In order for robots to be useful in some of the more complex tasks out there, they will need a lot of “skills”. One of these is fine-finger skills. The ability to grasp is good – the ability to push buttons in a particular sequence, pick up small objects and manipulate them is better. Another [...]

Over at Wired, Priya Ganapati has written an excellent article on a robot that plays music. Which, in and of itself might not seem that exciting. I mean, anyone who has been to Disney World or has gone to Chuck E. Cheese has seen animatronic robots signing away about presidents, history and cheesy pizza. The Cybraphon, however, is something totally different.