Callo and Cally cellphone robots
Who would have thought that passion, knowledge and some spare Bioloid parts alongside an old school Nokia N82 handset could outcome in the Callo and Cally cellphone robots? Developed by PhD student Ji-Dong Yim and Prof Chris D. Shaw at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, Canada, these robots are [...]
JULIA The Household Entertainment Robot
The smart folks in that world seem to be focusing a lot of energy into getting robots into our homes, and the folks at the Advanced Control Lab at National Taiwan University have come up with a household entertainment robot called JULIA that can sing and even dance. Users will be able to interact with [...]
Worlds smallest Bluetooth chip goes into production, pushes boundaries of compatible devices
Murata, a Japanese electronics manufacturer you may remember for unicyclist robots, has recently announced that they have started production of a LBMA Series Bluetooth module that is at the moment the smallest in the world. Its dimensions are 3.5mm x 3.5mm x 1mm which makes it 30% smaller than the previous smallest chip. LBMA Series [...]
Family Nanny Robot
Robots are slowly taking by the world, whether we like it or not, and now Shenyang Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd. has come up with the Family Nanny Robot. As its name implies, it’ll be able to help you with your household when you’re not around. Its environmental sensors are able to detect a [...]
Personal Mobility Robot Controlled By Nintendo Wiimote
Let’s face it, Personal Mobility Robots (PMR) aren’t as cool as they were years ago, but controlling anything aside from a Nintendo Wii using the Wiimote is always a cool affair, and that’s what some of the brains by at the University of Tokyo have done. What will the Wiimote control next? Perhaps it’s possible [...]
LOLA Robot Is Able To Detect And Avoid Obstacles
Robot technology is always cool, and now the folks by at the Technical University of Munich and the Institute of Technology Autonomous Systems are developing a robot called LOLA. that robot has been six-years in the making, and is currently able to plan its own walking trajectory through a room in real day using image [...]
AILA humanoid robot paraded
The Hanover Messe 2010 event saw DFKI Bremen showcase a new humanoid robot known as AILA, where it shows how robots can theoretically see action in dynamic environments with humans by the date 2020 rolls around. AILA will rely on a system that uses SemProM (Semantic Product Memory), where it will merge its computer vision [...]