As I wrote about yesterday, we went to the Kettering FIRST competition this past Saturday. It was incredible fun. However, as much fun as the game was and as fascinating as the robots were, even more fun and interesting were the students behind the robots.
We had a chance to walk around the “pit” area, where [...]

When fellow Robots – For The Win! writer Bryan English and I decided to attend and cover the robotics competition at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan we had no idea what we were in for. Oh sure, we knew there would be high school students that built robots for some specific task, but to summarize [...]

Look out gym trainers, General Robotix, Inc has a robot ready to replace you. Well, almost.
According to Pink Tentacle, Taizo is a robot that can help teach people how to properly stretch. It can operate for 2 hours per charge. Taizo can respond to voice commands, provided those voice commands are about exercise and not, [...]

In another step closer to 2015 and the takeover of jobs by robots, New York City has brought in a robot to mow the lawn in front of City Hall. A job that was done by humans until now, the Husqvarna Automower 230 ACX is currently on loan to the city so they can see [...]

A new movie that deals with robots is on its way: Surrogates. This movie stars Bruce Willis and is about a future where people no longer go out into the world themselves, but rather use robotic surrogates. The surrogates can look like improved versions of themselves or they might not even look all that human [...]

Scientists at the University of the West of England are developing robots that are made out of mold. Rather than creating a traditional robot out of metal and wires, these scientists are building robots from a living organism. Physarum polycephalum is the type of mold that they are using.
The scientists are calling these biological robots [...]

Coming up in just a couple of weeks is NASA’s annual test, RATS (Research and Technology Studies). This will be held in the desert in Arizona and NASA will test out some of their new designs. On September 15 the media is invited to come and check out their innovations in action.
The tests are being [...]

The US Military is holding a Robotics Rodeo, giving robot inventors a chance to show off what they have. Specifically it is the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)and Fort Hood III Corps that is holding this event. The Military is seeking robots that can do everything from perform reconnaissance to [...]

This is a really cool and fun ad put out by Honda featuring their robot Asimo (you can read more about Asimo and other robots developed by Japanese car companies here). The robot acts very human-like in is ad, looking up when water drops on him, acting curious and more. While clearly these reactions were [...]

This incredible robot can fly around much like an insect – it can hover, move quickly and more. There are no attached wires and it carries its own power supply. Its wings move at an incredible rate (frankly, it reminds me more of a hummingbird than an insect). The downside is, it can only do [...]