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Robotics in Science Fiction
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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
| Michael Crichton (1985) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1944) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1965) | |
| Martin Caidin (1972) | |
| Martin Caidin (1972) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1972) | |
| Harry Harrison (1956) | |
| Jeff Noon (2000) | |
| Robert Forward (1985) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1953) | |
| William Gibson (1988) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1954) | |
| John Wyndham (1954) | |
| Charles Stross (2005) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1954) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1994) | |
| George Lucas (1976) | |
| Greg Bear (1990) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Douglas Adams (1987) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1968) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1969) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1967) | |
| Philip K. Dick (Ace) | |
| Brian Aldiss (1963) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Ernst Junger (1957) | |
| Maurice A. Hugi (1941) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| H.G. Wells (1898) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1954) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1965) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1956) | |
| Michael Crichton (1985) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1954) | |
| Stephen Barr (1960) | |
| Iain M Banks (2004) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1953) | |
| Richard Morgan (2003) | |
| A. Bertram Chandler (1959) | |
| Douglas Adams (1979) | |
| Fritz Leiber (1954) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1954) | |
| Harry Harrison (1959) | |
| E.C. Tubb (1958) | |
| Emmett McDowell (1946) | |
| Rudy Rucker (1997) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1944) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Harry Harrison (1958) | |
| Harry Harrison (1958) | |
| William Gibson (1988) | |
| James Blish (1957) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1964) | |
| David H. Keller (1928) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1953) | |
| George Lucas (1976) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| Mike Resnick (2002) | |
| Stanislaw Lem (1954) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1966) | |
| Anthony Boucher (1951) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1940) | |
| Michael Swanwick (2002) | |
| Karel Capek (1920) | |
| Harry Harrison (1965) | |
| Alfred Bester (1956) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1964) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1952) | |
| Michael P. Kube-McDowell (1987) | |
| Anthony Boucher (1943) | |
| William Gibson (1984) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1953) | |
| Harry Harrison (1962) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Harry Harrison (1959) | |
| Clifford Simak (1944) | |
| Harry Harrison (1962) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1950) | |
| Robert Silverberg (1971) | |
| Larry Niven (w/J. Pournelle) (1981) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1976) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Clifford Simak (1944) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Roger Zelazny (1966) | |
| Katsuhiro Otomo (1991) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1954) | |
| Michael Crichton (1985) | |
| James Schmitz (1966) | |
| Stephen Barr (1960) | |
| George Lucas (1976) | |
| James Schmitz (1966) | |
| Michael Crichton (1985) | |
| Stephen Spielberg (2002) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1978) | |
| Brian Aldiss (1969) | |
| John Varley (1976) | |
| Brian Aldiss (1969) | |
| Harry Harrison (Bantam) | |
| James Blish (1957) | |
| Manly Wade Wellman (1938) | |
| Lewis Padgett (1942) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1942) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Anthony Boucher (1943) | |
| Anthony Boucher (1943) | |
| Anthony Boucher (1943) | |
| Murray Leinster (1942) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1972) |
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AirRobot Micro-UAV 'Fairies' In Shakespeare Play No mere rude mechanicals, AirRobots played airy fairies in this performance of 'A Midsummer's Night Dream'. (re: Various, 11/19/2009 ) |
Walky iPhone Finger Gesture Robot Controller This program really makes controlling robots a breeze. Just let your fingers make your robot do the walking. (re: Douglas Adams, 11/17/2009 ) |
Robot Martial Arts Videos Take a look at these four robots performing a variety of martial arts moves. (re: Roger Zelazny, 11/16/2009 ) |
Lev, Theremin-Playing Robot Pretty cool DIY robotic device reprises a classic song from the 1950's, the same ere during which the theremin dominated sf movie soundtracks. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 11/13/2009 ) |
XT-1 Micro Mouse With Blazing Speed It's amazing how fast autonomouse robots are getting; watch this micro mouse robot zoom through a maze. (re: Maurice A. Hugi, 11/13/2009 ) |
Steerable Bowling Ball Is A Cheesy Spherical Robot An improbable spherical robot for the whole family. (re: Various, 11/11/2009 ) |
Robots Taught Human Communication Secrets Human beings communicate in all sorts of hidden ways, and now robots are being taught exactly how to do it. (re: Various, 11/4/2009 ) |
Toyota Delivery Robot Home Helper This one-armed prototype could be pretty handy around the house, especially if you're laid up. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/2/2009 ) |
ROPID Has Serious 'Quick', Good Hang Time Quick little robot has good leaping ability and plenty of attitude. (re: Harry Harrison, 10/28/2009 ) |
PETMAN Robot Video Shows Non-Human Origin Oh, it's bipedal, alright, but those legs are not quite human. In fact, I think that it walks just like the aliens in that 1996 movie 'The Arrival' (re: Frederik Pohl, 10/26/2009 ) |
SmartHand Helps Amputees Regain Sensation An important advance in creating artificial hands that restore sensation to amputees. (re: Martin Caidin, 10/22/2009 ) |
Dish Washing Robot Arm Watch this video of a one-armed dish bandit! Only a prototype, but I still think that Heinlein was on to something when he wondered about dishwashing robots. (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/19/2009 ) |
Gyrosphere Robot Climbs Out Of Holes Nothing like spherical robots; I'm guessing that the Rovers will make a big comeback on the remake of The Prisoner this fall. (re: Various, 10/19/2009 ) |
iRobot's ChemBot Blob: JSEL Takes Baby Steps iRobot's version of the Chembot project is not the only effort to move away from clanky, rigid robots. See the blob video, remember the sci-fi B-movies of yesteryear. (re: , 10/15/2009 ) |
Snackbot, Robotic Bringer Of Snacks Should roboticists be forced to walk long distances for snacks, or should they have snacks brought to them by autonomous robots, thus letting them spend more time creating cool robots? This question answers itself. (re: George Lucas, 10/14/2009 ) |
Hull Cockpit For Haptic Control Of Halluc II Robot What's even better than a cool robot? A haptic controller in a futuristic cockpit, that's what. (re: Various, 10/13/2009 ) |
Robobees To Swarm At Harvard Ten million dollars from the NSF for wild-eyed science fiction from the 1930's? You betcha. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 10/9/2009 ) |
Security Patrol Robot With ATV Base This all-terrain robotic security guard was created by students for autonomous premise surveillance. (re: Philip K. Dick, 10/8/2009 ) |
Robot Cosplay! HRP-4C Robot As Hatsune Miku At CEATEC 2009 Full-on robotic cosplay at CEATEC; a well-known female robot plays computer-generated anime singer Hatsune Miku. (re: , 10/6/2009 ) |
Funktionide Blob: A Video Love Story In spite of the best efforts of the electroactive polymer blob's creator, the idea of a robotic blob that crawls into bed with me does not relax me. With video. (re: Various, 10/6/2009 ) |
Obrero Robot Has The Soft Touch It would be a pleasure to shake hands with this robot, which uses sensitive manipulation to gauge just the right gripping force. (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/6/2009 ) |
ActiveLink Makes Power Loader From Aliens Attention would-be Ripleys - your power loader exoskeleton is now in development. (re: Various, 9/30/2009 ) |
Marvin Intel's Self-Charging Robot This robot seeks power - from standard AC outlets. I can think of a fifty-year-old reference for that idea. Can you think of an older one? (re: Stephen Barr, 9/30/2009 ) |
RAPUD Robotic Arm Helps Disabled Reach Robert Heinlein also thought about robotics for the disabled; we're catching up. (re: Robert Heinlein, 9/29/2009 ) |
RAPHaEL 2 Robotic Hand Luke Skywalker, your new hand is almost ready. Now, with force feedback controls and more durable fingers. (re: George Lucas, 9/29/2009 ) |
Panasonic Robot Bed Transformer There should probably be some sort of law that keeps otherwise healthy people from getting one of these. Too tempting on the weekends. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 9/26/2009 ) |
First Thought-Controlled Combat Robot Science and science fiction are neck and neck, as the first thought-controlled fighting robot premieres at the same time as a movie with thought-controlled robotic soldiers. (re: Various, 9/25/2009 ) |
Robots Need Realistic Skin! Do you feel put off by the cold, impersonal touch of your robot? Help is on the way. (re: Various, 9/24/2009 ) |
Marubot Robot Football League Okay, so the robot football players are not very big. Full-size robot football players must surely follow. (re: Various, 9/23/2009 ) |
SIL06 Robot Land Mine Detector This hexapod robot uses an alternating tripod-style gait and a sensor head to locate dangerous land mines. (re: Michael Crichton, 9/22/2009 ) |
Hajime 33 Robot Kicks, Walks I'm very impressed by the height of this robot; this remote-controlled player is taller than you are. (re: Various, 9/19/2009 ) |
Solo Autonomous Sewer Inspection Robot The RedZone robot moves quickly through the sewers, lowering maintenance costs everywhere it goes. (re: Various, 9/17/2009 ) |
Precision Urban Hopper Leaps Fence Video This little leaping robot has a pretty cool video; yet another DARPA inspired project. (re: Bruce Sterling, 9/16/2009 ) |
Bloodbot Robot Takes Blood Samples This clever robot has come along just fifty years after Harry Harrison described the basic idea for readers of Fantastic Universe. (re: Harry Harrison, 9/15/2009 ) |
Machine Ethics With Prospective Logic Who is responsible for the actions of autonomous systems? Can an autonomous robot make an ethical decision? (re: Various, 9/15/2009 ) |
Runaway Armed MQ-9 Reaper Drone Shot Down Another cautionary tale for the age of autonomous machines. Let's be careful how we use them. (re: Various, 9/15/2009 ) |
Robots With Human Brains What is self-organizing and intelligent and comes in a convenient paste? Human brain cells, that's what. (re: Peter Watts, 9/14/2009 ) |
Taizo Robot Exercise Instructor For Japan's Seniors Now with Taizo robot video! Always concerned about their aging population, Japanese roboticists have created a robotic instructor to lead the way to health. (re: Various, 9/11/2009 ) |
Spherical Soft Robots Use Shape Memory Alloys These soft body robots move by deforming their own structure - and they're safer for soft humans to be around than those clumsy rigid body robots. Unless they're Rovers. (re: Various, 9/11/2009 ) |
Be Master To Robot Slave Be the master of your robotic slave and force it to ... play tennis? (re: Robert Heinlein, 9/10/2009 ) |
LittleDog Robot Has Dynamic Double-Support Gait Check out the video showing LittleDog from Boston Dynamics negotiate rough terrain. This bot teaches itself the best way to go. (re: Anthony Boucher, 9/10/2009 ) |
Regina Robot Heavy Healthcare Lifting Could you please help transfer that unconscious sumo wrestler from his bed to a wheelchair? Regina says 'No problem.' (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 9/9/2009 ) |
Foldy The Laundry-Folding Robot Video For some people, it's important to have clothing folded just right. Well, robots are available to help you now. Video added to article. (re: Various, 9/8/2009 ) |
Plasmobot Amorphous Biological Robot 'The plasmodium is capable of solving complex computational tasks, such as the shortest path between points and other logical calculations.' (re: Rudy Rucker, 9/4/2009 ) |
Solar Nomad Plant A Robotic Urban Parasite Interesting mix of technologies in the work of Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza. (re: Vernor Vinge, 9/3/2009 ) |
Nao Robot Uses Microsoft Surface How often is a robot shown using human interfaces in sf novels? In movies? (re: Various, 9/2/2009 ) |
Cheap Microrobot Swarms This amazing little bot is all on one circuit bard. Why not make a whole black cloud of them? (re: Stanislaw Lem, 9/1/2009 ) |
RIBA Robot for Interactive Body Assistance This nursing assistant robot looks like a friendly bear; it can pick up and transfer patients weighing up to 135 pounds easily and safely. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 8/27/2009 ) |
SpiderBot Underconstrained Cable-Suspended Robot One-of-a-kind robot swings from cables it shoots at the ceiling. (re: George Lucas, 8/27/2009 ) |
Theatrical Robots Kiss, Industrial Bots Scandalized These robots diligently practice osculation. (re: Various, 8/26/2009 ) |
Phasma Insect Robot Runs Like A Bug This insectile remote-controlled robot is designed to run like an insect from the ground up; that's what makes the video a bit creepy. (re: Various, 8/26/2009 ) |
MIT Robofish Now More Fishy No longer mechanical contraptions with thousands of moving parts, these modern robotic fish are sleek imitations of life. (re: Michael Swanwick, 8/26/2009 ) |
Handbot Climbs Shelves, Has Rope Launcher This robot has two remarkable features that I've never seen on any other robot. This is exactly what I need for my sf library. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/24/2009 ) |
Vecna BEAR's Latest Video Exploits This Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot just gets better with each version. (re: Takazawa Kijuro, 8/23/2009 ) |
Robot Cats Perfect For Older Britons Ah, those engineers at the Royal Academy. They've been getting into the science fiction section of the library again, eh? (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/20/2009 ) |
Robots Learn To Lie What are the consequences for humanity if we encourage robots to learn how to lie? What are the consequences for the robots? (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 8/19/2009 ) |
ECCEROBOT Anthropomimetic Robot Exceptional robotic prototype used to slowly rebuild human beings in structure. (re: Varioius, 8/13/2009 ) |
Spiderbot Self-Healing Networks I'm starting to think that if you want an ad hoc network, you need to send in the robots. With video. (re: Charles Stross, 8/13/2009 ) |
Himawari Homotropic Sunflower Robot This robot shows real progress toward what Philip K. Dick called 'homotropic' machines - robots that seek out and follow people. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/8/2009 ) |
Knife-Wielding Robot With X-Ray Vision At great expense, this robot has been given sensors to tell just exactly where the ribs are, where the legs are and of course where the shoulders are. (re: Robert Silverberg, 8/8/2009 ) |
Robot Hands Ready To Kick Your Ass This compilation of robotic hand-to-sensor coordination shows why the future of sports is mechanical. Stop worrying about steriod use -start testing for robotic prosthetic use. (re: Various, 8/4/2009 ) |
Robotic FuA-Men Fully Automated Ramen Restaurant This automated restaurant features an autonomous chef and assistant; ramen has never been cooked so precisely. (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 8/3/2009 ) |
Toyota Running Robot, Humanoid But Creepy How fast can a robot run? This Toyota prototype runs very effectively - if in a sort of horrible, minion-like way. (re: Various, 7/31/2009 ) |
GHOST Robot Fire Fighters In London These robotic fire-fighter aren't quite up to the autonomous standard set by their Transformer forebears, but they're coming along nicely. (re: Various, 7/31/2009 ) |
Learning Robot Going Through 'Terrible Twos' Can you child-proof your house for robots? This Iowa State robot is going through the 'terrible twos' - fortunately, in the lab. (re: Various, 7/28/2009 ) |
Baseball Robot Pitching Batting Battle VIDEO These two robots can perform remarkably well at certain aspects of the game. Electromechanical hitters and pitchers have a certain appeal; now we need steampunk versions for that 1890's feel. Now updated with video. (re: Various, 7/25/2009 ) |
HRP-4C Robot In Wedding Dress A Mechanical Bride 'Like the father of a bride, I feel both happy and sad.' So said developer Kazuhito Yokoi as he watched his lifelike robotic creation walk down the runway in a wedding dress. With video. (re: Fritz Leiber, 7/23/2009 ) |
Modular Snake Robot's Unique Gaits Based on snake movements, they've moved beyond mere biomimicry with an amazing variety of movements. (re: Emmett McDowell, 7/22/2009 ) |
Flossie The Robot Motorcycle Test Rider Other robots have gotten their start as test bots. Someday, they'll let Flossie out of the lab. (re: Various, 7/21/2009 ) |
Screamers - PKD's Claws - The Robotic Research Begins Research on how sandfish lizards manage to both run and burrow under the sand is being touted as an aid to robotic research. I thought that Philip K. Dick's robots evolved on their own. (re: Philip K. Dick, 7/21/2009 ) |
EATR Robot Is A Vegetarian It turns out that reports of, well, ghoulish behavior on the part of Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot were completely unfounded. Not surprisingly. (re: Philip K. Dick, 7/18/2009 ) |
'Electric Sheep' Runs On Real Grass - EATR Robot An 'electric sheep' that actually runs on biomass? (re: Philip K. Dick, 7/14/2009 ) |
Unemployed Robots Should Seek Work Autonomously For now, robots just stand idle when humans stop giving them work. SF writers have some suggestions, though. (re: Harry Harrison, 7/13/2009 ) |
Spherical Robot Lego Mindstorms NXT-Based I just like spherical robots; this very nicely implemented bot uses a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit as the basis for the locomotive power. (re: Various, 7/11/2009 ) |
Robot Learns To Smile Machine learning is the way they've been teaching an Einstein robot to smile. Grad students approve. (re: Stephen Barr, 7/9/2009 ) |
DustCart Robotic Trash Can From DustBot This idea is a half-century old, but it's still a good one. The Italians press on in the area of urban hygiene. (re: Harry Harrison, 7/9/2009 ) |
Dream Cat Venus An Android's Dream This is starting to sound a bit more like the electric animals from the PKD novel. Particularly the vidlenses. (re: Philip K. Dick, 7/6/2009 ) |
Robotic Obama Not Ready To Lead Nation SF fans hoping for an autonomous robotic leader were a little disappointed by the animatronic Obama; however, compare a video of the Obamabot with a video of an sfnal CGI leader (re: Various, 7/4/2009 ) |
SCRATCHbot Robot Rat Whiskers Video This is a pretty good video showing progress in the almost sixty year-old idea of whiskered robots. (re: Ray Bradbury, 7/2/2009 ) |
Robotic Catcher's Hand Does Not Need Mitt This robotic catcher can pull baseballs out of the air with uncanny accuracy. (re: Various, 7/2/2009 ) |
Chewing Robot Hailed By Would-Be Flesh-Eating Bots Finally, a way to perform meaningful clinical trials of dental materials. And equip robots with chewing, gnashing teeth. (re: Ray Bradbury, 6/30/2009 ) |
Underwater Mine Detection Robots Vs. Wabbler The Navy is trying to create a smarter mine hunting robotic system. I think I can predict the logical countermove. (re: Murray Leinster, 6/24/2009 ) |
Shrapnel-Locating Autonomous Robot This autonomous robotic arm uses a biopsy needle and a special technique to find bits of shrapnel as small as 2 mm needle fragments in the body. (re: Larry Niven, 6/24/2009 ) |
Rotopod Rotational Legged Locomotion Robot This robot was directly inspired by the tripedal 'spider' robots described by Arthur C. Clarke in Rendezvous With Rama in 1972. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 6/22/2009 ) |
Rat Brain Robot Gets Upgrades Yes, it's a real cyborg - only the brain is used. (re: Peter Watts, 6/16/2009 ) |
Book-Reading Robot Reads Aloud This book reading robot had better put its game face on if it thinks it can take away one of my favorite activities - reading books to my children. (re: Philip K. Dick, 6/14/2009 ) |
Sushi Robot Digs Uncanny Valley Deeper Is this really more repulsive than, for example, a Terminator-style full human skin covering a metal endoskeleton? (re: Various, 6/11/2009 ) |
Psikharpax Le Robot Rat Avoid human beings and feed - just the sort of behaviors that robotic rats need. (re: Ray Bradbury, 6/10/2009 ) |
Battlefield Robot Snake For Israel Defense Force Video This video of a robotic snake to be used in the battlefield is pretty impressive. I particularly like it when it rears up and sees over things. (re: Various, 6/8/2009 ) |
Terminator Swimming Snake Robot Already Here Those slithering swimming snake-like robots from Terminator Salvation are already under development. With video. (re: Various, 6/2/2009 ) |
Terminator Salvation Motorcycle Robot Like Ghostrider Those neat motorcycles from Terminator Salvation have a real world development predecessor, as well as a science fictional predecessor. (re: Bruce Sterling, 6/2/2009 ) |
Bipedal Walking Robot For Unstructured Urban Environments This interesting bipedal robot is designed to work in exactly the same conditions as those wrought by SkyNet in the latest Terminator Salvation movie. (re: Various, 6/2/2009 ) |
Ethical Governor For Battlefield Robots Is it possible for military robots to know when to fire? What will restrain them? (re: Keith Laumer, 5/26/2009 ) |
KOBIAN Emotionally Demonstrative Robot There have been physically demonstrative robots in science fiction; but most of them follow a common path. (re: Various, 5/23/2009 ) |
Sneaky Robots Are Right Around The Corner Although this is undoubtedly useful behavior for guard robots, is 'sneakiness' a trait we want to see in robots? (re: Philip K. Dick, 5/21/2009 ) |
HIRO Human Interactive Robot Just how close do you want to work with robots? This robot can help roboticists find the answers. (re: Issac Asimov, 5/11/2009 ) |
Saya Humanoid Robot Teacher Did you think that 'no more teacher's dirty looks' would prevail in the era of the robotic teacher. Au contraire. (re: Issac Asimov, 5/10/2009 ) |
Fukitorimushi Floor-Cleaning Robot - An Inchworm Dust Mop This unique cleaning robot crawls along on its belly like an inchworm, shining it's blue-white searchlight upon your floor, looking for grime. (re: Ray Bradbury, 5/8/2009 ) |
Facebot Ibn Sina Robot On Facebook It appears that no one - not even robots - can resist the allure of social networking. (re: Various, 5/6/2009 ) |
Underwater Robot With Touch Sensitive Skin Divers with active imaginations may want to stay topside while this robot goes down below. (re: Murray Leinster, 5/6/2009 ) |
RAPHaEL Robotic Hand Air-Powered Thumbs up for this unique robotic hand, created by undergraduates. Compressed air is all you need to run it. (re: George Lucas, 5/5/2009 ) |
DIY Robochess Robot From Iran This do-it-yourself chess-playing robot was created by an 18 year-old Iranian student; it includes a mechanism for moving the pieces on the board. (re: Ambrose Bierce, 5/5/2009 ) |
KASPAR Robot W/RoboSkin Teaches Autistic Kids Interaction This well-developed robot platform is being given new, sensor-laden skin to further help autistic children. (re: Brian Aldiss, 5/1/2009 ) |
Digilegs - Digigrade Leg Extensions Sure, we've all wanted to trot like animals through the park. But Kim Graham has gone one step further and created wearable satyr leg extensions. (re: Various, 4/30/2009 ) |
robuLAB10 Healthcare Roomba This little bot is just a prototype, but imagine if you will a little household medical robot that follows your elderly mother-in-law around the house. (re: David H. Keller, 4/27/2009 ) |
Shimon Robot Improvisational Jazz Sideman Sure, the humans had some great sidemen, but now the robots can root for Shimon, the robot marimba player. (re: Various, 4/26/2009 ) |
Precision Urban Hopper Robot Must 'Stick' Landings This robot has a piston actuated foot that lets it jump up to 25 feet in the air. And, yes, it was predicted by science fiction writers. (re: Bruce Sterling, 4/22/2009 ) |
SquishBot Soft Shape-Changing 'Chembots' These soft-bodied shape-shifting robots are needed by DARPA; MIT wants theirs to lay down a trail of slime. (re: Various, 4/21/2009 ) |
PETMAN Humanoid Robot This robot will be used for product testing of protective gear by the US Army. Better it than thou. (re: Philip K. Dick, 4/21/2009 ) |
Festo Aqua Ray Robot I love underwater robots. Especially the biomimetic underwater robots. This manta ray robot is amazing with the skin on - or off. With video! (re: Various, 4/20/2009 ) |
Robot AquaPenguins Soar Underwater This robot has an extremely flexible 'fuselage' or body that helps it move uncannily like a real penguin. Note: this article now has video! (re: Michael Swanwick, 4/20/2009 ) |
Flying Micro-Robot Has Pincer With a laser-activated pincer and weighing just 3 hundredths of an ounce, this micro-robot might someday be a fly on the wall of your clean room. (re: , 4/13/2009 ) |
A-Pod Robot Hexapod Video Is there an uncanny valley for insectile robots? If so, this one is wiggling right on through it. (re: Michael Crichton, 4/9/2009 ) |
Robot Scientist Makes Autonomous Discovery Automating the scientific process; I wonder if they'll also automate the process of competing for resources in academia. (re: John M. Faucette, 4/3/2009 ) |
Robotic Bulldozer Force Doubles In Israel These remote-controlled behemoths are under control for now. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 4/1/2009 ) |
Honda Thought-Controlled Robot If you're going to have a robotic doppelganger, it should move using your thoughts alone. Updated! (re: Various, 3/31/2009 ) |
Living Robot Has Biological Brain Recent developments and more details about these robots with reorganized living rat neuron brains. A first step toward swibble-culture, Mr. Dick? (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/29/2009 ) |
ApriAttenda Robot Nurse For Aging Japan Three main factors are pushing the Japanese into creating these robotic servants, which they will then market around the world. (re: Ray Bradbury, 3/27/2009 ) |
Robotic Fish To Detect Pollution These lifelike robotic fish will use chemical sensors to find the source of hazardous pollutants in the water. (re: Michael Swanwick, 3/22/2009 ) |
CareBot MSR Personal Care Robot New entry in the home and health care robotics area; it can even make use of your own family's colloquial expressions. (re: Various, 3/19/2009 ) |
Grapevine Pruning Robot Do robots deserve a day of rest? New robot prototype perform pruning chores cheaper than people. (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/18/2009 ) |
Yoshiyuki Sankai And His HAL Exoskeleton Fascinating series of interviews on video shows how a prominent roboticist read science fiction as a child, and then worked to make it come true as an adult. (re: Isaac Asimov, 3/18/2009 ) |
BaR2D2 Robot Celebrates St. Patrick's Day Robotic mobile bar gets into the spirit of the day. Nice hat, BaR2D2. (re: Various, 3/17/2009 ) |
Robot Land: Robot Theme Park In Korea Is Robot Land the vacation of the future? You may get your wish by 2013. (re: Michael Crichton, 3/17/2009 ) |
HRP-4C Robot Woman Is A Cybernetic Humanoid Just wait until the artists supplement the work of engineers; the fact that this robot duplicates humanoid movement within a human form factor is amazing. (re: Fritz Leiber, 3/16/2009 ) |
Precision Agriculture: Robot Gardeners Serve Plant Network Interesting project by MIT postdoc Nikolaus Correll runs up against a future that Herbert, Dick, Gibson and Crichton all thought about. (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/13/2009 ) |
Robot Accepts Gesture Commands Okay, so you've been gesturing to machines for years. Better watch it - now they know what you're trying to say. (re: Douglas Adams, 3/11/2009 ) |
HULC Exoskeleton From Lockheed Martin New product from LM lets soldiers carry up to 200 pounds for many hours with less fatigue. (re: Fritz Leiber, 3/10/2009 ) |
DESIRE Trash-Tossing Robot This prototype robot is shown in a CeBIT video distinguishing trash from non-trash. That's better than early sfnal robots could do. (re: Harry Harrison, 3/5/2009 ) |
HyDRAS-Ascent Pole-Climbing Snake Robot Construction Inspector This remarkable pole-dancing - I mean, pole-climbing - robot is able to ascend to dangerous places so people don't have to. (re: Emmett McDowel, 2/27/2009 ) |
iCub Robot Humanoid Child RobotCub This European open-source robot child is intended to explore human cognition through the medium of a 3 year-old child. With video. (re: Brian Aldiss, 2/24/2009 ) |
Nanny Robot Senses Emotions Of Autistic Children This robot may be able to use its emotion-sensing abilities to take over for people in the care of autistic children. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 2/21/2009 ) |
BERTI Robot Gestures, Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors This robot has been practicing conversational gestures to help robots be better understood by humans. With video. (re: Various, 2/17/2009 ) |
Robot Baby Crib By Suima If you have one of those kids who just don't sleep well, there's this mechanical baby bed. (re: David H. Keller, 2/12/2009 ) |
Axel Rover Robotic Crater Explorer Yo-Yo-Bot Nifty video shows the Axel rover, a tethered marsupial rover. Yes, you read that right. (re: E.E. 'Doc' Smith, 2/9/2009 ) |
Robot Brain Grows As It Learns New technique - an incremental evolutionary algorithm - lets this robot add layers to its physical brain. (re: Philip K. Dick, 2/9/2009 ) |
Rotundus Groundbot Robotic Spherical Guardian Video Take a look at the latest version of the Rotundus spherical robot - it's a beauty. With a GroundBot's eye view video. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 2/9/2009 ) |
Meet Your Miniature Android Duplicate New company makes bespoke androids based on your photograph; Chuckie never had it so good. (re: Manly Wade Wellman, 2/5/2009 ) |
Pong-Playing Robot Plus Three Bonus Robot Gamers This simple yet sort of scary robot excels at one task - computer pong. Oh, and see 3 more examples of robots playing as well as you. (re: Various, 2/2/2009 ) |
EATR - DARPA's Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot Is a voracious autonomous robot able to feed itself and sustain free movement throughout all of eternity a really neat idea? DARPA thinks so - and so do I. (re: Philip Reeve, 1/31/2009 ) |
Sweatbot SAM - Sweating Agile Manniquin Handy industrial research robot or metaphor for our consumer culture? You be the judge. (re: Philip K. Dick, 1/27/2009 ) |
Biomimetic Robots Blow Your Mind Robot models challenge your perception of the entire industry; shockingly Suessian. (re: Various, 1/27/2009 ) |
T-34 Security Robot Throws Nets Spidey-Style This humble robot packs an unusual weapon - a net to cast over intruders. (re: Philip K. Dick, 1/22/2009 ) |
JALURO Lunar Robot - 2-Wheeled Open Source The Team FREDNET lunar robot offers a unique two-wheeled design; is it stable? See a picture and judge for yourself. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 1/21/2009 ) |
i-Limb Bionic Arm Video Embraces The Future The bionic arm is now easier to use; take a look at the video of the i-Limb arm. (re: Various, 1/21/2009 ) |
Farmer Exoskeleton Video This video presents the robotic farmer suit; just the thing for those repetitive motions. (re: Various, 1/20/2009 ) |
Farmer Loves Robot More Than Son Just to prove to yourself that robot research comes from more places than fancy universities and spotless corporate research labs, take a look at what one Chinese farmer has accomplished. (re: Various, 1/13/2009 ) |
Robotic Suit For Farmers In Japan No more (non-powered) squatting and pulling; now, robotics are on your side too, farmers. But what about droids who do the work for you? (re: Robert Heinlein, 1/9/2009 ) |
Swarm-Bots Take Small Children Away It's really up to you whether you are pleased with the idea of a couple dozen swarming robots autonomously finding a small child and pulling her away. (re: Stanislaw Lem, 1/7/2009 ) |
Micro-Mouse Robots With Grippers Tournament New development at the 29th All Japan micro-mouse games held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center. Now, they have arms. (re: Eric Frank Russell, 12/24/2008 ) |
Basil Reification Robot A general purpose household robot should be able to easily identify household items like chairs - but until now, they couldn't do it very well. (re: Robert Heinlein, 12/22/2008 ) |
Twendy-One Selected Human-Symbiotic Robot What characteristics are needed in a 'human-symbiotic' robot? (re: Various, 12/21/2008 ) |
Book Time Page-Turning Robot Simple but effective 'robot' helps hospitalized readers. Now with video! (re: Robert Heinlein, 12/21/2008 ) |
KAR Kitchen Assistant Robot Joins Kitchen Bot Squad KAR will need to work with all the other helper robots in the kitchen - take a look at the competition for this new bot from Panasonic. (re: Various, 12/18/2008 ) |
Huggable Robotic Bear Video This is an informative video; however, the pictures of Huggable without his outer skin may be shocking. (re: Anne McCaffrey, 12/17/2008 ) |
Aiko Fembot No Stepford Wife She might be more like the original than the Stepford version. Reads everything and does complex math in her head. (re: Fritz Leiber, 12/14/2008 ) |
RoboClam Smart Anchor Another fascinating biomimetic robot; researchers want to know how Nature can do ten times better than human ingenuity. (re: Murray Leinster, 12/6/2008 ) |
Jollbot Robot Ball Jumps, Bounces And Rolls Unique robot solves two problems at once; it may remind fans of past sf television shows of a favorite villain 'bot. (re: Various, 12/6/2008 ) |
Table Robot Balances On Two Wheels Very spartan robot balances on just two wheels to carry your tray or bring your drinks; two table robot videos for your viewing enjoyment. (re: George Lucas, 12/4/2008 ) |
Winboni Window-Washing Robot Very neat little robot is a real winner - of a prestigious award for students. Check the video. (re: Robert Heinlein, 12/2/2008 ) |
Robot Prepares Pancakes For Breakfast These manufacturing robots work well in the home kitchen with their redesigned, smaller form factor. Enjoy! (re: Anthony Boucher, 12/1/2008 ) |
Jules Robot Now Matches Your Smile This robotic head represents the latest efforts by Hanson robotics, who brought you the Philip K. Dick robotic head several years ago. (re: Various, 11/13/2008 ) |
NEC Robot Demands Cash VIa Cellphone FeliCa RFID This robot has its eyes - and its RFID reader - on your money. However, you're safe as long as you don't have an RFID-enabled cellphone. (re: Various, 11/12/2008 ) |
Honda Walking Assist Device Nifty invention from Honda also illustrates some differences between people in the US and people in Japan. (re: Fritz Leiber, 11/7/2008 ) |
SkyBot High-Rise Window Cleaning Robot SkyBot is a rigorously tested solution for a problem that kills 70 workers in the U.S. alone - high-rise window washing. (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/31/2008 ) |
Toyota Robot Maid Learns From Mistakes Great-looking robot maid from Toyota and Tokyo University researchers goes slow, but learns to avoid mistakes and memorizes good strategies. (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/29/2008 ) |
Jambot Music Improvisation Robot This device takes the unusual step of improvising music to accompany human musicians. (re: Various, 10/28/2008 ) |
Multi-Robot Pursuit System: We'll Be Back! I'm sure that everything will go fine with this project, which could have useful applications in search and rescue, fire fighting and for all I know, the food service industry. (re: Isaac Asimov, 10/27/2008 ) |
Walking iPhone Robot - Not The First 'Mobile' Phone What happens if you are stuck in one place and you can't get to your iPhone? What if it could walk to you? (re: Various, 10/21/2008 ) |
FlowerBot Robotic Flower Follows And Grabs Neat little robot looks just like a flower; take a look at the video to see it work. (re: Jack Vance, 10/18/2008 ) |
Spider Robot Chair Like Star Wars Slightly creepy furniture takes you for a robotic ride. (re: George Lucas, 10/15/2008 ) |
Repliee R-1 Robot Child In Time For Halloween It's hard for robots to cross the uncanny valley; take a look at a video of Repliee R-1 and a presentation on the uncanny valley idea. (re: Various, 10/8/2008 ) |
Anna Konda Robot Spraying Water Video Neat video of the Anna Konda firefighting snake robot spraying water; could be effective in mine fires or other closed quarters. (re: Emmett McDowell, 10/3/2008 ) |
CkBot Modular Robot Self-Assembles, Picks Gait CkBot can self-assemble and adopt its gait to the task at hand; it's pretty good at putting itself back together. (re: James Schmitz, 10/2/2008 ) |
SentiSight Object Recognition For Robot Overlords Until they can easily acquire the ability to recognize objects, robots will be no threat to us. (re: Various, 9/23/2008 ) |
Book-Scanning ScanRobot Neater Than Navicloud Custom Debinder Nicely implemented book-scanning robot tastefully leaves books intact after yanking their text into the digital age. (re: Vernor Vinge, 9/9/2008 ) |
Dog Wan Robot Available For Lease Here's a cute little robotic dog ready to lease in Japan; it can even carry a small bag for you. (re: John Brunner, 9/9/2008 ) |
Robotic Busboy Like R2D2 Intel-sponsored research catches up to what we all saw in Star Wars a quarter-century ago. (re: George Lucas, 9/7/2008 ) |
La Princesse Mechanical Spider Giant steampunk mechanical spider Liverpool rampage! That was my alternate title. (re: Various, 9/7/2008 ) |
Double-Taker (Snout) Offers Trans-Species Eye Contact Interesting interactive project combines trans-species eye contact with autonomous surveillance. (re: Various, 9/2/2008 ) |
Medical Exoskeleton Helps Paralyzed Man To Walk Nice story about a man who is able to walk again, and the sfnal precursors that put this idea into the minds of roboticists. (re: Fritz Leiber, 8/28/2008 ) |
Guardium UGV Like RoboCop's Enforcement Droid This autonomous vehicular robot is the perfect complement for a certain robotic police officer. Or, it has enough time to evolve into one. (re: Various, 8/14/2008 ) |
Robot Cops By 2084? Not a very daring prediction, but at least they're thinking about it. (re: Isa, 8/13/2008 ) |
OrbSwarm Autonomous Spherical Robotics Spherical robots roam free in this autonomous robotic free-for-all. (re: Various, 8/8/2008 ) |
US Army To Be 30 Percent Droid By 2020? Actually, thirty percent may be too much, if they're no smarter than battle droids. (re: George Lucas, 8/6/2008 ) |
Hexapod Emotional Spider Robot Sees Your Face Crawly, but not creepy - that's Hexapod the emotionally expressive robot spider. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 8/5/2008 ) |
Heart Robot Wants To Feel Your Love I'm not sure whether or not this robot crosses the uncanny valley, but I think it's part way through creepy valley. Also, Spielberg should get a cut of any royalties. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/5/2008 ) |
RoboStool Homotropic Furniture Great idea from Norris Labs; I think Philip K. Dick might have recognized it - I especially like the newspaper angle in the video. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/4/2008 ) |
Palette Super Model Robot This robot mannequin can react to the people watching and can be programmed with movements taken from human models. (re: Friz Leiber, 7/31/2008 ) |
Actroid DER2 Gets TV Commercial Gig Video Another job lost to robots: this is really bad news for American actors who like to scam extra dough by appearing in Japanese commercials that will never be seen in the US. (re: Fritz Leiber, 7/28/2008 ) |
Tai-robot-kun Robot Sea Bream This robot fish looks almost good enough to eat; if it swims autonomously by, however, it's just doing its job. (re: Michael Swanwick, 7/27/2008 ) |
Skypark Robotic Parking Garage: The Future Of Enormous Machines We're all fascinated by the successful miniaturization of devices; is there room in our future for really enormous machines? (re: Robert Heinlein, 7/24/2008 ) |
ReWalk Exoskeleton Video Interesting video shows off the capabilities of this medical exoskeleton; increased mobility is the goal. (re: Fritz Lieber, 7/22/2008 ) |
Robot Fashion Models Finally, fashion models can be as thin as they need to be; if aluminum is used, they can be lighter, too. (re: Fritz Leiber, 7/22/2008 ) |
Robot Seeks Illegal Aliens In Britain It's kind of a stretch, but this did remind me of something from Blade Runner. (re: Ridley Scott, 7/20/2008 ) |
Flesh-Eating Robot Research Languishing Where are the robots able to consume flesh for fuel? (re: Various, 7/16/2008 ) |
B21 Kitchen Robot Shares Cooking Tips With Other Bots Fascinating new robot can communicate what it learns to other robots; I'm not sure if they should be talking, but it's incredibly efficient. (re: Anthony Boucher, 7/15/2008 ) |
DIY Snake Arm Robot Prototype Neat little snake arm robot prototype done by a student; what have you been doing for your robotics projects? (re: H.G. Wells, 7/14/2008 ) |
Hexbug Robot Crab This little crab would good scuttling around on your desk; its sensors help it avoid the edge. (re: William Gibson's, 7/14/2008 ) |
Care-O-Bot Robot Does Chores One-Handed This robot has only one arm, but it's a pretty good one, according to the specs. (re: Robert Heinlein, 7/14/2008 ) |
Tmsuk Telepresence Shopper Cell Phone-Controlled Interesting robot is controlled by the user with a cell phone; go shopping by remote control. Now, that's a cool cell phone app. (re: Niven/Pournelle, 7/13/2008 ) |
Do People Prefer Humanoid Robots? Interesting study use MRI data to see if human beings are much more likely to enjoy their interaction with humanoid robots. (re: Anthony Boucher, 7/11/2008 ) |
SmartPal V Robot Picks Up, Vacuums Rec Room SmartPal V gets better; this robot is shaping up into a great general purpose robot. (re: Robert Heinlein, 7/10/2008 ) |
Stelarc Walking Head Robot Scarier Than Necessary This is a pretty cool robot, but I can't imagine choosing to use this over something friendlier; unless, of course, you were going to go whole hog and really creep them out. (re: Various, 7/9/2008 ) |
Mr. Asahi NOT World's First Robot Bartender Mr. Asahi may not be first, but he's a pretty slick bartender; see the Mr. Asahi video for a view of the future of your bar or pub. (re: Alfred Bester, 7/6/2008 ) |
SnoMote Like Imperial Probe Droid This clever little autonomous robot can explore the Antarctic ice while looking exactly like something on your ten year-old's Christmas list. (re: George Lucas, 7/2/2008 ) |
Shadow Caddy Robot Is Golfer's Dream Bot Very simple design and execution makes this a highly usable bot; see the video, and compare it to four other much more complicated ideas for carrying bags around. (re: John Brunner, 6/30/2008 ) |
Robot Snakes In Pipes Matrix Sentinel-Style Scandinavian research to send robotic cleaners slithering through the pipes. (re: Various, 6/26/2008 ) |
ReadyBot Robot Picks Up Like Heinlein 'Hired Girl' This robot has a key ability that I noted was lacking in commercial vacuuming robots. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/23/2008 ) |
The Trons Robot Band Any thoughts on what kind of music would be best for a robotic band? (re: Various, 6/23/2008 ) |
AMP Robot Chases You With Tunes Being chased by robots through your house is not always a positive experience, but AMP will banish those nightmares in which you are pursued by bots. (re: Various, 6/21/2008 ) |
E.M.A. Robot Eternal Maiden Actualization Video This curvaceous fembot goes on sale soon; take a look at the video. (re: Fritz Leiber, 6/19/2008 ) |
Chembot Squishy SquishBot Robots Desired By DARPA DARPA is on the look out for a new kind of soft meso-scale robot that can sneak under doors like an octopus. (re: Various, 6/17/2008 ) |
Fuel Powered Muscles For Robots Will it be possible to have a human-sized robot that can perform the same work as a person on battery power alone? (re: Robert Mason, 6/16/2008 ) |
Mumbling Robots Preferred By Humans What should a robot do when it can't come up with an answer right away for impatient humans? (re: Various, 6/13/2008 ) |
Electrolocation Robotic Hand Has PreTouch It's amazing how ignoring the human paradigm for vision-based control can succeed - this is how sharks would make robotic hands. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/12/2008 ) |
Robot Nanny Makes Poor Role Model For Children PaPeRo, iRobi, Jupiter, Qrio - are these excessively cute robots the roboticists answer to Mary Poppins? Or a danger? You be the judge. (re: David H. Keller, 6/11/2008 ) |
Human Universal Load Carrier Exoskeleton From Berkeley Bionics Very nicely implemented exoskeleton device from the makers of the BLEEX is ready for you to place your orders now. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/9/2008 ) |
Untethered Microrobots Dance, Form Self-Organized Structures Now people'll be saying that the robots can outdo the angels, dancing on the head of a pin, an' all. (re: Philip K. Dick, 6/8/2008 ) |
Robofish Swim Autonomously And Communicate Wirelessly Robotic fish are coming right along; now they can talk with each other. (re: Michael Swanwick, 6/8/2008 ) |
RepRap Machine Can (Almost) Duplicate Itself RepRap is starting to get close; it can build almost all of its own parts. (re: Maurice A. Hugi, 6/4/2008 ) |
Six-Legged Lumberjack Robotic Vehicle Take a look at the video - this is one vehicle that can move easily through the woods. (re: George Lucas, 5/31/2008 ) |
Wall-Climbing Robots Use Compliant Electroadhesion These robots have a unique way of sticking to just about any surface. (re: Michael Crichton, 5/29/2008 ) |
Hopping Robot Sets Record Hopping is a surprisingly good exploration strategy; biomimetic robots can take advantage of hopping. (re: Various, 5/22/2008 ) |
Haptic Creature Communicates Tribble-Style How best to explore the mysteries of haptics - touching behavior - using robotics. Because tribbles aren't real, of course. (re: Gene Roddenberry, 5/22/2008 ) |
Training Robots To Recognize You Is A Bad Idea Should robots be trained to recognize individual human beings? I'm not so sure - but Active Appearance Modeling is making great strides at CMU. (re: Various, 5/21/2008 ) |
Robot Directs Detroit Symphony Orchestra Video Nice video of humble ASIMO leading the DSO; will robots be telling you what to do in the future? (re: Various, 5/16/2008 ) |
LawnBott Robotic Lawn Mower Bows To Cell Phones The WWII generation dreamed of these; now we have them; this device also chats it up with your phone. (re: Clifford Simak, 5/15/2008 ) |
Robot Surgeon - Autonomous Tabletop Robotic Surgery At Duke Remarkable precision from this autonomous robot; it can perform needle biopsies and other procedures without human guidance. (re: Larry Niven, 5/12/2008 ) |
Robots May Get Compound Insect Eye Vison Interesting biomimetic research from the Naval Warfare Center, done in collaboration with the common housefly, Musca domestica. (re: Various, 5/11/2008 ) |
Robot Chef Learns By Demonstration Give a robot an omelet, and you feed it for a day. Teach a robot how to cook omelets, and you feed it for a lifetime. Or something like that. (re: Anthony Boucher, 5/6/2008 ) |
Honda Walking Assist Exoskeleton Video Honda lets you strap on this partial-exoskeleon and walk a bit easier. At least, that's the theory behind this experimental device. With video. (re: Fritz Leiber, 5/6/2008 ) |
Robo-Squirrel Plus Tree Climbing Robots Equals MechaSquirrel This is a pretty cool trick; it's been done before, but I have a few ideas on how Rocky the robotic squirrel could be improved. (re: Various, 5/2/2008 ) |
Self-Reconfigurable Robots Get It Together This robot comes apart into clusters that can call to each other and reconnect; watch the video and imagine what will be possible in another five years. (re: Various, 5/1/2008 ) |
MAST Spider Robots Like Minority Report Here we have yet another instance in which a government contractor might as well have just used the movie as the spec. (re: Steven Spielberg, 5/1/2008 ) |
Strawberry Picking Robot In Japan Although I like going out and picking strawberries for an idyllic hour, tasting as I go, I don't think I'd want to do it for a living. Robot task? Yes. With video. (re: Philip K. Dick, 4/25/2008 ) |
Blaster Battle Robot Laser Shootout Terminator-Style Tired of those slow-motion robot soccer games? Want to see the first steps toward robot-blaster-induced Armageddon? Click here. (re: James Cameron, 4/24/2008 ) |
7 Day Old Baby Meets Telepresence Robot Dad Very interesting application of medical rounding robots usually used to work with adults who understand what's going on. (re: Various, 4/23/2008 ) |
REEM-B Robot Autonomous Helper Video This is one smooth robot; take a look and see if perhaps REEM-B has a place in your home. (re: Robert Heinlein, 4/22/2008 ) |
Bum Bot DIY Vigilante Robot With a little ingenuity, you can put a robot on patrol. With video. (re: Various, 4/22/2008 ) |
HAL vs. XOS: Who Will Have First Iron Man Suit? I'm looking forward to the Iron Man movie, but what I'm really looking forward to is real robotic exoskeletons. Check out the contenders. (re: Various, 4/18/2008 ) |
Air Hockey Robot By Sarcos I can't believe the pace of innovation. First, robots learn to play board games, dice-throwing included. Now this. (re: Various, 4/18/2008 ) |
Robots Take 3.5M Jobs In Japan By 2025 Extremely low birth rates in Japan make this news a blessing, rather than a curse. (re: Various, 4/11/2008 ) |
Segway's New RMP - Robotic Mobility Platform Although I've filed this one under 'robotics,' you might want to use it yourself - as a vehicle. (re: Neal Stephenson, 4/9/2008 ) |
When Big Robots Go Bad The suburb-eating robot concept was a bit tame; what might it look like if giant robots went seriously bad? (re: Various, 4/9/2008 ) |
El-E Robot Butler Guided By Laser Pointer El-E belongs to a unique category of 'helper' robots that could really make a difference for someone immobilized by illness or disability. (re: Various, 4/8/2008 ) |
MIT Nexi Robot Expresses Emotions This robot is quite expressive, but I can think of several others, and one of them is a girl. Robot. Android. (re: Various, 4/6/2008 ) |
CV08 Suburb-Eating Robot Concept This is an interesting concept, but America will need something much bigger. Thankfully, Philip Reeve has already given us a full description. (re: Philip Reeve, 4/6/2008 ) |
Holon Fembot From Real Drive Anime Meet Holon, the latest in fembot technology from your friends at Kokoro. She's a character from a new anime from the Ghost in the Shell people. (re: Masamune Shirow, 4/4/2008 ) |
Tmsuk Robot Babysitter Knows Your Kid Tmsuk's new mechanical babysitter is starting to catch up with those sfnal robot nannies. (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/26/2008 ) |
COM-BAT Robotic 'Bat' On Order From UM This intriguing development popped up right in my own backyard; UM researchers will attempt feats of micro-miniaturization to make this work. (re: Roger Zelazny, 3/18/2008 ) |
BigDog Robass More Coordinated Than I Am I was startled to observe this level of progress in the creation of quadrupedal robots. (re: Anthony Boucher, 3/17/2008 ) |
SYMBRION - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms Interesting European project on the possibility that small, simple robots could evolve their own adaptive software strategies. Stanislaw Lem described this in detail fifty years ago. (re: Stanislaw Lem, 3/16/2008 ) |
RobuCAB Robotic Taxi RobuCAB looks kind of cute, and it doesn't need space for a driver. What writer could think of a good personality for a robot cab driver? (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/14/2008 ) |
Chassis The Drink Dispensing Robot Ah, a homebrew bartender capable of dispensing your favorite, uh, brew. (re: Mike Resnick, 3/13/2008 ) |
New Porter Robot - Matsushita Mechanorg Very nifty autoporter robot can find its way around in airports - and follows you where ever you go. (re: John Brunner, 3/12/2008 ) |
Forget The Wookie - Two Robots Play Board Game What's a robot to do when tired of hirsute aliens making threats while playing board games? (re: George Lucas, 3/12/2008 ) |
ReadyBot Robot Ready To Clean Your Kitchen This little robot is made from common components to do a common job - clean up the kitchen. (re: Various, 3/3/2008 ) |
Autonomous Robot Weapons For Terrorists? This may sound a bit far-fetched, but insurgents have always been adaptive. (re: William Gibson, 2/27/2008 ) |
Sleep Waking Robot: Your Dreams Via Interpretive Dance A person's sleep data are presented (or interpreted) by a robot. I was tempted to call it 'Humans Learn Nothing From Forbidden Planet.' (re: Various, 2/19/2008 ) |
BIOTACT Whiskered Robot Rat Nature may have figured out the best way of sensing the immediate environment in poorly-lit, cluttered places. (re: Ray Bradbury, 2/18/2008 ) |
Kiyomuri Samurai Robot Now With Improved Gait Stabilization Kiyomuri may not have much in the way of sword-wielding skills, but he's got the walk down pat. (re: Various, 2/14/2008 ) |
RoboPorter Carries Your Baggage, Guides You Use this handy robot to carry your bags - and it can even guide you to your destination. (re: John Brunner, 2/12/2008 ) |
Smart Pal Robot Hangs Up Clothes Now, that's a service robot. And, it even looks like something out of Disney's version of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' (think broom with arms). (re: Philip K. Dick, 2/11/2008 ) |
Robotic Observatory Opens On Antarctic Plateau This observatory is almost more remote than Hubble - and built with similarly automated equipment. (re: Harry Harrison, 2/7/2008 ) |
Blue Collar Bot Pumps Gas Update Remember those friendly gas station attendants of yesteryear? They're back and... they're robots. Updated with a new sf ref and video. (re: Harry Harrison, 2/5/2008 ) |
The Bestial Future Of Bionic Legs This dark vision of robotic satyr legs attached to world-class athletes might actually happen. (re: Various, 2/5/2008 ) |
Luke Arm Robotic Prosthesis This is a different type of device; one of the design requirements was that it had no invasive controls. Just strap it on and go. (re: Martin Caidin, 2/3/2008 ) |
Claytronics: Robot Swarm-Based 3D Shape-Shifting Objects This is pretty much a blue-sky project, but I did like the video; any help remembering the sf reference would be appreciated. (re: Philip K. Dick, 2/1/2008 ) |
Robotic Exoskeleton For Construction Workers Exoskeletons for soldiers are cool, but I'll never use one. An exoskeleton that could help me drywall my garage - now you're talking. (re: Various, 1/31/2008 ) |
Bluetooth-Enabled Robot Legs Talk To Each Other These legs are not yet bionic, but they do help a double-amputee vet by talking with each other - using the same technology you use with you cell phone. (re: Martin Caidin, 1/25/2008 ) |
Robovie Crowd-Monitoring Robot This robot has a good sense of who is lost and who is just standing around. It uses a remarkable array of sensors to accomplish this task. (re: Various, 1/24/2008 ) |
Zombie Rat Heart Muscle Powers Robot Taken from a neonatal rat's heart, these muscles can power a tiny little robot on a Fantastic Voyage. (re: Various, 1/22/2008 ) |
PowerBot Robot Nurse From Saskatoon It's a small start, but when they're working on robotic nurses in Saskatoon, you're going to need to get serious about robots. (re: David H. Keller, 1/21/2008 ) |
Russian Military Robot Repurposed As Nanny Bot I'm pretty sure I've seen this story in anime form before. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 1/16/2008 ) |
Life Machines Barber Robot Concept Would you let a machine give you a really close shave? Explore your feelings. (re: Robert Heinlein, 1/10/2008 ) |
i-Limb System Robot Arm Stronger Than Yours This is a remarkable development; Touch Bionics is the creator of an amazingly usable bionic hand as well. (re: Martin Caidin, 1/8/2008 ) |
Portrait Robot By Sylvain Calinon See how this Swiss postdoc taught a HOAP-3 humanoid robot how to draw portraits of passers-by. (re: Various, 1/2/2008 ) |
The Year In Science Fiction in the News That's it for this year - thanks again to everyone who wrote in with tips and comments - Bill. (re: Various, 12/31/2007 ) |
Nintendo Wiimote Controls i-SOBOT Robot Very cool free software program lets you control a humanoid robot with nothing more than your handy Wiimote and nunchuk attachment. (re: Various, 12/18/2007 ) |
Robot Staggers, But Is Still Standing This robot has special software to allow it to recover when shoved; just the skill needed when mixing with pushy humans. (re: Various, 12/7/2007 ) |
Reborg-Q Security Robot Now With Face Recognition This robot from ALSOK is the first to have roving face recognition capabilities. (re: Various, 11/30/2007 ) |
SmartPal V Mecha-Gumby Service Robot This slim and well-articulated robot has human-friendly service functionality for life quality improvement. (re: Various, 11/30/2007 ) |
Twendy-One Robot Is Your Humanoid Helper Twendy-One is the kind of robot that might be taking care of you (or your father or grandfather) in a few years - in Japan. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/28/2007 ) |
Sarcos Exoskeleton Video The Sarcos version of an exoskeleton; nice video gives the details. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/23/2007 ) |
EMIEW 2 Office Worker Robot Just what you needed - an assistant robot to help you at the office. Sneakernet has now been replaced by robots. (re: Various, 11/22/2007 ) |
Is Pico The World's Smallest Robot? Is this really the world's smallest robot? I'm interested in hearing from people who have a different view. (re: Various, 11/22/2007 ) |
Russian Robot Suitcase The modern science of robotics addresses one of the oldest concerns of man - who carries the luggage? (re: John Brunner, 11/13/2007 ) |
Kiva Robot Shelves Come To You In This Warehouse I love it when turning a time-honored paradigm on its head yields a two hundred percent increase in efficiency. (re: Various, 11/12/2007 ) |
Robot Designed To Break First Law - In Order To Save It A researcher takes a somewhat different direction in trying to figure out ways to keep robots from hurting people. (re: Isaac Asimov, 11/9/2007 ) |
Mothbot: Moth Controls Robotic Vehicle Fascinating combination of insect and machine puts the prospect of cheap mobile biosensors within reach. (re: Various, 11/8/2007 ) |
Medusa Quadruped Robot Toy This little bot can be easily assembled; it is used for classroom instruction in Japan. (re: Various, 11/8/2007 ) |
Robot Arm With Fluidic Muscles Fascinating robotic arm technology is based on the human skeletal structure. (re: Harry Harrison, 11/6/2007 ) |
Toddlers Embrace Our (Giggling) Robotic Overlords Children show that robots can be friends and peers in this three month study of toddlers and bots. (re: Brian Aldiss, 11/6/2007 ) |
Carnegie Mellon's Boss Wins DARPA Urban Challenge It was a complicated call, but Carnegie Mellon pulls it out in the DARPA Urban Challenge. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/4/2007 ) |
2007 DARPA Urban Challenge Videos Take a look at fresh videos of the autonomous vehicles entered into the urban challenge. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/2/2007 ) |
'Peacebots' Protest Robot Conflict Event Would male roboticists and female roboticists design differently, if they were encouraged to do so? (re: Various, 10/31/2007 ) |
Tachikoma Cyber Superalloy Toy Finally, a cool anime-styling spider-tank robot for the masses. If you can pay in yen. (re: Various, 10/14/2007 ) |
Sales Robot IRI-Millennia Opens Gates Of Hell Oh, sure, when there are lots of you and just one of them - like at a tradeshow - you'll think they're cute. Just wait. (re: Philip K. Dick, 10/13/2007 ) |
Chinese Fans Make Citroen C2 Transformer Fans are fans the world over, and who knows where they get their ideas. (re: Various, 10/11/2007 ) |
WAO-1 Therapeutic Face Massage Robot This helpful robot may provide a mechanical solution to TMJ and other disorders. (re: Frank Herbert, 10/10/2007 ) |
Heinlein's Giant Waldo Comes To Life Engineers and scrap metal artists worked hard to bring this enormous robotic hand to life. (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/9/2007 ) |
DIY Telepresence By Teleoperated Robot Do it yourself telepresence robotics makes IvanAnywhere cool. (re: Niven, 10/6/2007 ) |
Prototype Jockey-Ridden Hopping Robot A new sport in the process of being born? You be the judge. (re: Various, 10/2/2007 ) |
Ministry of Silly (Robot) Walks Robots haven't been walking long, but they've made great strides. And sometimes, not so great strides. But we like them anyway. (re: Various, 10/2/2007 ) |
Mowgli Leaping Frog Robot I can just see this cool jumping robot leaping over Godzilla in an upcoming movie... (re: Various, 10/1/2007 ) |
STriDER Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot Surely this is what Arthur C. Clarke imagined in his 1972 novel Rendezvous With Rama. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 9/26/2007 ) |
REEM-A Chess-Playing Robot This friendly little robot is being designed as a companion for you - and an avid chess partner. (re: Ambrose Bierce, 9/26/2007 ) |
Roving Robotic Reporter This story is a little old, but I just discovered it. Philip K. Dick was only off by a couple of years on this one. (re: Philip K. Dick, 9/25/2007 ) |
First Zero-Gravity Surgical Robot Demonstration The same system tested in NASA's NEEMO experiments will now be tested in zero-g on the Vomit Comet. (re: Various, 9/25/2007 ) |
MIT Exoskeleton Shoulders The Weight For You This nifty exoskeleton from MIT is much lighter and uses less power than other weight-supporting exoskeletons, like the BLEEX. (re: Fritz Leiber, 9/22/2007 ) |
Robo Catcher: Robot Replaces Crane In Arcade Game Cool new arcade game - at present, only in Japan - substitutes a robot for the crane. (re: Various, 9/19/2007 ) |
WD-2 Face Morphing Robot Could Be Anyone Eerie face dancer robot has way too many degrees of freedom. (re: Various, 9/18/2007 ) |
Doctor-Bots Play 'Operation' Students are hard at work on autonomous surgical robots - Dr. Claw will see you now! (re: Larry Niven, 9/16/2007 ) |
Roboticist Has Real Son Zeno, Robot Son Zeno The similarities to Super-Toys Last All Summer Long are almost too eerie. (re: Brian Aldis, 9/14/2007 ) |
Robots and Religion Here's a chance to contribute to some interesting research on the topic of intelligent machines and religion. (re: Anthony Boucher, 9/13/2007 ) |
Roller-Walker Robot Has Tachikoma Skating Motion This robot can go from walking to skating - after a brief transformation. (re: Various, 9/11/2007 ) |
Phil Dick, Your Electric Cat Is... Not Quite Ready This can may not quite be up to PKD's high standards, but you can see that we're getting close. (re: Philip K. Dick, 9/3/2007 ) |
Arm Spirit Arm-Wrestling Arcade Game Rampage Machines are our friends - but you still need to be careful. (re: Roger Zelazny, 8/31/2007 ) |
Starfish Robot Stretching Video A short video showing the Starfish robot, one of my faves, stretching and getting ready to walk. (re: Various, 8/17/2007 ) |
Tondon Robot Autonomous Floor Cleaner Zippy Balinese-style autonomous cleaning bot. (re: Robert Heinlein, 8/2/2007 ) |
Halluc II Robot With Multi Joint Wheels Highly unusual robot has eight separate wheel modules for motion - well, motion every which way. (re: Various, 7/26/2007 ) |
MIT Robotic Ankle Given To Iraq Vet This Iraq vet gets a direct benefit from years of research on robotic prosthetic devices. (re: Various, 7/25/2007 ) |
Robotic Fly Micro Air Vehicle I'd hate to think that one guy with a flyswatter could take down your entire air force. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 7/20/2007 ) |
iLimb Bionic Hand Now Ready For Market Remarkable invention now ready to wear. (re: Various, 7/18/2007 ) |
RunBot Learns To Walk At Human Speed Better put on your walking shoes to keep up with this robot. (re: Karel Capek, 7/12/2007 ) |
Wakamaru Robot Receptionists Hired By Temp Agency This mobile, friendly, singing robot is now ready to go to work in your office. (re: Karel Capek, 7/12/2007 ) |
Robot Workers Ready To Go Postal This robot is surprisingly competent at a human task - sorting packages. (re: Various, 7/11/2007 ) |
MULE Autonomous Navigation Vehicle By Lockheed Martin This robotic device is described in several different sf stories; it sounds handy. (re: Anthony Boucher, 7/11/2007 ) |
Robotic Cow Tongues Artists are supposed to see things differently; raw meat definitely makes a comeback here. (re: Various, 7/9/2007 ) |
Robot Librarians In The Stacks I wonder what sort of capabilities this robot librarian might have when it comes to retrieving overdue books? (re: Harry Harrison, 7/5/2007 ) |
Bandai Hex Bug Toy Robot Infestation These tiny pests need to be paid, and probably kept charged as well (see pix and video). (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 7/1/2007 ) |
Meet R BOT 001, Russia's New Robocop Russian militiamen turn to missile-shaped robotic police for help. (re: Harry Harrison, 6/28/2007 ) |
HRP-3 Promet Robot Blue Collar Style Robots need to be able to work in the real world, not just inside controlled environments. (re: Harry Harrison, 6/22/2007 ) |
Power Pedal Exoskeleton From Matsushita It kind of looks like a power-assisted Stairmaster... (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/19/2007 ) |
Robot 'Minister' Performs Wedding Ceremony In South Korea, your dream wedding can be engineered precisely to your specifications. (re: Robert Silverberg, 6/16/2007 ) |
Kansei Robot Reacts To Words Like 'President,' 'Sushi' Robot seeks to express emotions - how's it doing so far? (re: Various, 6/5/2007 ) |
CB2 Child Robot Lifelike (Yet Creepy) Video The videos for this robot demonstrate that the border between 'robotic movement' and 'eerily like human movement' has been crossed. (re: Various, 6/4/2007 ) |
Wizard Duct Inspector Robot - Ancestor of Matrix Sentinel Well, they don't have squid-like tentacles, but they do move inside ductwork, trying to eliminate undesirable elements... (re: Wachowski Brothers, 5/23/2007 ) |
Vecna BEAR Rescue Robot Prototype Ready The Vecna BEAR is evolving rapidly; new prototypes testing very well. (re: Takazawa Kijuro, 5/17/2007 ) |
Muscle Suit Tokyo Exoskeleton Power Workout Who cares about carrying patients in hospitals? I want to do 200 pound curls! (re: Bruce Sterling, 5/16/2007 ) |
Sick Patient Robot Does More Than Say 'Ah' This robotic patient is no dummy - it has at least one thing that no other robot patient has. (re: Various, 5/15/2007 ) |
Elios Giant Insect Rescue Robot Design Cool rescue robot design might creep you out just a bit while you were lying there waiting to be rescued. (re: Various, 5/1/2007 ) |
Domo Robot No Mere Housekeeper Domo is back in the news with new advances in assistive robotic technologies. (re: Isaac Asimov, 4/12/2007 ) |
Jumping Microrobot 'Flea' Is Solar Powered Little fleas have littler fleas, it is said. Here comes one now. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 4/5/2007 ) |
Android Weightlifter Now Capable Of Body Slam Great sensor skills make the difference in this human-sized robot. (re: Karel Capeck, 3/29/2007 ) |
Gummi Bots: Biomimetic Soft-Bodied Robots These flexible creepy-crawlies are on their way like little caterpillars. (re: Various, 3/27/2007 ) |
Your Can-Crushing Bionic Hand Is Ready, Steve Austin Robotic hand shows exceptional grip strength. (re: Martin Caidin, 3/24/2007 ) |
RoCo Robotic Computer Monitor You spend more time with your computer than with some of your friends; maybe it should know you better. (re: Various, 3/22/2007 ) |
Firefighter Rescue Robot Eats Humans This is one rescue robot that could give you a bit of a start. (re: Various, 3/20/2007 ) |
Cool Robots At Dartmouth (And Greenland) Not just nifty, these robots are built to handle the most demanding conditions on Earth. (re: Robert Heinlein, 3/20/2007 ) |
Could Robots Use A Little Down Time? Can robots actually benefit from a dream-like state? Dr. Christoph Adami wonders. (re: Philip K. Dick, 3/17/2007 ) |
HUBO FX-1 Robot Chair With Legs Robotic walking chair, when you need to have someone walk for you. (re: , 3/14/2007 ) |
PaPeRo Your Blogging Robot Boswell PaPeRo now takes on the characteristics of James Boswell, famed biographer of Samuel Johnson. (re: James Boswell, 3/7/2007 ) |
Dexter Dynamically Balancing Humanoid Robot Dexter is perhaps the first bipedal robot that dynamically balances himself as he takes each step. (re: George Lucas, 2/28/2007 ) |
SuperBot Modular Robot Connects With NASA SuperBot is a modular robot prototype that will choose its own way to explore and perform tasks in space. (re: , 2/25/2007 ) |
Banryu Guard Dragon Home Robot This great-looking quadruped robot walks like a dragon, sniffing the air and taking pictures. (re: Philip K. Dick, 2/24/2007 ) |
Segway Robotic Mobility Platform Looks Like A Tumblebug This nifty little item might be usable by engineers as well as by their robotic applications. (re: Robert Heinlein, 2/24/2007 ) |
Ubiko Robot A Fireman's Friend This catlike robot is a better friend to firemen than that organic Dalmatian creature they use. (re: Ray Bradbury, 2/22/2007 ) |
Space Robot Knows Your Mood The space is the robot - just the thing for those long meetings. (re: Ray Bradbury, 2/18/2007 ) |
Robotic Ankle Exoskeleton Helps Users Regain Limb Function Research provides a device that both supports the ankle, and helps interpret the brain's signals. (re: Fritz Leiber, 2/12/2007 ) |
Robot Suicide Ad Changed By GM Here's a suggestion on how to present a really depressed robot in a way that everyone likes. (re: Douglas Adams, 2/11/2007 ) |
WiiBot Kuka Robot Controlled WiiMotely Two engineers create a non-trivial fencing and tennis-playing robot - part Kuka, part Wii. (re: Frank Herbert, 1/30/2007 ) |
Sniffer Robot With Infotaxis Algorithms On The Hunt New algorithms bring Ray Bradbury's hunting mechanical hound closer - do you know who has your olfactory combination on file? (re: Ray Bradbury, 1/26/2007 ) |
TechX Urban Warfare Robot Challenge Street-fighting autonomous robots wanted for new Challenge. (re: James Cameron, 1/25/2007 ) |
Chaos Robot - Four Track Offroad Flailing Unusual design permits this little 'bot to crawl practically anywhere. (re: Various, 1/24/2007 ) |
Robot Nurses Seem Unavoidable Worried about impersonal health care? How about some nice, caring 'intelligent robot swarms?' (re: David H. Keller, 1/23/2007 ) |
Roboboa Dancing Robot Snake Those folks at WowWee have been busy; this article may link to cooler robotic snakes, but none that you can buy off the shelf. (re: Roger Zelazny, 1/14/2007 ) |
Robopanda Toys Last All Summer Long This is one robotic bear that comes with its own toys. (re: Harry Harrison, 1/11/2007 ) |
Roboquad Quadruped Robot From WowWee This four-legged robot toy from WowWee will chase your cat for you. (re: Various, 1/7/2007 ) |
Robotic Cable Inspection System This unique robot operates under very difficult and constrained conditions; we need one of these for the space elevator program, too. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 1/7/2007 ) |
Romi Robot Orwellian Vacuum Cleaner Diminutive vacuum cleaner - is really a spybot. (re: Robert Heinlein, 1/5/2007 ) |
EveR2-Muse Robot's Many Faces The latest incarnation of the EveR2-Muse entertainment fembot now includes the latest feminine emotions. (re: Philip K. Dick, 1/2/2007 ) |
Actroid DER2 Late Model Fembot This robotic receptionist upgrade has many new features. (re: Fritz Leiber, 12/27/2006 ) |
Insect Lab Beetle Clockwork Sculpture Not robots - but an amazingly cool set of sculptures that are a science-fiction fan's dream come true - if you think about insects and clockwork. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 12/18/2006 ) |
Porta-Person Remote Conferencing Stand-In Remote-controlled portable person helps teleconferencers be in two places at once. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 12/15/2006 ) |
Robotic Hand Has Sensitive Fingertips Latest version of the Southampton robotic hand is very sensitive indeed. (re: Various, 12/14/2006 ) |
Baseball Batting Robot May Make Steroids Obsolete This guy isn't as bulked up as some of today's players, but he's honest about what he uses - compressed air. (re: Various, 12/13/2006 ) |
RoboSalmon Are Descended From SHARCs Ah, the RoboSalmon are returning to Glasgow, Scotland to spawn... Well, they are building the first one there. (re: Michael Swanwick, 11/30/2006 ) |
Microrobot To Swim Like Bacteria With Flagellar Propeller Dr. Friend and his team have been working on the propulsion system that will make this possible. (re: Various, 11/29/2006 ) |
Reborg-Q May You Shop In Peace Not just a mall walker, this robot can sense water and fire, check employee security badges and even make promotional announcements. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 11/28/2006 ) |
RIDC-01 Robot Maid Will Not Replace Rosie In Our Hearts This robot maid is, unfortunately, not yet commercially available, but it actually exists, unlike Rosie from the Jetson's. (re: Robert Heinlein, 11/28/2006 ) |
Be The Soul Of The New Machine This tele-operated robot will move along with you as you walk, and let you manipulate objects in a remote environment. (re: Clifford Simak, 11/23/2006 ) |
Robot Walks After Conceptualizing Own Structure Amazing video shows robot introspecting to determine its own structure, and then constructing a gait for itself. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 11/20/2006 ) |
First Chinese Security Guard Robot This security bot is able to avoid obstacles, follow a predesignated route and send images of trouble. (re: Philip K. Dick, 11/19/2006 ) |
'New' Israeli Bionic Hornet Concept Is 70 Years Old The Israelis shouldn't bother with making up science-fictional insect-sized robots - let the writers do it! (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 11/19/2006 ) |
Starfish Robot Shows Robotic Introspection And Self-Modeling Amazing proprioceptive robot creates a model of its shape automatically; it can sense damage to itself and reconfigure its walk. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 11/17/2006 ) |
Robots Making Smaller Robots Making Smaller Robots Robotic technologies make possible smaller and smaller manufactured goods - too small for people to make. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 11/12/2006 ) |
Squid Robot Underwater Inspector Has Unique Propulsion This underwater robot has a completely unique biomimetic means of propulsion. (re: Various, 11/12/2006 ) |
Propulsion System For 'Fantastic Voyage' Robot A novel propulsion system that works for micro-robots to be injected inside the body. (re: Harry Kleiner, 11/10/2006 ) |
Robotender Ernie First Robot Bartender This is a surprisingly early robotic bartender that could really do it all - except maybe ask for your keys. (re: Alfred Bester, 11/8/2006 ) |
RI-MAN Face Tracking, Electronic Nose Robot Update This 'bot has some great features not documented earlier. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 11/7/2006 ) |
Snake-Arm Robot In A Plane No, really. There are snake-arm robots in planes - not on planes, but in them. (re: H.G. Wells, 11/6/2006 ) |
HAL Robotic Suit Ready For Production Those Heinlein robotic exoskeletons you ordered? Limited functionality suits will soon be available for about $600 per month. (re: , 11/1/2006 ) |
Robotic Hands Get A Grip Blue collar droids get their wish this Christmas - better hands! (re: Various, 10/30/2006 ) |
Biological Cybernetics Lab Dextrous Robot Hand Very quick to respond, the only difference is the 'clacking' sound it made when it gestured; seen at NextFest 2006. (re: Various, 10/30/2006 ) |
Shadow Robot Hand With Air Muscles The Shadow Hand provides a very humanlike feel, due to the unique muscles that power hand motions; seen at NextFest 2006. (re: Various, 10/30/2006 ) |
N.S.E.C.T. Robotic Attack Insect From Tyco This so-called toy is a terrifying realization of the deadly insect robots in Crichton's Runaway; Gene Simmons, beware! (re: Michael Crichton, 10/30/2006 ) |
PaPeRo Robot Childcare In Japan Phil Dick's robot nanny could beat up this childcare robot - but PaPeRo actually exists and is working with children today. (re: Philip K. Dick, 10/27/2006 ) |
NASA TeTWalker Shape-Shifting Robot Update This robot is like no other, but it may be able to walk across irregular terrain like no ordinary robot. (re: Various, 10/24/2006 ) |
Robot Waiters From China And Canada (And Star Wars) These robotic waiters are ready to take your orders. (re: George Lucas, 10/16/2006 ) |
RuBot II Robot Solves Rubik's Cube With Gusto Now here's a robot who knows how to make good use of its leisure moments. (re: Various, 10/10/2006 ) |
HLPR Chair Mobility Robotics This industrial-strength robot will help caregivers and wheelchair-bound individuals alike. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo, 10/1/2006 ) |
PEBBLES Robot - Teleconferencing For Kids At NextFest 2006 The innovative PEBBLES robot received a da Vinci award for adaptive and assistive technology this week. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 9/30/2006 ) |
Robonaut Centaur At NextFest 2006 The remarkable Robonaut telepresence robot is now available in a new form. (re: Robert Heinlein, 9/29/2006 ) |
Snake-Arm Robots From OCRobotics Reach Out Nifty snake-arm joy-stick controlled robot can find its way into a variety of tight spaces. (re: Various, 9/22/2006 ) |
Robot Skin Soft Like Yours Artificial robot skin now smooth and soft, just like you've always dreamed robot skin would feel. (re: Various, 9/20/2006 ) |
SwisTrack Swarm Analysis Of Robots And Roaches Swarms need to be studied - this tool can be used on insects or robots. (re: Various, 9/17/2006 ) |
Toyota Robot Leg Has Bird-Like Vertical Leap Robotic leg achieves early NBA verticals, but its pretty good for a robot. (re: Martin Caidin, 9/15/2006 ) |
Pipeline Explorer Untethered Robotic Snake Amazing robotic pipeline inspection device is a real snakebot. (re: Various, 9/6/2006 ) |
Tachikoma Robot Jumping Spider Tank They're cute! They're jumping spider killer robot tanks. (re: Various, 8/28/2006 ) |
Robotic Carps Swims Realistically In London Video of autonomous fishbot carp reveals fishlike robotic success. (re: Michael Swanwick, 8/28/2006 ) |
ARMAR Humanoid Robot For The Kitchen Okay, Roomba and Scooba are doing the floors. Now, what about the dishes? That is up to ARMAR, the kitchen bot. (re: William Gibson, 8/23/2006 ) |
WT-6 Waseda Talking Robot Head From Neuromancer Japanese roboticists are working hard on the talking head from Neurmancer - the one that talks without synth chips. (re: William Gibson, 8/23/2006 ) |
Ballbot Balancing Upright Robot Cool robot balances on one uniball unipod spherical - well, you get the idea. (re: , 8/9/2006 ) |
Huggable Robotic Bear Companion From MIT The lovable robot bear from Spielberg's A.I. is getting much closer, thanks to efforts of researchers at MIT. (re: Brian Aldiss, 8/2/2006 ) |
Vecna BEAR Robot For Battlefield Extraction And Retrieval Interesting new robot design could be useful for battlefield medical care and other military uses. (re: Various, 7/31/2006 ) |
R7 Ridable Robot Neal Stephenson, among others, saw this one coming. (re: Neal Stephenson, 7/23/2006 ) |
Robotic Fire Hose Anna Konda Imagine a nine-foot long robotic snake full of water slithering to the rescue in a fire - that's Anna Konda. (re: Connie Willis, 7/22/2006 ) |
ROBHAZ-DT3 Rescue Robot In Iraq This variation on an awardwinning robot design will be used to support Korean troops in Iraq. (re: Various, 7/4/2006 ) |
No Runts In BigDog Robot Litter Watch out - those DARPA robots are running in packs now. (re: Ray Bradbury, 6/29/2006 ) |
Robots Get More Sensitive Sensors Nanoparticles help robots become more sensitive; thin films provide a sense of touch as good as yours. (re: Various, 6/10/2006 ) |
NOROS-1 Chinese Italian Lunar Robot Chinese and Italian researchers hard at work on a lunar exploration robot. (re: Various, 5/28/2006 ) |
Asimov's First Law Of Robotics Real-Life Beta Japan makes a serious effort to make sure robots first do no harm. (re: Isaac Asimov, 5/25/2006 ) |
Intelligent Scarecrow Robot Has A Brain Emerald city technical wizards give a scarecrow a brain. Okay, Florida engineering students created a robot scarecrow. (re: Various, 5/18/2006 ) |
Insbot Robot Cockroaches Make Friends And Influence... Roaches Tiny robots with Dale Carnegie-style programming help scientists learn about animals that exhibit group behaviors. (re: Raymond Z. Gallun, 5/9/2006 ) |
Octarms - Robotic Tentacle Bot From Mars! A robotic tentacle funded by DARPA proves adept at manipulating irregularly shaped (ie natural) objects; just like the Tripod tentacles from War of the Worlds. (re: H.G. Wells, 5/9/2006 ) |
EveR-1 Korean Android And The Mechanical Bride In his chilling 1954 story The Mechanical Bride, Fritz Leiber wrote about encounter with an extremely realistic female android. (re: Fritz Leiber, 5/7/2006 ) |
Amazing Robot Wrestling Amazing wrestling robots have a variety of great take-down moves. (re: Roger Zelazny, 5/5/2006 ) |
Robot Turtle Madeline Flipper Science Cool robo-turtle executes complex manuevers effortlessly due to its flipper controls. (re: Various, 4/26/2006 ) |
Robot Nanny - The Fact, The Fiction SF writers have been thinking about robot nannies (and other forms of automated child care) since at least WWII. This fall, Korea will have some in the home. (re: Philip K. Dick, 4/11/2006 ) |
Tunnel Cam Robot Okay, the tunnel cam is not the Mole, let alone Cave Carson's Mighty Mole. But I can dream, can I not? (re: Niven and Pournelle, 4/4/2006 ) |
Filmmaking Robot Has Roving Artistic Vision Can a robot make a better movie than the junk shown in your local megacineplex? Here's a filmmaking robot taking its best shot at art. (re: Karen Traviss, 3/30/2006 ) |
Methanol-Powered Robot Muscles - Bend It Like Bender Researchers working on better muscles for prosthetic devices accidentally stumble on Matt Groenings robot creation. (re: Matt Groening, 3/17/2006 ) |
Autotelematic Spider Bots These spider bots are much friendlier looking than the killer-spider-robots seen earlier this week. (re: Michael Crichton, 3/10/2006 ) |
RISE Robot: Six-Legged BIODYNOTICS Runaway RISE robots from DARPA come uncomfortably close to the killer-spider-robots from a 1986 movie. (re: Michael Crichton, 3/9/2006 ) |
Eco-Be! Mini Robot From Citizen Tiny mechanical mouse-like robots straight out of the 1940's created from watch parts. (re: Maurice A. Hugi, 3/7/2006 ) |
BigDog Quadruped Robot Update Good progress on Ray Bradbury's mechanical hound from Fahrenheit 451. (re: Ray Bradbury, 3/6/2006 ) |
AMouse: Bradbury's Robot Mice Get Real Whiskers At last, Ray Bradbury's robotic cleaning mice are coming closer - this bot has real mouse whiskers. (re: Ray Bradbury, 11/25/2005 ) |
T-Rot Thinking Robot Tends Bar, Chats Finally, a real live bartending robot, who will mix and hand you your drink and listen to your troubles. (re: Harry Harrison, 11/15/2005 ) |
IMPASS Robot Has Snow Crash 'Smart Wheels' Neal Stephenson's smart wheels from Snow Crash are ready to move off the drawing board. (re: Neal Stephenson, 11/3/2005 ) |
TMSUK Robot Carries Your Bags John Brunner referred to an implementation of this idea that sounded like more fun. (re: John Brunner, 10/29/2005 ) |
Robofish Autonomous Fish-bot At London Acquarium Autonomous fish-bots based on the common carp are swimming free in the London Aquarium. (re: Michael Swanwick, 10/24/2005 ) |
iRobot Scooba And Heinlein's 'Hired Girl' Robot Heinlein thought of it - iRobot implemented it - it only took us fifty years to catch up to RAH (this time). (re: Robert Heinlein, 10/7/2005 ) |
Robot English Teacher From KAIRA A robotic english teacher is now being used in pilot programs in Seoul, Korea. (re: James Blish, 10/3/2005 ) |
Chatty Tom Talking Bear From Tomy Talking teddy bears? Harrison and Aldiss wrote about them in the sixties. (re: Harry Harrison, 10/1/2005 ) |
Domo Robot: Unstructured Interaction Over Time Designed specifically to interact with people in unstructred environments for long periods, not just short tasks. (re: Issac Asimov, 9/25/2005 ) |
Maru Robot Networked Like I, Robot's NS5 The network-enabled robot has a bipedal, humanoid appearance; software is downloaded via the wireless Internet. (re: Harry Harrison, 9/15/2005 ) |
The Robotic Blanket Project And The Hunting Robe The robotic blanket interacts with users; the hunting robe traps them. (re: Clifford Simak, 8/24/2005 ) |
TerminatorBot CRAWLER Gives Danger Two-Fingered Salute A rescue robot modeled on the movie Terminator. (re: James Cameron, 8/14/2005 ) |
Fighting MUSA Robot Unveiled (Kendo, Not Rock'em Sock'em) The MUSA kendo robot is a logical extension of the traditional "mechanical" aids used for centuries in martial arts. (re: Frank Herbert, 7/23/2005 ) |
Philip K. Dick Robot Unveiled At NextFest 2005 The eerie robotic Philip K. Dick unveiled today at the NextFest 2005 event in Chicago is almost an objectification of Dick's fascination with what really makes people human. (re: Philip K. Dick, 6/24/2005 ) |
Juke Bot Robot - Kuka Kicks It If you are looking for industrial-grade techno music for your next party event, look no further than the Kuka Robotics-based Juke Bot. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 6/24/2005 ) |
Robotic Bins, Benches Run Amok A $261,000 display of robotic bins and benches with friendly personalities and roaming ways came to an abrupt end in Cambridge yesterday. (re: Douglas Adams, 6/17/2005 ) |
Mini AERCam Robotic Space Vehicle The nanosatellite-class spherical Mini AERCam (Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera) is just 7.5 inches in diameter and weighs approximately 10 pounds. (re: George Lucas, 6/17/2005 ) |
Lifelike Robot Repliee Q1 May Need Voight-Kampff Test The ultra-lifelike robot Repliee Q1 made quite an impression at the 2005 World Expo in Japan. (re: Philip K. Dick, 6/14/2005 ) |
HAL-5 Robot Suit "Humans may be able to mutate into supermen in the near future," said Yoshiyuki Sankai, inventor of the HAL-5 robotic suit. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/12/2005 ) |
Self-Replicating Modular Robots Cornell scientists have been working on machines that replicate themselves. Their strategy is to use small modules that attach to each other with electromagnets. (re: Philip K. Dick, 5/11/2005 ) |
Snake Robot Roundup! The snakebots are coming; slithering, grinding, undulating robots that slide on their bellies like a reptile across the Earth (and maybe other planets). (re: Various, 4/23/2005 ) |
Snake Robot Roundup: Part Two More snake robots - the Polybot-Based snakebot locomotion study and the OmniTread snakebot (most recent of its kind). (re: Various, 4/22/2005 ) |
TETWalker: Shape-Shifting Robot Swarm A tetrahedral walker, or TETWalker robot, was demonstrated recently at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This bot is a prototype member of an autonomous nanotechnology swarm that can alter their shape to flow smoothly over rocky terrain, or combine (re: Neal Stephenson, 3/30/2005 ) |
Life Detector Robot To Find Life On Distant Worlds Zoe, which was developed by Carnegie Mellon University, detects life by looking for natural fluorescence from cells that contain chlorophyll. The robot can also spray four special dyes on soil samples; they fluoresce only when they bind to one of fou (re: Frank Herbert, 3/16/2005 ) |
Teddy Bear Robotic Companions A plush robotic teddy bear sat on display at TechFest, a two-day Microsoft event that started today. Steven Bathiche, a research and development program manager, is looking to go beyond the bears you know. (re: Harry Harrison, 3/3/2005 ) |
Dyson Intelligent Vacuum Cleaner Is Self-Diagnosing James Dyson has added a new feature to his vacuum cleaners - they can tell service personnel exactly what the problem is. All you need to do is "phone home" - that is, call the service center. (re: Arthur C. Clarke, 2/24/2005 ) |
Demolition Robots Help Destroy Building Robots suspended from cranes will be used to demolish the structure of one of Madrid's tallest buildings. The building was damaged by fire; the ruined structure is too dangerous to be handled by human workers. (re: Isaac Asimov, 2/23/2005 ) |
Rotundus And Rover: Robotic And Fictional Guardians (Updated) The Rotundus robot is a rather unusual spherical bot that moves using an internal pendulum. The robot was originally designed for planetary exploration at the Ångström Space Technology Center, part of Uppsala University, Sweden. (re: Niven and Pournelle, 2/14/2005 ) |
Sega idog Robot Puppy (Update) Sega unleashed its newest creation in Tokyo; a robotic dog called idog that can compose, play and dance to music. (re: Ray Bradbury, 1/28/2005 ) |
Throwbot - Pocket-Sized Recon Robot Redstone Arsenal is developing the Throwbot, a soda can-sized robot to aid soldiers in quickly gathering more information about their immediate environment. (re: Various, 1/26/2005 ) |
SWORDS - First Robots To Break Asimov's First Law Of Robotics Next month, the US Army will be putting robot soldiers in the field in Iraq. The SWORDS robots are fully armed, and thus the first to break Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. (re: Isaac Asimov, 1/25/2005 ) |
ERNIE The Robot Pharmacist - More Accurate Than Humans A robot pharmacist named ERNIE dispenses more than 90 percent of Evergreen Hospital Medical Center's drugs. ERNIE has packaged nearly 400,000 doses in the past nine months and works twenty-four hours per day. (re: Larry Niven, 1/23/2005 ) |
ROKVISS Telepresence Robot Heading To Space Station The ROKVISS robot will leave Earth aboard the Progress M-51 spaceship on December 24th. Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov and astronaut Leroy Chiao will install the German robot on the outside of the International Space Station. (re: Niven/Pournelle, 12/15/2004 ) |
Robotic Fish From China A robotic fish designed for underwater archaeology, mapping, water cultivation and even fishing has been co-developed by the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. (re: Michael Swanwick, 12/8/2004 ) |
Robotic Tomato Harvester Ready For Space Astronauts on space missions are busy - too busy to tend the hydroponic gardens that will keep them alive on long trips to distant worlds, or on the surface of the Moon or Mars. So, NASA has developed a robotic tomato harvester to pitch in and bring (re: Gregory Benford, 12/2/2004 ) |
White Box Robotics 'Apache' - More Punch Than R2D2 New concept robot from White Box Robotics - the Apache is just the thing to guard the presents under your tree this year. (re: George Lucas, 11/15/2004 ) |
Spray: First Underwater Autonomous Vehicle To Cross Gulf Stream A small self-propelled ocean glider named Spray is the first underwater autonomous vehicle (UAV) to cross the Gulf Stream underwater. (re: Irwin Allen, 11/6/2004 ) |
White Box Robotics 912 - Hackable Home Robot The White Box Robotics 912 is a rugged, all-purpose, hack-it-yourself robot - just like R2D2. (re: George Lucas, 10/27/2004 ) |
Dragon Runner Robot Always Lands On Its Feet Enough about dog-like robots - the more feline Dragon Runner always lands on its feet. (re: Ray Bradbury, 10/13/2004 ) |
HOAP-2 Robot Masters Sumo And Linux. RoboShiko! This robot performs moves from the Chinese martial art taijiquan; it also does Sumo wrestling stances. All that and it's Linux-based! (re: Roger Zelazny, 10/12/2004 ) |
RFID To Fight Entropy In The Home Fortunately, minute RFID tags attached to everything you own will be used by household robots to identify a place for everything and put everything in its place. (re: Jetsons, 10/6/2004 ) |
Boudreaux - Extra Vehicular Activity Robotic Assistant It seems that mankind has always sought the companionship of a faithful canine, particularly when venturing into unexplored lands. (re: Isaac Asimov, 10/1/2004 ) |
Biomimetic Robot Animals - Not All Are Cute Sure, they've got robot lobsters, elephant trunks and even big dogs. But what about robotic lamprey parasites? (re: Philip K. Dick, 9/24/2004 ) |
Hydraulic Robo-Slab Made from Brotonium a practically indestructible space metal, the Brotron Robo-Slab comes equip with; a seven ton magnetic field restraint, a 50THz decontamination lamp, a variable 6000 rpm bone saw, TIG welding arm. and a push button remote for tilt (re: Larry Niven, 9/6/2004 ) |
Robot Crab: Crustacean Clockwork Automata This robot crab is more clockwork than automata, but be sure to see the cool and menacing video. (re: William Gibson, 9/5/2004 ) |
Cockroach-Controlled Mobile Robot Garnet Hertz has created a cockroach-controlled mobile robot. A hybrid biorobotic system, the robot consists of a mechanical system that amplifies and translates the bodily movements of a live giant hissing Madagascar cockroach. (re: Frank Herbert, 8/30/2004 ) |
Secom Robot X Security Guard Works For Less The Secom Robot X security guard, which can be controlled remotely or pre-programmed, will not be sold to customers; it will replace human security guards for half the cost. (re: Philip K. Dick, 8/27/2004 ) |
GRACE Robot Specializes In Etiquette And Protocol GRACE is a robot created by researchers from Carnegie Mellon, the Naval Research Lab, Swarthmore College and others to enter the AAAI Robot Challenge. (re: George Lucas, 7/25/2004 ) |
AgBots: Agricultural Robots Take The Field In one memorable scene from the original Star Wars movie, Luke Skywalker's Uncle Owen is bargaining for agricultural robots with Jawas. Agriculture has been slow to adopt to robotic technology; however, some new developments are on the horizon. (re: William Gibson, 7/6/2004 ) |
Soft Robot Powered By Shape Memory Alloy Spokes A remarkable new kind of robotic locomotion has emerged in the form of small "robots" that are constructed in the shape of a wheel. The spokes are made of a shape memory alloy; the rim of the wheel is made of an elastic polymer. (re: Neal Stephenson, 7/3/2004 ) |
Robots Get Pressure-Sensitive Skin Organic field-effect transistors have been used to fabricate pressure-sensitive skin for robots, according to an abstract published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. (re: Roger Zelazny, 7/2/2004 ) |
Micromouse Robot Builders Seek The Brass Cheese The UK Micromouse 2004 Championship will be held on June 19th; tiny autonomouse (sorry about that) robot mice race to solve a 16x16 maze. (re: Greg Bear, 6/2/2004 ) |
Robonaut Performs Hubble Space Telescope Repair Tasks Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid telepresence robot developed by NASA. The intent of the project is to have an "EVA astronaut equivalent" on station in space. (re: Robert Heinlein, 5/28/2004 ) |
Teleo-Reactive Programs Are Reaching Their Goals Teleo-Reactive Programs (TRPs) help robots and other machine intelligences achieve goals, not just specific behaviors. (re: Roger Zelazny, 5/24/2004 ) |
Robbie The Robot And His Creator Robert Kinoshita Robert Kinoshita, creator of Robby the Robot, will speak in Hollywood, California at the Hollywood Heritage Museum. (re: Isaac Asimov, 5/18/2004 ) |
InTouch Companion: Medical Rounding Robot InTouch Health is now leasing a remote-controlled telepresence robot called The Companion to hospitals and nursing homes nationwide. The 200 pound robots stand about five feet tall and have computer screens for "heads." (re: Peter Watts, 5/9/2004 ) |
ThereminVision Sensor: Robot Proximity Detection ThereminVision is a robotic sensing system that uses the same basic principle as the world's first electronic musical instrument, the Theremin. (re: William Gibson, 5/3/2004 ) |
Robotic Safety Barrels: Smart Traffic Cones Robotic Safety Barrels (RSBs) developed by Shane Farritor may be the kind of smart traffic cones that can save many lives and $100 billion per year in losses due to accidents and delays on U.S. highways. (re: Bruce Sterling, 4/29/2004 ) |
Koolio: Autonomous Refrigerator Robot Professors work hard - and they deserve refreshment. At the Machine Intelligence Lab at Benton Hall at the University of Florida, they are served by Koolio, the autonomous refrigerator Robot. (re: Harry Harrison, 4/22/2004 ) |
RAFFE Helps Remote Mobile Investigator Gather Fingerprints The Pedsco RMI robot, used for remote handling of explosive devices and other hazardous materials, now has the ability to gather fingerprints. Good news for the humans who might otherwise perform this task. (re: Isaac Asimov, 4/20/2004 ) |
Roomba's Brother PackBot iRobot's Roomba cleans up around the house - their PackBot helps soldiers clean up on the battlefield, doing duty as HAZMAT assistant, targeting aid, and bomb discovery droid. (re: Karel Capek, 4/14/2004 ) |
COTS Scout: Team Building Robot The COTS Scout robot is learning to play well with others - and to work as part of a search and rescue team. (re: Neal Stephenson, 4/12/2004 ) |
Tmsuk T52 Enryu Support Dragon Hyper Rescue Robot Enryu, a telefactoring rescue robot capable of lifting steel girders and tearing the doors off cars, was demonstrated to the press yesterday. (re: Robert Heinlein, 3/26/2004 ) |
RobotCop III - Not Quite R. Daneel Olivaw In his classic 1953 robot story Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov teamed a human detective with a robotic one - R. Daneel Olivaw. Hong Kong has been testing robotic police officers for years, and has now introduced RobotCop III. (re: Isaac Asimov, 3/11/2004 ) |
DARPA's BigDog Robot And Bradbury's Mechanical Hound In his chilling 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury created the mechanical hound, a robot that accompanied the firemen and helped with their work... DARPA has made a multi-million dollar investment in the soldier of the future's best friend - Big (re: Ray Bradbury, 3/10/2004 ) |
BLEEX: Robotic Exoskeleton Making Strides The Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX), a DARPA robotics engineering project that is designed to help foot soldiers carry more supplies for longer distances, was demonstrated in California earlier this week. (re: Robert Heinlein, 3/6/2004 ) |
Musclebot: Microrobot with a Heart A microrobot designed by microengineer Carlos Montemagno walks with the aid of living heart muscle at the University of California, Los Angeles. (re: Jack Vance, 2/27/2004 ) |
StratoSail & Altair: Mars Robot Balloons StratoSail, a NASA-funded robotic balloon with a wing, and Altair, a Welsh robotic balloon, may hold the key to future Mars exploration.< (re: Larry Niven, 2/11/2004 ) |
Feral Robotic Dogs Run in Packs A pack of cooperative robotic dogs wired at Yale have been put to work sniffing for arsenic, lead and other pollutants in soil around schools and homes. (re: Neal Stephenson, 2/6/2004 ) |
Robotic Bird Has USAF Flocking A prototype of a small robotic bird created from carbon fiber composites and Mylar has the U.S. Airforce flocking nearby for a closer look. (re: Greg Bear, 1/31/2004 ) |
Bees Key To Cooperative Robots How can robots learn cooperative behavior, and learn to work with each other? Automated analysis of the movements of honeybees may provide the answer. (re: Neal Stephenson, 12/12/2003 ) |
Epson uFR Micro Flying Robot Epson announced today that it has developed the uFR Micro Flying Robot, a prototype using micromechatronics (hey - and you were looking for a new-word-for-the-day) technology. (re: Neal Stephenson, 11/18/2003 ) |
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