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Mover over Big Dog - here comes the robot Petman
computing / hardware

Move over Big Dog – here comes the humanoid robot Petman in video action

Monday, Apr 8, 2013Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

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.

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Cambridge University shows off astonishing virtual digital talking head that expresses human emotions on demand
audio / computing

Cambridge University shows off astonishing virtual digital talking head that expresses human emotions on demand

Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Big Dog robot gains powerful, rock-throwing arm, fuels many more nightmares
computing / gadgets

Big Dog robot gains powerful, rock-throwing arm, fuels many more nightmares

Monday, Mar 4, 2013Monday, Mar 4, 2013 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

We’ve been watching the continuing development of Boston Dynamics’ extra-weird four-legged robot BigDog with a mix of awe and dread.

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Who wants to see a bunch of robots play Motorhead's 'Ace Of Spades'?
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Who wants to see a bunch of crazed robots play Motorhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’?

Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

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 …

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computing / gadgets

Nightmare-inducing DARPA Big Dog robot follows its master through the woods

Thursday, Dec 20, 2012Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

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.

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Run! The all-scampering DARPA LS3 robo-dog is scuttling through the woods!
computing

Run! The all-scampering DARPA LS3 robo-dog is scuttling through the woods!

Thursday, Sep 13, 2012Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

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 …

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Now that's what we call robot dancing: iRobot viral video impresses
computing / video / web

Now that’s what we call robot dancing: iRobot viral video impresses

Thursday, Apr 19, 2012Thursday, Apr 19, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

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.

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computing

Boston Dynamics LS3 military robot dog scuttles about in the wild

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

It’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 …

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computing / stuff

Lifelike Geminoid-F robot mannequin waits for a friend in a Tokyo Department Store

Friday, Feb 3, 2012Friday, Feb 3, 2012 - by mike s - 3 Comments.

We’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.

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Qbo robot learns to recognise himself in a mirror, mankind trembles a little

Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

Armed 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 …

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computing

Enter the robo-cat burglar in the shape of the Ladder Climbing Android

Monday, Nov 28, 2011 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

Ready 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.

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computing

Simroid robot offers ultra-realistic dental training, second career in sex industry sure to follow

Thursday, Nov 24, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

When 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 …

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computing

Stair-climbing robot guide dog continues development [video]

Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

It’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.

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computing

HRP-4C – all-singing hottie humanoid robot now walks like a lady

Friday, Nov 11, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher - 2 Comments.

Even 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 …

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computing

PETMAN humanoid robot scares the bejesus out of us

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Taking 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.

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