco

Created by a team at the Olin College, this robotic Etch-a-sketch loves to draw, and since it is itself the canvas it’s indulgence becomes much easier. Checkout the video above to see the bot drawing Pikachu. Via: CrunchGear

As robots develop, they’re picking up a lot of skills, including picking locks. That obviously means to be meaningfully employed, these bots will have to team up with someone that makes the best use of their skills. The LockCracker robot developed by students at the Olin College of Engineering would obviously be looking at someone [...]