The Einstein robot you see here just creeps me out. It features a humanoid body and an android head of the great Nobel Prize winner himself, and was concocted by researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. An astronaut spacesuit was used in order to hide internal mechan…

Great, looks like even exercising has been outsourced to robots. Fujitsu has a new robot called the HOAP 3, and it is capable of dribbling, passing and shooting. Not too certain whether it has the essential sensors in place in order to play through balls like how the stars in the English Premier…

The University of Utah’s biggest library, called Marriott Library, has installed a $12 million ROBOTIC STORAGE SYSTEM. Instead of storing books on shelves accessible to humans, the system puts them in bins that are stacked 3 1/2 stories high. The benefit is that it enables the library to expand …

French company Quantic Dream claims that it has crossed the Uncanny Valley (definition). It is a theory that says that as synthetic humans (either robots or computer graphics) become more realistic to the point of being “nearly real”, users will feel a strong repulsion, until these synth…

Cube-Kun is a robot that can solve Rubik’s Cube within seconds. I know solving it is not a big deal these days for humans, and there has since been variants of the classic puzzle game released. Having said that, I can’t get beyond the second layer of colors. Cube-Kun might not look as menacing a…

A US patent was issued for a Cyborg Massage Hand - a really nifty device that grips the back of your neck, delivering just the right amount of pressure whenever you’re in need of a physical or emotional neck rub. Powered by air bladders and pumps located within these specially designed shoes, every…

The CMU Water Strider robot (video here) is very capable of moving across liquids just like its biological counterpart - and that development is a first and crucial step towards creating a robot which will be able to access a huge array of areas which are currently out of bounds. Imagine using s…

Now here’s a robot toy that doesn’t break the bank, although it is still rather pricey at $499. The RoboPhilo is a compact personal robot that can walk around out-of-the-box without having you piece together intricate servos and wiring that other robot kits come with. Standing tall at 13″, it has m…

Toyota doesn’t only manufacture cars, they’re pretty big on robotics too. Case in hand - that new robot that is dextrous ample to play a violin! Its musical talent is made possible via 17 joints in both its hands and arms, boasting precise control and co-ordination that resembles human-like dexteri…

New robot software enables bipedal robots to stay on their feet no matter how much they’re pushed and kicked by some BULLY RESEARCHER. The software instructs the robot to reply to destabilizing forces in the same way humans do — by flexibly re-balancing weight to prevent a fall. The software wa…