Category: Robots
Technosexual.
Man describes his sexual relationships with robots.
Post date: Wednesday, March 26th, 2008.
Dextre.
Robot that will be assembled by astronauts aboard the ISS. (via)
Post date: Sunday, March 9th, 2008.
Vecna BEAR robot.
Robot that will extract wounded troops from the battlefield. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 9th, 2006.
Health and Food Advice Robot.
Company has developed a robot that tastes wine and can differentiate between 30 different varieties of grapes.
Post date: Monday, July 31st, 2006.
CyberKnife.
Robotic arm that uses x-rays to precisely deliver radiation to tumors and avoid surrounding healthy tissues.
Post date: Wednesday, July 26th, 2006.
Embedded and Communicating Agents.
Technology that allows robots to evolve their own language and communicate with other robots. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 23rd, 2006.
EAPap.
Researchers have created a smart paper that bends in the presence of an electric field.
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
MIAD.
Software has been created that teaches the Roomba cleaning robot to act like a pet. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 9th, 2006.
BIOLOCH.
Project that designs robots bio-inspired by the locomotion of lower animal forms has developed a paddle worm robot that can navigate through the gut of a pig.
Post date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006.
PEBBLES.
Interactive program that allows sick or suspended children a telepresence in the classroom by synching a robot at home with a robot in the classroom.
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
SPHERES.
Floating robots that maneuver around the International Space Station using compressed CO2 thrusters. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 2nd, 2006.
Brain Machine Interface.
Technology has been developed that allows humans to control robots with their brains. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 25th, 2006.
NEW TIES.
Research project that plans to evolve randomly-generated software beings capable of developing their own society. (via)
Post date: Monday, May 22nd, 2006.
Insbot.
Matchbox-sized robot laced with pheromones that can influence the collective behavior of cockroaches. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006.
Ever-1.
Android designed with a silicon skin that can express facial emotion. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 4th, 2006.
BabyBot.
Robot modelled on the torso of a two-year old child is helping researchers to understand the development of human perception. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006.
IC.
Humanoid robot that is embedded with young school children to study how humans bond emotionally with machines.
Post date: Monday, April 17th, 2006.
Robot-moon project.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to colonize the moon with an army of robots. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
RunBot.
Researchers have created the fastest walking robot on two legs. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Shorted fuel-cell muscle.
Nanotechnologists have created artificial muscles to be used to give robots strength. (via)
Post date: Friday, March 17th, 2006.
Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems.
DARPA is seeking a contractor to build robot insects that can be remote-controlled.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Number Five is alive.
Futuristic robot disappears during cross-country trip and hasn’t been seen since. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, February 14th, 2006.
Physarum polycephalum.
Yellow mold is being used to control a robot. (via)
Post date: Monday, February 13th, 2006.
SeaBed.
Deep sea robot photographs Greek shipwreck from 350 B.C.
Post date: Friday, February 3rd, 2006.
Abdominal bot gastric rover.
Joystick controlled robot that is used to explore the abdominal cavity during surgery. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 1st, 2006.
Hello Kitty Robo.
Japanese employment agency is offering employers robot receptionists.
Post date: Thursday, January 26th, 2006.
Domo arigato.
Japanese robotic hand translates spoken words into sign language. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, January 17th, 2006.
Robo-roach.
Japanese roaches have been surgically implanted with ‘micro-robotic backpacks’ that control their movements. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Modular robots.
Italy to send robots to the moon to build a telescope. (via)
Post date: Saturday, January 7th, 2006.
Darwin VII.
Scientists have built a robot with brain cells. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, November 8th, 2005.
Tomb raider.
Robot will be used to explore narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to find hidden crypts.
Post date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2005.
Murata Boy.
Japanese company has created a robot that can ride a bike.
Post date: Tuesday, October 4th, 2005.
HAL.
“Computers will be able to out-think the entire world population put together within the next 60 years.” (via)
Post date: Saturday, September 17th, 2005.
Robo-dermis.
Artificial skin has been developed to give robots ‘a humanlike sense of touch‘. (via)
Post date: Thursday, September 1st, 2005.
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