Robotic Bear Paws You W...

This bear may be soft and pillow-shaped, but you might want to think twice before curling up for a nap on Jukusui-kun. If you snore, it will stroke your face with its furry paw. It’s not hitting on you. Rather, it is helping your partner or roommate sleep by urging you to move on...
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Robots to help out in farms, too

Robots to help out in f...

I guess it was not too far from the truth with moisture farmers Owen Lars owning some droids to help him out, as that science fiction scene has been translated somewhat to the real world with Massachusetts startup Harvest Automation working on a tiny mobile robot which is meant to...
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Ball Tossing iFling Rob...

Finding yet another more useful application for the Segway’s balancing technology, the iFling robot is able to pick up ping pong balls and fling them at targets, all while effortlessly balancing on two wheels. More » Read more:  Ball Tossing iFling Robot is the Future...
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SmartPal robot to assist humans in the future

SmartPal robot to assis...

Robots are meant to be our servants, we should always be mindful of that lest that bunch of digital lifeforms actually gain a certain level of sentience and make an attempt to take over the world. Well, one of the latest robots to roll out is the SmartPal, where it is paraded at IREX...
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HRP-4C robot gets a hum...

As robots move closer and closer towards uncanny valley status, it makes perfect sense that other segments of a robot will need to be perfected – case in point, AIST’s (Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) HRP-4C robot that has been...
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Rex bionic legs go for sale in the UK

Rex bionic legs go for ...

For the majority of us, getting up and about might seem to be a chore even though we have a pair of perfectly good legs, but for those who want to be up and about but cannot due to injury, disease, or even being born without the ability to use their legs, will definitely hope that they...
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Robot guide dog for the...

Didn’t I mention that Japan does give off the impression that it is a nation that has robots crawling just about anywhere and everywhere, helping folks living there in many different ways? Well, here is yet another avenue for a digital lifeform to help us out – NSK of Japan...
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Telesar V telexistence ...

There is this particular perception that Japan is a land where plenty of robots run around – after all, this is the country that introduced the Transformers to the world, not to mention a whole bunch of other manga characters of the digital kind. Hence, it is only poetic justice...
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Slow Moving Robot Guide...

It won’t get tired or distracted by squirrels, but the advantages of NSK’s robotic seeing eye dog don’t quite outweigh the fact that in its present form, it’s very slow at tackling obstacles like stairs. So it will take a few years more development before this...
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Robot rides on a bicycl...

Getting a robot to walk on two legs is one thing, to have it run is another, and to make sure it can walk briskly without falling down despite being shoved is on a totally different plane altogether. How about another precarious (for a robot, at least) balancing act that will involve...
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