Flying robots create ad hoc WiFi network for emergency use

A Swiss-based lab EPFL has started a project known as SMAVNET (Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Network), which aims to make use of some flying robots to create ad hoc WiFi networks, which will come in useful as channels of communications during emergency or an aftermath of a natural disaster.

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NASA robotic hand, Omni Hand 1 is up on eBay for a price of $18,750

If you wanna own a piece or more of the ever most advanced robotic gears of NASA, now is your chance to grab it from eBay. Up on eBay is the NASA’s robotic hand called the Omni Hand 1, which is now available for you to buy at a price of $18,750.

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MIDbot – Internet-controlled tele-present robot

Tele-present robots do not come cheap. But Brando has an affordable solution – a tele-present robot called the MIDbot which is made up by using a laptop, a few robot arms and a trolley that drives it around to capture live video for you.

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Nao – the emotional robot

A breakthrough in robot technology and this time it isn’t from Japan. An emotional robot called Nao has been developed by a team of researchers, led by University of Hertfordshire along with others from European countries including France, Denmark etc. The Nao robot is able to interact with human emotionally.

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WowWee Roboscooper – the rubbish picking robot

If you wanna get your home fully equipped with robotic cleaning, you may love to have the WowWee Roboscooper, which is a robot specially designed to keep house clean from rubbish as well as bringing you little amusement.

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Autom robot constantly nags at you to help you lose weight

If you love the idea of having a robot to nag at you to shred more pounds, the Autom is one for you. The little tiny Autom robot has a database that allows it to communicate with you in conversations to get you to lose more weight.

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LuminAR wireless robotic computer packs a pico projector, camera

The LuminAR is a project of an MID student who has the idea of computers do not have to come in the regular form factors we see today. The LuminAR actually consists of a desk lamp and the LuminAR bulb, which is a wireless computer in tiny form factor. It has a pico projector and a camera and is able to project an interactive interface on any surfaces.

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Lego robot with Motorola Droid as its brain, solves Rubik’s cube in 25 seconds

A Lego robot has its brain powered by the Motorola Droid smart phone, which has been put to test on solving Rubik’s cube and it manages to solve it under 25 seconds.

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10-feet tall robot made from old Yamaha motorcycle parts

Those old motorcycle parts chucked in one corner of your store would be useful for building a giant robot, to impress everyone in town. Here comes a 10-feet tall robot that was made by Travis Taylor, a handyman-turned-artist using some crap metal and old Yamaha motorcycle parts.

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Geminoid-F, the Japanese robotic clone of a woman

There shouldn’t be too much surprise that the Japanese scientists have now managed to make a robotic clone of a human. As shown is the Geminoid-F, which is a robotic clone of a woman. Apparently, in the picture, the one on the left side is the robot and the one on the right is the human.

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