Kondo humanoid robot gets iPhone 3GS as its new head

The humanoid robot, Kondo KHR-2HV has got its new head made from the iPhone 3GS. This new version of the Kondo humanoid is called Robochan and the iPhone 3GS works as its brain, making it brainier.

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Flossie – a test-riding robot for Castrol’s bikes

Castrol has got a robot, called Flossie to work as the test rider for their bikes. The idea of using robot as the test rider is definitely safer and has much lower risk than using a human test rider. As new bikes or the prototypes will still have some glitches; it definitely risks the life of a human test rider while riding the bike at high speed in the test.

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Robot makes Ramen noodle soup

In Japan, a robot is used to make Ramen noodle soup for customers. Customers order the noodle soup on a computer which will then initiate the robot to start making the noodle soup.

It takes only 2 minutes for the Ramen robot to whip up a steaming bowl of noodle soup. The robot is able to add the necessary spices and salt into the soup precisely. And some more it has approximately 40 million different flavor permutations for you to choose from.

The robot is actually being used at the “Momozono Robot Ramen”, a ramen shop in Japan that was opened in November last year. And the robot was built by the 60-year-old shop owner, Yoshihira Uchida, who spent a whopping 20 million yen on its construction.

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Chewing robot chews on behalf of the laziest?

We’ve seen the spoon-feeding robot, but now comes the Chewing robot. My first guess was the Chewing Robot could probably be chewing the food on behalf of the laziest butt on earth. But nope, the chewing robot was made by researchers for the sake of helping understand and study deeply the dental structures and wears of the human teeth.

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ZINK robot prints blog and social feeds on your walls

ZINK paper – the kind of zero-ink paper which will form images and text when heat is applied on it. The company ZINK is sponsoring a design competition, one of the finalists, David Bulfin, built an Inchworm robot, which climbs the walls that are covered with ZINK paper and prints text and images on the walls.

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Internet-enabled robotic penguin

Here comes a little robotic pet, a penguin that keeps your loneliness away while working alone on your work desk. This Internet-enabled robot penguin will keep you connected with your friends over the Internet and speak in funny robotic voice to keep you amused. It calls itself MyDeskFriend for geeks.

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Homage – artistic toy transforms from a humanoid to a jet

Homage is an expensive toy which its creator got inspired from many cartoons for its creation. This toy comes in metallic finish, and it’s capable of transforming from a humanoid robot to a jet plane.

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Aero-Blue robot spoon feeds you

If you’re too lazy to pick up food in front of you and put it into your mouth, you can now get a robot to feed you, provided you’re rich enough to own the Aero-Blue robot.

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Solar-powered 6-in-1 robot kit

For the price of one, this 6-in-1 robot kit allows you to build 6 different robots. It can become a robotic dog, a boat, car, windmill, a moving and a still plane. And all these robots take power from green source – the solar energy.

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Night watch robotic mosquito meant for killing real mosquitoes ?

Night Watch is a super tiny robot that is modeled after the real mosquito. But the purpose of this tiny robotic mosquito is unknown due to the designer who created it, has not got an understandable description about his product.

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