Tech
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Strange Patents: Sony’s Fluffy Gamer Pal Robot
Now’s the time when a lot of people are stuck at home. They’re bored. They’re out of their wits. They’re…
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Shimon the Songwriting Robot Is About to Release a New Album
Meet Shimon, the singing and head-bobbing robot that’s about to release the hottest new robot album of 2020. “Shimon, the…
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Harvard Scientists Create Robotic Arm Inspired By Octopus Tentacles
What the world needs now, most of all, is a robotic octopus tentacle. So it’s a good thing Harvard scientists…
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Affetto the Child Robot: Realistic Facial Expressions and Artificial Pain
Hailing from Osaka University in Japan, Affetto is a robot designed to realistically mimic the facial expressions of a toddler.…
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Japan to Unveil Giant Walking Gundam in October (2020)
Robot problems require robot solutions. Japan is gearing up to complete an actual full-size mobile Gundam by the end of…
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University Reveals Living ‘Xenobots’ Designed By Supercomputer
“A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve…
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The Trons: The Hottest Robot Garage Band of 2008
Hey, there’s this weird band I want to tell you about. Kind of a garage surf sort of thing. The…
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CIMON Space Robot Receives “Emotional Intelligence” Upgrade
In the ongoing adventures of everyone’s favorite spherical ISS robot, IBM have revealed that CIMON has been upgraded to CIMON-2,…
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Company Promises to Make Robot Clones of Anyone You Like
If we’re going to get Skynet up and running, we’ll need more than just breakthroughs in artificial intelligence – we’ll…
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Japanese Temple Features Mindar, the Android Priest
On February 23, 2019, the Kodaiji temple in Kyoto, Japan unveiled Mindar, the Android Kannon. The robot, its head and…