The Raw Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Four MSU mechanical engineering students have invented what is essentially a Roomba for windows. No, not Microsoft Windows. Their "Winboni" robot cleans glass . The robot attaches to any window with a suction fan, and moves across the surface cleaning and scrubbing with felt pads. It runs on AA batteries.
Baggage Reclaim (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Lost Robots CD is now available to buy from here .
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A taste of the kind of odd scene you come across around our house:
haha.nu (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Funny daily comics by Chris Harding, click to see more from the website. Image copyright @ Chris Harding. @ haha.nu
Backbytes (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now for some real robot news. If you're close to the theatre at Osaka University, why not get a ticket for Hataraku Watashi ("I, Worker"), a play by Oriza Hirata which explores the relationship between humans and technology. He does this by casting a robot. The robot in question, unlike Wall-E, has lost its motivation to work, because it has been given only boring jobs. As a special...
Gadgets Palace (Free subscription) | yesterday
Okonomiyaki's a Japanese omlette/pancake dish that's made of a mish-mash of anything you like. I love them. Kotaku's Ashcraft loves them . This Japanese robot can make them. This makes it the best robot ever. It's called the Motoman SDA10, and it's an industrial robot made for working alongside humans, not replacing them. They're supposed to be super dextrous to the point of being...
ROBOTS DREAMS (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Robot Gorilla at Science Fiction Museum Originally uploaded by zoomar.Posted by Zoomar on Flickr.
ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
MIT researchers have developed a robot inspired by the razor clam. According to the engineers, this RoboClam could lead to a 'smart' anchor that burrows through the ocean floor to reposition itself and could even reverse. These small robots, which have the size of a cigarette lighter, could be used as 'tethers for small robotic submarines that are routinely repositioned to monitor...
Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
Robot Prepares Pancakes For Breakfast - These manufacturing robots work well in the home kitchen with their redesigned, smaller form factor. Enjoy! (SF in the News)
CREATT Interactive Group (Free subscription) | yesterday
Okonomiyaki’s a Japanese omlette/pancake dish that’s made of a mish-mash of anything you like. I love them. Kotaku’s Ashcraft loves them. This Japanese robot can make them. This makes it the best… Source
Geekologie (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Some fool went and taught a robot how to play Pong . Next thing you know, the crazy bastard will teach the archangel of the apocalypse how to play Donkey Kong , and from there, well, I think you can imagine what happens next. Hint: we all die. I must admit though, I did almost chuckle before pissing my pants when the robot taunted the guy. He says, "No, no, no, and no. You are a loser."...
ROBOTS DREAMS (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Robot Tile Originally uploaded by PonC.One of the custom sidewalk tiles in the Akihabara Electronics District welcoming visitors - especially if they bring money.Posted by PonC on Flickr.
Engadget (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Yaskawa Electric's Motoman SDA10 robot has been out and about for a little while now (along with its not-so-distant relatives ), but it's apparently not just getting by on its good looks alone, and it recently took advantage of Osaka's International Next-Generation Robot Fair to show off its newly developed cooking skills. While there unfortunately doesn't seem to be any video available,...
Switched (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Filed under: Computers Leave it to a British artist to look at the USB pole dancer and see art instead of a cheap novelty piece of landfill fodder. An art gallery in London is displaying a collection of works called MuTate that features robots, interactive video screens, and even replicas of Soviet-era MiG fighter jets. One piece on display features a pair of life-sized robots grinding...
Myrtus (Free subscription) | yesterday
Imagine a robot with a conscience, a "moral machine" that...
