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The weird and often sinister-looking robotic creations of Boston Dynamics have been scaring the hell out of us for years, and the lab has now developed a humanoid robot, known as Petman.
Move over Big Dog – here comes the humanoid robot Petman in video action Read More
Created by researchers in Cambridge, England, this incredibly realistic digital avatar can express a full range of human emotions by altering facial expressions to match the tone of the voice. Researchers think that the virtual …
Cambridge University shows off astonishing virtual digital talking head that expresses human emotions on demand Read More
We’ve been watching the continuing development of Boston Dynamics’ extra-weird four-legged robot BigDog with a mix of awe and dread.
Big Dog robot gains powerful, rock-throwing arm, fuels many more nightmares Read More
Billed as a ‘sneak preview of Compressorhead during band practise at the Robocross head quarters in Berlin,’ this fantastic video shows three robots thundering away on top of Motorhead’s killer version …
Who wants to see a bunch of crazed robots play Motorhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’? Read More
It’s the creepiest all-walkin’, all shufflin’ robo-futuristic machine we’ve ever seen, but there’s something about this half dog/half-horse mad machine that we sort of like.
Nightmare-inducing DARPA Big Dog robot follows its master through the woods Read More
We’re not saying we’d like to encounter on in a dark alleyway after five pints, do we do rather love these fabulously weird and scary robot dog creations powered by …
Run! The all-scampering DARPA LS3 robo-dog is scuttling through the woods! Read More
The company behind the Roomba and Scooba automated cleaners, iRobot Corporation, has launched a £10million ad campaign, spearheaded by a viral video showing off the robot dancing skills of YouTube sensation Marquese Scott.
Now that’s what we call robot dancing: iRobot viral video impresses Read MoreIt’s been scaring the Beejezus out us for some time now, but Boston Dynamics’ scary, scuttling robodog has now been spotted shuffling about in the wild, in preparation for military …
Boston Dynamics LS3 military robot dog scuttles about in the wild Read MoreWe’ve been fascinated by the way Japanese scientists have been developing the Geminoid robots, and one of the ‘female’ versions has gone on display in Japan as an interactive mannequin.
Lifelike Geminoid-F robot mannequin waits for a friend in a Tokyo Department Store Read MoreArmed with stereoscopic vision and some object and facial recognition programs, the Qbo robot can be seen learning to recognise itself in this short video. Placed in front of a mirror, the open source …
Qbo robot learns to recognise himself in a mirror, mankind trembles a little Read MoreReady and willing to start scrambling up a wall near you is Muscle Corporation’s cunning ladder-climbing robot, a humanoid creation packing innovative compact muscle units.
Enter the robo-cat burglar in the shape of the Ladder Climbing Android Read MoreWhen the first Simroid – a super-realistic dental training robot developed in Japan – was released back in 2007, folks were pretty knocked out by the level of realism on …
Simroid robot offers ultra-realistic dental training, second career in sex industry sure to follow Read MoreIt’s clearly not quite the finished article yet, but NSK’s new four-legged robot with wheels has great potential to be developed into a robotic guide dog for the blind.
Stair-climbing robot guide dog continues development [video] Read MoreEven the most sophisticated humanoid robots tend to walk like Ken Barlow after ten pints and a nosebag of ketamine, but the super-Realistic HRP-4C robot from Japan now manages an astonishingly life-like …
HRP-4C – all-singing hottie humanoid robot now walks like a lady Read MoreTaking us a few robo-steps closer to a real robot future is PETMAN, an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by the US Army.
PETMAN humanoid robot scares the bejesus out of us Read More