By Andrew Liszewski
If you're like me you're patiently awaiting the release of LEGO's new Mindstorms NXT and already have your kit preordered. And odds are you've also been following the Mindstorms community for a few years now and are...
By David Ponce
The Japanese are at it (by "it", I mean unmatched technological awesomeness) again, this time producing one slick robot, named the WL-16RIII Walkbot. It was developed at Waseda University, and is intended to help the elderly...
By David Ponce
Nothing like starting work, on a Monday morning, pondering just how awesome life would be if you got to get around on a tank chair. Like this one.
Of course, this particular chair is designed for people...
By David Ponce
While I enjoy your usual run-of-the-mill robot war TV show, I find the use of the word "robot" somewhat amusing. I mean, hey, yeah, those things are RC cars outfitted with armour, chainsaws and enough arsenal...
By David Ponce
Well here's some quality geekfluff, my friends. If you never watched Transformers, perhaps you need to reconsider the reason you're reading this site in the first place and maybe even your entire identity as a self-proclaimed...
By David Ponce
Perhaps to call this contraption a robot would be stretching the meaning of that word a little. So, think of it more like a mannequin with a creepy, yet innovative feature. It's called "Chatty", and...
By David Ponce
I like robots. Especially freaky amphibious snake-bots from hell. Like the ACM-R5, a radio controlled robot whose entire purpose is to frighten young children by submersing itself in water and swimming about like a...
By David Ponce
It's beginning to look like the company Boston Dynamics (makers of the lovely BigDog) are producing some wicked (albeit marginally useful, for now) bots. For proof, just take a look at the RHex.
It looks a...
By David Ponce
Again, this is one of those posts that's low by way of details. Nevetheless, I thought y'all could get a kick out of watching this lovely robot crawl up and down a wall. It's called...