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Awesome Robot Now Fetches Beer For You (VID)

digg.com — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:10:03 +0000

Spark the envy of your friends with the absolutely freaking awesome T2 from Willow Garage – the robot that fetches your favorite brand from the fridge, opens it and looks you in the eye hoping for your approval while handing it to you.

Sand-Printer like a giant die cutter

digg.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:20:02 +0000

Who wouldn't want a giant wheel that they can push around on the beach and leave a message? For extra points, I'd love to see a giant golfball printhead robot that drives around and stamps messages into the ground.

This $2.1 Million Robot Hummingbird Could Save Your Life

digg.com — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:10:03 +0000

This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second, just like a real hummingbird, and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots not easily accessible by humans.

A solar-powered telepresence robot

digg.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:30:02 +0000

CoolerBot is a solar-powered telepresence robot that carries an infrared video camera and a Nikon digital SLR camera for nature photography and is powered entirely by the energy harvested by its two solar panels.

Palin’s Neighbor Builds 20ft. Flamethrowing Exoskeleton Suit

digg.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:50:05 +0000

Mention Wasilla, Alaska, and presidential also-ran Sarah Palin leaps to mind like a caribou. But the southern Alaskan town’s more animated, engaging, and intelligent invention is easily a 20-foot-tall robotic mecha robot with flamethrowers for hands.

Download Your Own Robot Scientist

digg.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:50:02 +0000

Ever wanted to have a robot to do your research for you? If you are a scientist, you have almost certainly had this dream. Now it’s a real option: Eureqa, a program that distills scientific laws from raw data, is freely available to researchers.

I Wish I Had the “Box4Blox Lego Sorter” for my Kids

digg.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:40:02 +0000

When I first heard the phrase "Lego sorter," I expected some crazy production line robot with moving arms and a glowing red eye. Thankfully, the Box4Blox sorter works as simply as the Lego bricks it stores.This thing got announced way back in March, and I'm amazed we missed it up until now. The device has four trays with square holes along the...

Laziness on the move: robot plays Rock Band on the iPhone

digg.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:30:09 +0000

Why confine your nerdy sloth to your living room, where large robots mime fake guitar and serve you sloppy mixed drinks? Take that zest for the sedentary life with you on the road by having one of your robot ninjas steal this iPhone Rock Band robot from its ingenious creator, Joe Bowers. The Arduino-based device uses ambient light sensors to detect

Boston Dynamics Robots Tiptoe Toward Terminator

digg.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:02 +0000

A new video of a Boston Dynamics robot has surfaced--possibly the scariest yet. The company's name alone should give you the willies if you've watched the Terminator movies or seen the previous chilling robots BD makes. We've rounded up the videos for you. Happy Halloween.

Robot Can Fall Off a 28m Building and Keep Running (Video)

digg.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:40:02 +0000

Have you ever tried to catch a running cockroach? They’re fast little suckers, and resilient too, which is why scientists at the University of California Berkeley modeled their latest robot after them.