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 underground parking structure in Japan is able to hold 800 bicycles in a very small space. However, that is only part of what makes it incredible. The cyclist will put their bike in the entrance of the parking garage. A card will then be given to the cyclist. When the cyclist returns, he just [...]

Using robots as a part of surgical procedure is certainly something that is gaining widespread acceptance. After all, a robot can be very precise, the surgeon doesn’t even need to be in the same room (lowering risk of infection) and can operate in small spaces.  You can see a video of a surgeon practicing with [...]

So this isn’t exactly new, but this is one of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live fake-commercials. I figure, why not post this and combine robots with the hot topic of today: health care.

So now you have to ask yourself – Will Obama’s health care plan protect you from scary robots that are strong because [...]

Meet the BumBot. Invented by Rufus Terrill, the BumBot it built to spray the homeless with water if they refuse to “move it along” when asked.
This isn’t a robot that can think for itself, it is controlled with a remote. It also has a bullhorn attached to the top so that a person can scream [...]

This robot can play the rather complex “Flight of the Bumblebee” without error. Not only does this robot have the dexterity to do the proper fingering on the flute, but it has “lips” that allow it to adjust the speed of the air-flow as well as how the air is moved across the flute.

The best [...]

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 [...]

MacGregor Campbell over at New Scientist reports on how groups of scientists are working on a universal robot operating system (called ROS).
This system, they say, would allow for far greater advances in robotic technology, because rather than starting from scratch every time someone goes to construct a robot, the basic controlling code will exist – [...]

In honor of Gregory Clark’s recent article on robots and jobs,  which is something we have also written about here, the Daily Show has put together their top ten clips about robots.
The first clip even has our favorite futurist, Ray Kurzweil (otherwise, that clip is … not the best).
So, without further ado, go check out [...]

Over at Let’s Make Robots, they have a neat piece up about an Arduino powered robot that can metal detect for you! The TB-007 sports a simple design, hacked hand-held metal detector and a mounted cam so your coin-collecting uncle can stay in the camper while the robot roams for beach loot.

The demo videos are [...]