Deep-sea swimming robots are nothing new, yet suffer a significant drawback in that they have to re-surface to communicate and share information. This problem kick-started the development of Robofish at the University of Washington over five years ago and progress, we hear, is going swimmingly.
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Video: More WALL-E robots revealed
In case you hadn’t already guessed, we’re in love with WALL-E. But he’s not the only robot in Disney Pixar’s upcoming movie. Meet the rest of the computerised cast here!
Video: WALL-E, the basketball playing ‘bot
UPDATE: It seems Disney’s not too happy with WALL-E trailers whizzing around the web. It’s removing videos left right and centre. We’ll bring you more as soon as they’re available.
As the release of WALL-E approaches robot fever has us gripped, and Disney knows just how to tease us.
Now it’s released this special TV spot, aired during the Celtics vs Lakers NBA game in the US on Thursday.
Robot for the cash-strapped
Conferencing Robot doing the business
Robot golf trolley stalks you around the course
The struggle of carrying a set of clubs around 18-holes is obviously a back-breaking, sweat inducing activity, thats why those who can have caddies. Savvy golfers without access to this third party will have perhaps discovered wheeled help in one form or another, but nothing like this one we’d wager.
NEC building babysitting robots
Could this be the new face of childcare? Well today, of course, it wouldn’t be legal to leave your offspring in the hands of an electronic assistant but PaPeRo (Partner-type Personal Robot) is unlike anything seen so far in robot development, and being increasingly task tested in childcare activities.
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