New killer bots by Disney and WowWee team

You need some irony and the anxiety – battered the diet, this morning? » Expansion to try some of this. Disney and Pixar are set to release their latest animation heavy bomb, wall-E, this summer. Under the premise, the film finds that the wall-E (waste load allocation of take-off and landing – the earth level) clean the earth’s trash, rampant, without the consumer to check the planet uninhabitable. Therefore, how to promote their film? » Do you understand it, they launched a new line, the plastic wall of the E-type robot development partnerships, and wowwee and thinkway toys, which no child may Huobuxiaqu. The final wall to the list of 190 U.S. dollars, launched this summer and 10 motor function, remote control, and a large number of sensors to avoid obstacles and respond to touch, feel the ironic mockery of its own existence. BOT basis, will be joined by 25 yuan idance wall – e (I think on the species) and 40 yuan flytech Tingkebeier when they make their first time on May 29 in San Mateo in the manufacturers faire.

New Israel’s Guardium Warbots [video]

We have seen a couple of armed defense roaming, so that the scene now – the U.S. military or even a couple deployed in Iraq – but the promotional video for the 600,000 U.S. dollars gu ardium robots has recently commissioned by Israel is not entirely A terrible demonstration of the strength of roots. Not only to do so, so that the old school, CRT display offers a warning intruders, noncompliant, all of the BOT, it seems that we can do is sneeze out white smoke cloud. Awesome. Perhaps these things to play better defense contractor in the Convention, but some tell us that a real angry dog may be a little more effective. Check the video below.

Modular, shape-shifting robots get right back up to creep you out (video)

We have seen a number of modular, has been re-robot, but it does not ‘in any less disturbing, especially when we see them do their thing on video. You can see for themselves after the break, this latest batch of robots from the University of Pennsylvania seems to be sufficient capacity, and in addition they can be kicked out of the way and find their own re-assembled, although a bit slow. That’s done with the assistance of the cameras, aimed at a unique Blinkin ‘lights another robot, it can dock with the use of some magnets, and then started to search for other BOT are again, finally forming a little unstable walking machine (Please be sure to adhere to and video ‘to the end of the year).

Unbelievable, Festo AirJelly flies through the air with the greatest of ease (video)

We have to explain this matter, but we really have problems to consider our immediate take-off, it long enough to string together a number of fully serve their sentences. Festo illustrates the AirJelly by some magical properties of the jelly fish, a lithium-ion batteries, an electric motor and a helium. If this is not floaty enough, you also have water version, aquajelly. Videos are, for a rest.

Robots and fruit fly flight simulator…

Just do not know how, we are only prepared to ordinary people, or even to give the robot wise enough to completely beyond our society? » Strange, some of the brain power may come from learning approach, the fruit fly, ah, to fly. A completely strange flight simulator in the Caltech, in fact, play “the scene:” Fly the reaction, and taking into account the fruit fly is held constant, researchers can work closely together to study how insects to stay away from trying to line out The bubble and all manner of incoming obstacles. These work and the installation shows that these studies may one day help the robot function more independently, may take some load off of our human labor. We know that you have three bold letters and a question mark, running through your noggin right now – as long as the press read link to see what it’s all about.

Homemade security ‘bum bot’ turns up on the Colbert Report (video)

Oh bum bot. We remember that when you hand in the fresh creators rufus terrill. Now look at you – Featured on c olbert report. You may have seen the photo, this Rangers – to deter robot before, but you did not live to see you play hard, in-depth reports that Stephen colbert provide it. Take a look at the video after the break to see a defender of America (and bot) on the front lines of battle.

Japan’s oldest robot writes poetry and moving his person (video)

Japan’s oldest “modern” robot with 10 feet, 6 inches g akutensoku-have been awakened in Japan. Gone are the inflatable rubber of the original 1928 Android company established by biologists-Nishimura. Use of BOT, now tilted, its head, moves his eyes and a smile, and puffs his cheeks thank the 1.2 million U.S. dollars, computer-controlled, pneumatic servo outlook. But not compared to his modern descendants, gakutensoku we can still creep the hell. Renovation of Osaka on display at the Science Museum, July 18. After the video, rest a while.

Giant Lunar Robots could carry NASA lunar bases on their backs

NASA engineers are testing a giant, six foot robot may rebound, and made the future moon base thousands of kilometres entire surface of the moon, the astronauts to explore the area around far more than just landing site.

In 2005 the report on its exploration plan, NASA said that they hope to set up a base in fixed locations on the Moon, human beings are the first elections in 2020.

However, the huge robot vehicle called the athletes (all-terrain hex legs in extra-curricular ground Explorer) will probably change. Measuring about 7.5 metres wide, with more than 600 meters long legs, the robot can take action, basically like a turtle, carrying astronauts around the living quarters on its back.

This is the design engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, United States, are also testing two small-scale prototype robot.

15 tons of astronauts living quarters, or habitat, can be installed in the athletes before, sent to the moon, the moon landing. This will solve a major problem for NASA – how to enhance the Habitat well-off landing, the cargo area, can sit down to six meters above the ground, and set it in an ideal position.

Athletes of the wheels of a nuclear warhead so long legs, “This is just the right measures to take off, and payload anywhere you want, said:” Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Brian Wilcox of the persons in charge of athletes项

Honda’s ASIMO robot to conduct Yo-Yo Ma and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

One of our favorite robot, Honda’s versatile ASIMO, will be the final spread its wings and embrace the art of the future, it’s always hope. May 13, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be conducted automatically – and Yo-Yo Ma – in a performance impossible dream. The digital oscilloscope and Honda have been the joint forces so that the music education of children in Detroit, ASIMO, the concert will be launching a number of projects, Japan Monolith company will co-sponsor, in the industrial city. Of course, this is not the first time, we see a robot orchestra, but we are confident that this will be the best … provided by little, did not take any bad steps.

Japanese robots with lasers at Blaser tournament (video)

We know that at Japan all people loves robots, but it really carefully so that they have their frigging laser beam » Why not just on the one hand, they mapped to our vital organs and special hose, fruit juice, our baby? » You see an actual photo from the Blazer game held this week in Fukuoka City, Japan. Kondo competition with the khr – 1hv with lasers and sensors, and then let the team out of the fighting, in a simulated city. We are the real decision-makers of our own doom.

Robotic soccer players would play with real humans in 2050

As for the people on earth if we do not have enough worries, with more than robots from every corner of the globe, may install a silent offensive, beyond our community and ownership of our land, and now we are faced with a startling realization, even if Our sporting events are not safe from subterfuge. In the seventh annual RoboCup in the German Open, groups of teams to decline after the soccer field, in order to compete in robot soccer only, uh, football. Frankly, everything seems fine and Dundee, until we reached a quote from the one Stefan kohlbrecher, Darmstadt Technical University of Darmstadt dribblers team: “Our goal is a robot competition in the human world Champion and robots, to 2050. ” Interestingly, we should be fornicating with the androids from the same year. Michael Stipe clues, please.

Fluidhand emerges, i-LIMB hides in shames

Following the introduction of the world to beat, i-MEMBER prostheses from last year, Touch Bionics takes things in a different direction with a sense of competition “Fluid hand.” The new miniature hydraulic hand used to bend the fingers, and can better interact with objects – such as grasping things with irregular surfaces – that the five motor-i-Limb. Fludihand is also a natural that the current prostheses, to comment and stem the user can sense the power of hand. Fluid hand is currently only at the stage of the prototype, with a patient that day to test the two prostheses, one against the other in a battle in the death.

Updated: Sorry for the confusion, fluid hand by a certain researchers in Karlsruhe, Germany, not by touching bionics.

Pixel Pancho ceramic robots

When you think of robots, you think generally male wood metal. Not these guys. These funky little ‘bots are made from clay instead of steel.

Pixel Pancho ceramic robots

Created by Italian artist Enrico Street Bertorelli – better known as Pancho Pixel – to boot I series is a limited edition ceramic art is a piece largest robot junkie’s collection. Only 29 each of yellow and green robots have been made, so they become a real collector’s item if you manage to get their hands on one.

Urinal Elephants invade Japan (watch video)

Hah!!! Best hidden nuts and urinal cake, ’cause baby blue elephant herd with small yellow hats on the loose in Japan. Meet urinal elephants, otherwise known as the toilet cleaning robot dasubee. Back to ‘uh to a new outflow of ceramic throne Now Big Blue and the eradication of your artificial hodgepodge robot with the grace of an elephant logging. Video? You betcha, right after the short break.

Aeryon Scout Camera – Robot Overhead and Follows You

We saw this a few days ago, but passed on it because we were confident that we had seen before – here. But despite the similarities in appearance, there is a big difference: “Aeryon Scout” is an aircraft, not just a remote-controlled toy.

A Scout is made of four foam rings connected by a rotor in the center, according Inventor Spot. The camera is attached to the bottom so you can take aerial satellite as a miniature – or at least with a greater range and control as a rocket or mini-chopper cams.

But for an estimated $ 30000 $ 50000 price range, it is probably a bit higher than the average of your harasser can afford. Unless, of course, the paparazzi and celebrity babies are involved.