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Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 28 2006
bumblebee transformer
Although the much talked about 'Transformers' movie would hit the celluloid on 4th of July 2007, surprisingly on the American Independence Day, we all are keeping our eyes open to grab the wonderful robots in action with there reins in hands of Michael..
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 21 2006
robotics studio
Microsoft is developing new innovative software tools to help designers develop robots and machines of the future armed with more power. Considering robots as 'the next evolution of the personal computer' the giant is planning to tap the growing...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 20 2006
robocup final
The RoboCup has a new champion this year. The 2006 Robocup Soccer concluded in Bremen, Germany, with an all-Australian final, in which the University of Newcastle's NUBots beat the University of New South Wales' rUNSWift team 7-3. The NUBots emerged...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 17 2006
hacked roomba
iRobot wants to hack our favorite Roomba and turn him into a dishwasher or just anything. iRobot believes that the so-called 'inherently interactive' Roomba, Scooba and Packbots can be made more interactive, but Roomba promises more potential....
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 17 2006
robot stride
This is yet another example of natural technology where we try to imbibe feats of nature in machines. The Strider is a radio-controlled robot discovering its real talent with the help of researchers at Japan's Chuo University. It is similar to the...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 16 2006
fighting robots
Though, robots do not qualify to be termed as 'strange' because they are ever developing, achieving new heights with the passage of time, as we humans are doing. Anyway, these crazy machines sometime perform, or rather made to perform, certain strange...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 15 2006
sexed robots
Possibly, if somehow we hammer in the 'sex-impulses' in these machines, they might become redundant for us and we would find them doing the job all day long. We guess the basic idea behind creating these sexed robots is to make these machines more...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 14 2006
city climber
Let the idea showcased in the Matrix, Terminators and the like remain on the celluloid, apparently, we are all aware of the truth that these machines will never rule us, rather we will never allow them to do so, especially when the trigger is under our..
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 13 2006
robocup
There is no way these machines can be left just to cool their heels while Ronaldhino, Ronaldo and the like are busy adding fuel to the already burning soccer world cup fire. This year's international RoboCup kicks off from 14-20 June 2006 in Bremen,...
Vikas Shekhawat | Jun 12 2006
Perhaps, we won't need these robots to play drums any more as advanced music synthesizers and other machines can now easily morph sound of almost any musical instrument. Anyway, this ultimate robot, designed by Georgia Tech's Gil Weinberg and Scott...