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Eythor Bender demos human exoskeletons

Category: Robots

Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics brings onstage two amazing exoskeletons, HULC and eLEGS -- robotic add-ons that could one day allow a human to carry 200 pounds without tiring, or allow a wheelchair user to stand and walk. It's a powerful onstage demo, with implications...

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Don't have a baby. Have a robot.

Category: Robots

Affetto the toddler robot does not get you the tax break but you can probably teach it to get your beer from the fridge a lot easier than a real toddler. Affetto is modeled after a one- to two-year-old child and will be used...

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The rise of personal robots

Category: Robots

As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn -- and play. Watch for...

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Robot Sucks at Archery ... then gets better

Category: Robots

Much more here....

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Wash this beer and fetch me another dirty tee-shirt (urp)!!!!

Category: Robots

Wait, wait, that's no way to treat a robot!...

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Robots that can run

Category: Robots

First they make a robot that seems, though they deny this, like it will feed on humans. Then they make a robot that runs like a human. What will they think of next? And who are they, anyway?...

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"We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population...

Category: Technology

... but that is not our mission." Right. Except for this robot that powers itself by scooping up ... well, just look. .......

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The Scorpionator

Category: Robots

The A-Pod Robot...

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Robot Dreams

Category: Robots

Well, not really dreams. More like, Robots taking over the world because they don't need humans any more to figure stuff out for them. This is not entirely new ... we've heard some news of this before. What concerns me, of course, is that once...

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The end is near

Category: Robots

Any time now .... The Singularity Approachith. From the same people who gave you the "I don't like it when you touch me that way" robot, we have this: Click on the picture. Also, notice that you can get 3.14 bucks off a subscription to...

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