Robot lovers rejoice, as ISMETT transplant center in Palermo, Sicily has reported the first successful partial liver transplant involving only a robot! "This is the first case in the world performed entirely and exclusively with the robotic technique," said…
A robot hand has been created that actually has a better sense of touch than humans. The idea of a Cylon invasion isn't too far off -- it's only a matter of time. Researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering published a…
The state of mankind has finally progressed, as we now own a chef inarizushi robot capable of creating delicious sushi packets at a rate of 2,500 per hour! This dream of a sushi-wielding giant can perfectly pack an rice ball at such an alarming rate, you might…
RE2 has given two autonomous arms, with seven degrees of freedom and the ability to sense environments, to a robot named Robbie. The day may be approaching when you go to get your car’s inspection and you are greeted by Robbie, who will look at the car, scan…
It is a joyous day for all who dream of having their very own programmable six legged robot. Introducing Hexy, all the hexapody goodness at 1/10th the price of typical hexapod robotic kits. The brainchild of ArcBotics, Hexy was created with the dream of creating…
We seem to think that the great thing about robots is that they'll be around forever and that they'll just need the occasional tune up, but that's precisely the problem with robots. They need to be maintained constantly and retrieved should they be used in the field as…
You had better befriend that droid like Luke Skywalker, or else the Voice Activated R2-D2 Star Wars replica robot will give you an attitude instead of following your command to play tag. At fifteen inches tall, the Voice Activated R2-D2 responds to 40 different…
That’s right, an 8.6 pound Scooba 390 robot can and will vacuum, scrub, and wash clean 425 square feet of hard floor surface on a single tank of cleaner, and it can clean 850 square feet per battery charge. iRobot brings the fully automated technological…
The life of a firefighter is a mixed bag of fairly mundane things to extremely dangerous situations. One hundred firefighters die per year, according to the United States Fire Administration, while tens of thousands are injured. In order to prevent more casualties, the…
At just over eighteen miles-per-hour, DARPA’s funded and Boston Dynamic’s newest animal-based robot, the Cheetah, is the world’s fastest bot and can run with the likes of Usain Bolt and a couple of other extraordinarily talented freaks of Olympic nature. …
Combining all of the coolest and favorite toy elements from my epic youth into one giant fun-ball would still fall short (just barely though) of the potential that Mantzel’s robot has for thrills. Watch out before turning the corner at the kitchen door. A…
Popular Science’s Best of What’s New in 2011, and a fan favorite at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, the Sphero rolls on down the avenue of robotic innovation. And that’s without a robot! Sphero is a ball, about the size of a Magic 8-ball, that moves…