http://robotsdoingstuff.com Robots Do Awesome Stuff Mon, 18 May 2009 19:21:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2009/05/pointing-at-plates/ http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2009/04/hexapod-ant-bot/ Reading this excellent article on bowling technology in Wired led me to this article on Harry the bowling robot, and then this video.  http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/11/harry-the-bowling-robot/   People want robots to do things for them. Depending on what you consider a chore, this robot covers a lot of things. [caption id="attachment_71" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Home Assistant Robot"][/caption]     The so-called “Home Assistant Robot” stands 155cm and weighs 130kg. Moving on two wheels, the prototype is equipped with two arms (the hands ... http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/10/chores/   Meet the iLimb. pretty awesome http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/10/able-hand-in-need-of-job/ Folks at the University of Osaka are doing shit that will freak you out. Here's proof. http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/10/robots-will-creep-you-out/ Go to www.norrislabs.com for more details http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/08/robotic-digital-clock/ Amazon.com Widgets http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/08/wowwee-makes-awesome-robots/ How will people change when the machines around them seem to have emotions?  Soon there will be robots around us that use the language of emotion - smiling, looking sad or worried - in order to communicate with us more easily.  Even though these robots won't have real emotions, we ... http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/08/heart-robot/ http://robotsdoingstuff.com/2008/07/evil-teddy-robot/