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Evolution Robotics has announced that they have partnered with Japanese toymaker Bandai to give visual pattern recognition abilities to a home robot kit.Their new creation is the NetTansor robot which was introduced last month will be available for sale in Japan in December.The 12...

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Ubiko is a rolling robot that responds to voice request.This helper from UBIX is designed to be a greeter in a store. It can welcome people, show them around and recommend products.According to Akihabara News, you can hire Ubiko for only 350 euros per hour.Ubiko, the robot that...

According to Xinhau the new security robot jointly developed by the Robot Research Institute of the Civil Aviation University of China and Tianjin YAAN Technology Electronics Co. Ltd., is the first of its kind in China.The two-wheeled robot looks like a small car. It can roam independently...

Accuray, the makers of the robot radiosurgery machine CyberKnife have applied with the SEC for a stock offering.The Sunnyvale, California company was founded in 1990 to sell the first Cyberknife systems for limited use radiosurgery in treating tumors in the head and neck.Since then,...

Do you feel the need to get more personal with your vacuum cleaner robot? Maybe you want to speak to it through Bluetooth or serial port. Maybe you just want to get a better understanding of how your vacuum robot sees the world.This new book by Tod E. Kurt, Hacking Roomba, can...

Researchers at Bielefeld University in Germany are working on a robot to help understand and develop robot-human interaction.The robot, BIRON, for Bielefield Robot Companion, will give a person its full attention and learn from them.BIRON first recognizes a person's face and tracks...

Industrial robot manufacturer Kuka and Canadian amusement park ride designer Primal Rides have joined forces to produce themed rides based on a Kuka robot arm.The 6 degree of freedom arm has been used before as a ride called Robocoaster.The arm can carry over 1000 pounds (500 kg)...

Four of the gates at Denver International Airport are now using robot bridges move passengers on and off the planes.The passenger bridges made by Dewbridge are smart enough to find the doors of the planes and dock without help from any people. These passenger tunnels are also double-armed...

A robot helper to follow you around and clean up after you may not be too far off.Researchers at Stanford University are teaching a robot how to reach for and pick up objects that it has never seen before. The STAIR project, for Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot, is an effort...

ArtBots is having a New York regional show this week as part of the Science+Art Festival.8 robot artists and groups will show off their creations from November 9 -12. And it is free!There have been quite a few robots featured here at Robot Gossip from previous ArtBots shows.For you...

The perfect tennis partner.The SwingShot Tennis Mate tennis robot from Astro Research Corporation.Astro Research is a Japanese firm specializing in satellites and launch services. So naturally their research led to the invention of a tennis robot. But, no, the Tennis Mate does not...

A recent idea for small robot trains to run on America's underutilized railroad tracks may face more hurdles than just technological problems.In the US there are around 3000 accidents per year at highway railroad crossings. (Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis)Quoted...

The Katana robot arm from Swiss company Neuronics AG is designed to work with a human partner.The arm weighs about 4kg and has a payload capability of 500 grams with a 60 cm reach. (About 1 pound lift with 2 foot reach) It can position the grippers to within +/- 0.1mm accuracy.The...