Robot News

Sony Unveils Sony Airpeak at CES 2021 (2021-02-07): Sony unveils its new Sony Airpeak technology at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Blue Frog Robotics Launches Buddy Robot on Indiegogo (2015-07-19): Blue Frog Robotics has launched its adorable companion Buddy robot on Indiegogo. The robot has many features. It can be a personal assistant, playmate or security robot.

Rethink Robotics Unveils One Armed Robot Named Sawyer (2015-03-30): Rethink Robotics, the company behind Baxer, has launched its new one armed Sawyer robot.

Google to Buy Titan Aerospace (2014-04-15): Google is going to buy Titan Aerospace, a manufacturer of drones.

Stephen Colbert Reveals Plan to Defeat Google's New Military Robots (2014-01-02): Stephen Colbert has revealed a plan to fight back against Google's new military robotics division.

iRobot Announces $30 Million Army Contract (2013-07-11): iRobot announced it has been awarded a $30 million Army contract. One of its tops military robots is the iRobot PackBot

iRobot and Cisco Launch Ava 500 Video Collaboration Robot (2013-06-20): iRobot and Cisco have partnered to launch the Avo 500 video collaboration robot, a new telepresence robot.

Amazon Acquires Kiva Systems for $775 Million (2012-03-25): Amazon.

Video: Robots Falling Down at the Robocup (2012-02-25): Building robots that can maintain there balance on two legs is no easy feat.

Creepy Robot Mouth Returns, Sings Japanese Children's Song (2011-07-17): The robot mouth first creeped out the Internet last year with a video of it making vowel sounds.

Don-8r the Donator Robot (2011-05-06): This is a cute little robot as well as a clever fundraising concept.

Robot Plays Catch and Makes Coffee (2011-05-03): Associa GreenA new robot, named Rollin' Justin, can perform two important tasks: playing catch and making coffee.

AquaTablet: The Underwater Robot (2010-10-15): AQUATablet is a remote-controlled robot that can receive and carry out commands while underwater.

HRP-4 Robot Designed to Perform Menial Labor (2010-09-18): hrp-4-robot

Robot Mouth Makes Vowel Sounds (2010-04-24): This video of a robot mouth making vowel noises has emerged on the Internet.

Wu Yulu the Amazing Robot Farmer (2009-01-10): A Robot inventor and farmer named Wu Yulu once accidentally burnt down his house and plunged his family into debt when he was trying to build one of his robots.

Project Aiko: AI Female Android (2008-12-14): CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a human and robot love story.

Swarm Bots: The Future of Robotics? (2008-08-09): Instead of a solitary super-intelligent robot how about a swarm of fairly mindless robots cooperating with other swarm-bots to solve tasks? The BBC reports that swarm robots may someday be used for dangerous Mars missions or dangerous jobs here on Earth.

Big Dog Robots Treks Through Ice and Snow (2008-03-21): Here's the latest video of Big Dog, the quadraped robot army mule from Boston Dynamics that carries gear.

Robot Moves When Monkey Thinks About Walking (2008-01-16): This video shows a monkey's brain impulses in the U.

Swarmanoid Project Follows Swarm-bots Project (2006-11-24): A new project called the Swarmanoid project is building on the earlier Swarm-bots project.

The Printed Robots of Tomorrow (2006-06-26): An interesting article on OhmyNews looks at the concept of printable robots.