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Casio Announces Release of G-SHOCK and TRANSFORMERS Special Collaboration Model
Casio announced the release of a new collaboration model bringing together the G-SHOCK brand of shock-resistant watches and the globally popular TRANSFORMERS franchise. The new DW-6900TF-SET includes a G-SHOCK watch and a TRANSFORMERS figure that converts from a robot to a pedestal for the watch, and back again. The collaboration between G-SHOCK and TRANSFORMERS unites…
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Robot Avatars at DAWN Café in Tokyo Shows How People with Severe Disabilities Can Work
DAWN Cafe in Akasaka, Tokyo, will be staffed by robot avatars remotely controlled by people with severe disabilities, including patients with ALS. Powered by real intelligence, the robot avatars will be able to take customers order, bring ordered food and drinks, and also respond to any questions or requests. The robots at DAWN Cafe are…
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Roombots robots developed to be used as adaptive and autonomous furniture
We’ve nearly reached a time in technology when furniture is more than just pieces of wood and metal screwed on together. Instead, we could soon be using furniture that pack advanced robotics, capable of transforming for a multitude of applications. Heading this innovation are the researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal…
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CES 2014: Ozobot toy robots follow lines, respond to flashes
The world of virtual gaming soon overwhelms us with the ‘virtualness’ it brings. Sooner or later we seem to grow in the need of physical gaming aspects such as tangibility. This is what the Ozobot gaming robots can offer. Basically a spherical robot that follows lines, sees color and reads flashes to respond accordingly. It…
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Parrot unveils two eye-catching robots, the MiniDrone and Jumping Sumo at CES 2014
We humans may not be completely ready for a robot invasion in the near future, but that certainly hasn’t stopped us from experimenting with the world of robotics. Known for its developments in robotics, Parrot has, on previous account, managed to stun the world with fancy pieces of engineering that are built to be quite…
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Enter RoboRoach, the world’s first commercially available cyborg cockroach
Movie, TV and comic book characters like Robocop, the T100 or T1000 Terminator and possibly the most famous of all Darth Vader, are a few of the names that are synonymous with machines combined with or designed to look humans aka cyborgs. Being a geek, I always thought the first commercially viable cyborg would also…
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Japanese robot recognizes and plucks ripe strawberries
Bringing aboard a hard-working farmhand isn’t all that easy these days, with young folk heading towards metropolitan areas to look for jobs. Well, who needs them when robots could do the job for you! For those who don’t know the nitty-gritty of strawberry farming, these deliciously seductive red fruits need to be picked at just…
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Robotic bartender ‘James’ knows when you want a drink
Are robots cool? Hell yeah! We geeks are always up and ready for some robo-action. What about Robotic bartenders? The concept isn’t entirely all new and we have seen some amazing prototypes including Makr-Shakr which was shown-off at this year’s Google I/O event. But, researchers are hard at work to make them smarter. Scientists at…
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World’s largest walking robot is a giant fire-breathing prop dragon
After the blockbuster movie ‘Jurassic Park’ hit the screens in early 90’s, theme parks with robotic dinosaurs became quite a rage. But the novelty quickly faded off. Behold a new massive 11-ton robo-reptile that has made its way into the 2014 Guinness World Records. Nearly 30-feet tall robot guised as a dragon has become the…
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Robots, technology master the art of Sushi in Japan
Even wondered how precise a robot would be in conjuring up a perfectly shaped rice ball? Well, if they have precision enough to handle nanotechnology and surgery, why no sushi? Taking a step ahead from the traditional, conveyor belt-enabled sushi restaurants across Japan is the idea of cookery going sci-fi. A futuristic technology adds more…
