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• Iron Man in the Real World: Top 5 Exoskeletons

  Have you watched the latest film "Iron Man"? Maybe while watching or even after watching it, you've wished you had the same super strength to overcome your weakness. Great news! The Iron Man does exist in the real world but of course you have to cash in hundreds or thousands of dollars to get one...

• Honda U3-X

  The Honda U3-X’s looks like a seated Segway, and uses gyroscopes to keep the unicycle vertical. This lightweight and compact one-wheeled device also features a foldable seat and retractable footrests. U3-X uses an advanced Honda proprietary balance-control system which derives from its res...

• Stanford Robotics @ NRW: Stickybot III

  A new version of Stickybot was introduced at Stanford’s National Robotics Week event. Stickybot III, a gecko-inspired climbing robot, was completed mere weeks ago. The difficulty in getting Stickybot III to climb is due in large part to the way the sticky pads are attached to its feet....

• Tele-operated Android “Geminoid F”

  Have you seen the first Geminoid robot (the HI-1) which was developed to look like its creator, Hiroshi Ishiguro? Probably you were not that interested to learn more about that robot because he does not, well, looked very pleasing to the eyes. But the second creation of Mr Hiroshi Ishiguro will ...

• Robovie mR2: The Robot with an iPod Touch for a Heart

  A smaller and "cuter" version of Robovie R2, which is primarily developed by Reo Matsumura, has been unveiled by ATR (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute) Intelligent Robotics & Communications Lab. The Robovie mR2 is a robot which works by popping an iPod Touch into it, at which point...

• Robot Knows How To Sort and Recycle Plastic

  The robot, created by Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Corp and Osaka University researchers, identifies different plastic materials among rubbish and sorts them into piles. The new robot aims to boost plastic recycling levels by identifying six different types of plastics that can be recycled an...

• Robovie-IV: For Robot-Human Society

  “Through the accumulation of experimental research in our office as well as at a Science Museum, we are beginning to understand the communication features that are necessary for a robot to easily participate in our society. So, in the near future, we will be able to create a robot that can sup...

• I-Fairy: a Robot Presenter, Museum Guide, or Receptionist

  Kokoro Co. Ltd.’s I-FAIRY is like a robot presenter, museum guide, or receptionist that detects people when they are nearby and then automatically begins reciting its lines. The “i” in its name stands for intelligent information icon, and its design is meant to evoke a “lovely fairy”. ...

• Robot Teachers Invade Korean Classrooms By 2012

  According to South Korea's etnews, the country has announced plans to invest in a so-called "R-Learning" program that promises to put robotic teaching assistants in up to 500 pre-schools by 2012 just after a few months of trials, and expand to a full 8,000 pre-schools and kindergartens the follo...

• Paparazzi Bots Will Chase You Down Until You Love Them

  The Paparazzi Bots are autonomous robots which is a tech-hybrid camera and cameraman. It is comprised of multiple cameras and sensors on a custom-built rolling platform. They move at the speed of a walking human, avoiding walls and obstacles. The robots stand at human height. With the help o...

• Robot Wall AWE Transforms Itself To Your Interests

  Last January, the annual IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems was filled with new innovations and intelligent systems that promises to deliver pleasure to the makers and clients alike. Among the video presentations, one that caught the eyes of the media researchers ...