Category Archives: Robot News

Roboy The Robot Boy Will Be ‘Born’ In Nine Months

Posted on December 30, 2012 by dkohn96

From: The Inquisitr Roboy, the robot boy being created by scientists, is scheduled to be “born” in March 2013. That would make the human-like robot’s arrival come at a cheeky nine months from its creation date. Engineers at the University … Continue reading →

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Watch “Robot Combat League – New Series on Syfy

Posted on December 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Not that I like robot violence, but it is robot news……..

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Video Friday: Thought-Controlled Robot, PackBot With Jamming Gripper, Furby Teardown – IEEE Spectrum

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From: IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo / Fri, November 16, 2012 In this edition of Video Friday, we bring you humans controlling robots, humans interacting with robots, humans building robots, and humans tearing robots apart! Many research groups are … Continue reading →

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Kenshiro Robot Gets New Muscles and Bones

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Angelica Lim / Mon, December 10, 2012 We’ve seen bio-inspired hummingbird robots, turtle robots, squirrel robots and more… enough to start an extremely profitable robot zoo. But very few researchers have been able to mimic … Continue reading →

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The Robots Are Coming . . . to Your iPad

Posted on December 19, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo and Randi Silberman Klett / Tue, November 27, 2012 We know you love robots. We love robots, too. In fact, who doesn’t love robots? Robots are one of those things that capture the … Continue reading →

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Memphis FLL Event a Huge Success

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dkohn96

Yesterday, 26 teams from around the region gathered at the University of Memphis for the Western TN First Lego League Pilot Championship. This years theme was Senior Solutions and the students had to build a robot that ran missions based … Continue reading →

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You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm

Posted on December 9, 2012 by dkohn96

from: PopSci By Gregory Mone Posted 12.06.2012 at 9:59 am You Build What?! A Remote-Controlled Robo-Arm A 16-year-old’s homemade wireless robotic limb. Two summers ago, Easton LaChappelle thought it would be fun to build a robotic arm controlled wirelessly using … Continue reading →

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Somehow, an Incredible Robotic Dragonfly is Now on Indiegogo

Posted on November 13, 2012 by dkohn96

IEEE Spectrum Online POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Thu, November 08, 2012 Well, if you didn’t already spend all of your pocket money on one of those NanoQ quadrotors, here’s something that you’ll want to blow the rest of it … Continue reading →

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“Robo Style”

Posted on October 21, 2012 by dkohn96

The “Gangnam Style” Craze Continues From ABC NEWS The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech released one of the newest viral videos demonstrating the popular “Gangnam Style”—in the form of a robot. Tech developed the humanoid robot as a … Continue reading →

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Toyota unveils new robot aimed at helping the elderly and disabled in the home

Posted on September 27, 2012 by dkohn96

The prototype can move about a house, be operated by a tablet computer and lift and retrieve objects. By Charlie Wells / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 5:58 PM Toyota has developed a new product that seeks … Continue reading →

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