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TP-LINK’S Dancebot
TP-Link had an incredibly articulated dancing robot as a means of getting people to visit their booth at the Consumer Electronics Show so they could promote their TL-WR700N mini wireless pocket router. (video)

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Now you can have a robot that moves where it needs to and purifies the air.
The level of pollution in our ecosystem is often higher than ever before. Many of us live in places where the air quality is questionable and could use help, especially if you already have some sort of health condition. Many [...]

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Researchers are a step closer to finding a reliable power source for the bug-borne sensors.
Scientists have been pushing hard to outfit robobugs, or some may call then insect cyborgs, with tiny electronic sensors–saying these insect-machine mash-ups could prove invaluable in applications ranging from search-and-rescue to espionage. (Video)

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The DJs of the world can breathe a sigh of relief, because if this video is any indication, it’s going to be a long time before they’re in jeopardy of losing gigs to robots.
Watch in horror as this artificial turntablist lays down some of the worst beats I’ve ever heard from the wheels of steel. [...]

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Artas Systems
Restoration Robotics, a privately held, Mountain View-based company, went through clinical trials for two years while awaiting clearance from the FDA. Its product: A high-tech robot that performs hair-transplant procedures.

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Moral machines in the future?
Will robots in the future be capable of follow moral principles and understand them?  A robot walks into a bar and says, “I’ll have a screwdriver.” That is definitely a bad joke. But what if the robot says “Give me what’s in your cash register?”  That would be even less funny.

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Inflatable robots provide a whole new avenue of exploration.
The 15-foot-long Ant-Roach (pictured above) really demonstrates the carrying capacity and high strength-to-weight ratios of these inflatable structures. It weighs in just under 70 lbs but it can carry up to 1000 lbs, making the payload of a few people no problem at all. The initial concept [...]

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The robotic bear may be soft and pillow-shaped, but you might want to think twice before curling up for a nap on Jukusui-kun. If you snore, it will stroke your face with its furry paw.
 

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There are a variety of brainwave-reading headsets on the market today.
If you want to make things move with your mind, you don’t have to be a Jedi.  Although we may not be able to lift a spaceship out of a swamp like Yoda does in The Empire Strikes Back, but it is possible to steer a [...]

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If the Luddite Fallacy were true, we would all be out of work by now.
There is a tale told about Henry Ford II showing Walter Reuther, the veteran leader of the United Automobile Workers, around a newly automated car plant. “Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues,” gibed the [...]

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This robot can go places most others cannot.
Simon Fraiser University researchers have taken a page from the gecko “walk on any surface” handbook and applied it to a robot that looks a bit like a tank.
If you’ve never seen a gecko just hanging out on glass, it’s rather amazing. Not a whole lot of animals [...]

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“The world’s first spherical flying machine” has been developed by the research department at Japan’s Ministry of Defense.  It can hover like a helicopter and fly in all directions.
 

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Perhaps comedian Steven Wright said it best:
“I lost my job the other day. Well, I didn’t really lose it. I know where it’s at, it’s just when I go there someone else is doing it.”
They say that the truest comedy is the funniest, and there is nothing truer than the statement above. Steven’s old job [...]

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For one spacecraft to grab onto another spacecraft in space is a very challenging task. Although the robotic arms on the space shuttles and International Space Station (ISS) have made it look easy over the years, the process requires complex manipulator arms and special fixtures on the objects the arms are grasping, limiting the technology’s [...]

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Panasonic’s ”Evolta” swim robot.
A tiny Japanese robot is set for a new challenge after scaling the cliff walls of the Grand Canyon and driving the Le Mans racetrack for 24 hours.  The robot is set to encounter Hawaii’s grueling Ironman Triathlon course.  (Pics)