-
Robot “Pepper” by SoftBank will sell Nescafé Machines in Japan
Yet another Japanese robot has made it to the news. This robot called “Pepper” will sell Nescafé Gold blend barista coffee machines and Nescafé Dolce Gusto at 20 stores by December across Japan. The robot is 4 feet tall, moves on rollers and has a tablet on its chest. Pepper has four directional earphones on…
-
RomoCart transforms your living room into a Racetrack
Till now you have enjoyed go kart racing video games like Mario cart. What if you could play the game not on the screen, but physically in your home? You can just do that, if you own Romo, the smartphone robot which turns your smartphone into a tank tracked machine. RomoCart is a new racing…
-
Omron’s robot plays ping pong against humans at Ceatec 2014
Japanese have been known for the very human like Robots they make. The Japanese President Shinzo Abe announced a few months ago that Japan will be making robotics one of the country’s most important economic pillars — and he plans to kick off that effort with a “Robot Olympics” staged in 2020. Asia’s largest electronics…
-
South Korean Baseball Team uses Fanbots (Robot Fans) to cheer it up
Robots have replaced humans in performing all sorts of difficult, dangerous and repetitive tasks that the humans can’t do or prefer not to do. But the South Korean Baseball Team Hanwha Eagles is using Robots for a different reason altogether! Hawnha Eagles have been on a losing spree and have lost about 400 matches in…
-
Giant Robot and his minions land up in Argentina
The streets of Beunos Aires would be bustling but peaceful on any given day. However, if we are to believe what we see in this clip from Fernando Livshitz of Black Sheep Films, then we could well imagine what unfolded. A number of tin windup toys are seen making their way aimlessly across the capital…
-
German table tennis player Timo Ball to face-off with robot
It takes more than a human opponent to prove how awesome a table tennis player can be. Or at least that’s what’s playing on my mind after reading what I’m going to share with you. German table tennis player Timo Boll will be taking on an aggressive robot. The project will be kickstarted by industrial-robot…
-
CES 2014: Keecker mobile bot follows you around, projects videos, checks mails and plays music
What’s that little thing moving along the floor, spreading joys and music among everyone? They call it the Keecker, a video projector that quadruples up as a smartphone synching device, music play and email-checking portal. It’s wireless, looks futuristic and has a battery whose charge could keep its wheels rolling for a week! The robot…
-
Robot Cowboys replace dogs and cowherds
Are cows as intimidated by robots as they have been of cows? Well, TV would vouch for the latter but then what the labs cook is what we see in all its tangible finality. The amazing Robot Cowboys who have recently shown up in Australia seem to be making roadways in cow-control. A team from…
-
NEC introduces ‘PaPeRo Small’ companion robot with cloud integration in Japan
Remember the cute little PaPeRo robot from Japan which looked like a real life version of the R2D2 droid? Rather Nissan even used it as a navigation assist in one of its concept cars like the rebel ships in the Star Wars Movie. Though it is more than a decade old now, but it was…
-
Roboroach makers Backyard Brains, facing animal cruelty charges
Back in September we talked about Roboroach, the firstcyborg insect that came with its very own Bluetooth enabled backpack plugged into its brain. ‘Minor’ brain surgery later and Roboroach could be fully controlled via your smartphone. It’s the first remote controlled inspect that was made commercially available. Of course the surgery involved cutting off the…
