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by Paul Miller, posted Jun 28th 2009 at 1:38AM After what must've been a few painful minutes of rehearsal, a few robots built by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research have performed what we assume to be their first and last paid gig: a rendition of Happy Birthday to celebrate the 100th of the Science Museum in the UK. [...]

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Kondo bot battles rage in Japan, vision of humanity's imminent destruction crystallizeby Joshua Topolsky, posted May 10th 2009 at 4:16PMYou may be familiar with the modular line of Kondo robots sold in Japan [...]

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Meet Nexi, the Media Lab's latest robot and Internet star - MIT News OfficeDavid Chandler, MIT News OfficeApril 9, 2008A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Called Nexi, it is aimed at a range of applications for personal robots

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HRP-4CThe girlie-faced humanoid boasts 42 motion motors programmed to mimic the movements of flesh-and-blood fashion models.

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Toyology: Really small robot makes iSobot look AmazonianReally small robot makes iSobot look Amazonian

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  Photos: Robo Japan 2008

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  Robot Suit HAL-5 Japan's Good Design Award Winners | BusinessWeek

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Photos: Robots at CEATEC 2008 ::: Pink Tentacle  

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Murata's new balancing robot loses a wheel, gains a trick - EngadgetMurata's new balancing robot loses a wheel, gains a trickby Tim Stevens, posted Sep 24th 2008 at 7:04AM

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Murata Seiko-chan robot rides unicycle ::: Pink TentacleMurata Seiko-chan robot rides unicycle

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BigDog

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Loving the Machine: Humanoid learns to point, bowHumanoid learns to point, bow A full-size humanoid robot that can communicate with natural human gestures and demonstrate some AI chops has been developed by Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.[...]

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SYSTEC AKAZAWA PLEN"PLEN"

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DigInfo : PC and Phone Controlled Walking Robot"PC and Phone Controlled Walking Robot"System Akazawa has demonstrated PLEN, a small bipedal walking robot 23cm tall and 700g in weight, using a Macbook Pro. Also controllable using a USB connected PC or Bluetooth-enabled cellphone handset from mobile phone carrier au, the robot has 18 diarthrodial (or freely moveable) joints. In addition to more

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Child robot makes debutThe Yomiuri ShimbunA child-sized android stands up with assistance.A child-sized android with flexible joints and soft skin developed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency was unveiled Friday at Osaka University, where the agency's research and development team is based.The 1.3-meter-tall, 33 kilogram humanoid robot has optical, auditory and tactile sensors. Fifty-one

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Akihabaranews.com : OSU ROBOTO, the guiding robotThe clients of the TAMANOIZU company (specialized in vinegar) may be surprised the next time that they are invited to visit the production plant, see by yourself...[...]

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Android shows off people-lifting skills ::: Pink TentacleIn a public demonstration held in Tokyo on March 28, a human-sized android showed off its weightlifting skills by successfully picking up a 30-kilogram (66-pound) package from a desk and lifting a 66-kilogram (145-pound) humanoid doll out of bed.[...]

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Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progressVivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progressCredit: USC Information Sciences Institute[...]Wei-Min Shen of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute recently reported to NASA significant progress in developing 'SuperBot,' identical modular units that plug into each other to create robots that can stand, crawl,

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Flytech Dragonfly[...]You can order the Flytech Dragonfly online at Radio Shack’s web site. Radio Shack currently has exclusive distribution for the Dragonfly but reports indicate that other retailers will be selling it too some time in the near future.[...]Features: * Flaps its wings like a bug and does not use propellers for main thrust * Flying time on a single battery charge is about 10

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High T3ch Magazine: Robotic Arm Rideposted by MistaPrimeMinista on 01.29.07 @ 3:08 pm[...]

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RoboboaSnakes On A Plane! Roboboa is the snake that loves to party. Along with the Roboquad, Robopanda, and Flytech Dragonfly, it was announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics show and you can see a short video of it below.[...]

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Akihabaranews.com : ROMI, the Roeen robotROMI, the Roeen robot...

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Honda Asimo takes a nasty fall - EngadgetPosted Dec 11th 2006 2:12PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: RobotsHonda Asimo takes a nasty fall...

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Akihabara News - FT, the Robot WomanHere's another robot from the Kyoto University... so after Neon, Chroino, T-28 and Vision from TeamOSAKA, here's the FT or Female Type. It weighs 800g, it's 35cm tall and has 23 degrees of freedom.http://www.robo-garage.com/robo/ft.html

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New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Speedy robot legs it to break record19:00 05 April 2006NewScientist.com news serviceTom SimoniteA two-legged robot that walks at record-breaking speed has been developed by researchers from Germany and Scotland."RunBot" is the fastest robot on two legs – for its size. At 30 centimetres high, it can walk at a speedy 3.5 leg-lengths per second. This beats the

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