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06 Jan
From in-home surveillance robots to flying battle bots, WowWee is showing more than 20 new robots at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. Here’s a sneak peek at the company’s 2008 robot lineup.
Rovio, the Home Survellance Robot
The $300 Rovio has a video camera, microphone, and Wi-Fi capabilities on board. The three-wheeled omnidirectional [...]
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04 Nov
The Renegade Gaming Chair is not just a gaming chair for the kids, but it comes with lots of other features which makes this model available to people of all age groups. Here are some of the features of the Renegade Gaming Chair:
Game synced with vibration motors
3D speakers on the headrest
Lighting effects
Massaging chair
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19 May
On May 18, buildup Co., Ltd. unveiled the Tamanoi Vinegar Robot, the world’s first robot designed to make presentations about vinegar. The robot is scheduled to go to work at the Tamanoi Vinegar Corporation’s Osaka office in July.
Relying on pre-programmed speech and gestures to communicate its knowledge of vinegar, the robot features a [...]
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02 Apr
Robot lovers in Tokyo were in for a treat as the 2007 Underwater robot convention took off at the Tatsumi International an Olympic sized swimming pool. Around 80 robots were showcased, below is a list of the 5 coolest robots.No 5 - Robotic SubmarineModelled to the last detail this little baby has everything except torpedoes. [...]
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02 Apr
In more robot news from Asia, here’s an interesting story about a sewer inspection robot that was used to locate a fugitive who’d hidden in the city sewer. The man, who’d stolen a woman’s purse, escaped into a sewer pipe. Unfortunately, he’d been stripped of his clothes while fleeing, and he chose an exceptionally cold [...]
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02 Apr
The $45,000 “PackBots” robot (AP/Pentagon)
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“The best I can say at this point is the Army in general is aggressively looking at applying robots in all future operations.”Col. Bruce Jette
(AP) In future wars, robots may drop from the sky by the hundreds from unmanned aircraft, swarming like giant insects over battlefields in coordinated, terrifying assaults.
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