Amazing Gadgets

Man’s best friend has just gone hi-tech! Just like a living breathing version of man’s best friend, Wrex the robot dog gives paw, sneezes, gets hungry and even needs to pee. It features three distinctive moods, including happy, angry and crazy, and if you’re in any doubt as to which one he’s in check the eyes. Continue reading »

Shelby Supercar is currently working on the Ultimate Aero electric car that is capable of hitting 220 mph, but there will only be 50 of such units be available. There is not much details released so far, but the prototype ought to be ready by next February with four production models being available by December. Continue reading »

Developed by Toyota, this violin-playing robot has 17 flexible joints and mechanical fingers. Measuring 1.5m tall and weighs 56kg, Continue reading »

The product has been described as ‘a friendly robot for lonely unmarried persons’. What I am talking about is an emotional and friendly Robot called YABO designed by the cool and creative designer Kim Yong Seong. It has been designed in such a way that like a nice wife/husband, it would wait for you to arrive back home, with an advantage that it would not nag you with complaints at that hour. It will also monitor the temperature at home and keep it just at the right level. Continue reading »

This is not a dream. The RoboCup 2007 held recently in Atlanta, USA, had some great robots participating in the competition. There were about 33 teams taking part in this Robo comp. Here’s more details.
The competition was organized by the Georgia Tech. College of Computing. Some of the countries were China, Japan, Iran, Israel, Germany and Brazil. So it was an international scene. This was the place for geeks from all around the world. Continue reading »

 Chiba Institute of Technology has unveiled a unique robotic truck - Halluc II that encompass ‘multi-joint wheel module’ via mingled robotic technology and automobile technology in one self-directed mechanism.This robotic truck measures around eighty centimeters in length and weighs twenty kilograms. The Halluc II runs on eight legs via special wheeled modules to move sideways, turn around in place and to drive or walk to combat obstructions until 12 centimeters. Continue reading »

 The Robot Hall of Fame has been quite popular with its fictional bots but this year, the jury of 25 roboticists has chosen more real bots than fictional ones, including the LEGO Mindstorms (shown above), the NAVLAB 5, the Raibert Hopper, and Mr. Data . It was pretty expected to see Mindstorm and Data in the list but the jury also honored NAVLAB 5, a robotic Oldsmobile Silhouette for its journey from Pittsburgh to San Diego way back in 1995. The one-legged hopper named Raibert Hopper made to the final list for featuring the basic tech DNA that triggers all the multi-legged bots around us. It’s good to see the Robot Hall of fame giving more weightage to the real bots.

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It is the age of the machines, especially those that don’t exist in the realms of mundane imagination. Kudos to H.G. Wells, for conjuring up the concept of three-legged acrobatic robots, comes up with an idea inspiring the creation of STriDER (Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot) — a mean machine that knows how to ‘watch its step’.
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