Crave: The gadget blog- Category: Robots

Charlie the robot joins rest home staff

Leslie Katz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:00 PST

As part of a three-year study into robots' role in senior health care, New Zealand retirement village welcomes Korean robot that will take vital signs, dole out medication reminders.

Robolamps light up our life

Leslie Katz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:11:00 PST

Croatian artist Robert Matysiak has come up with some wonderfully whimsical "Robolamps" made from plumbing supplies and colored lightbulbs.

Roomba Pac-Man: Classic game gets robot twist

Tim Hornyak — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:01:00 PST

Colorado University students have reprogrammed five Roomba vacuum-cleaner robots to recreate the classic '80s arcade game Pac-Man.

Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot

Tim Hornyak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:00 PST

An Arabic-speaking android built in the UAE could enter mass production to work in shopping malls. The robot is billed as the first of its kind in the world.

Another fish swims into the robot pool

Tim Hornyak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:44:00 PST

Michigan State University researchers are developing robot fish to monitor the effect of harmful algae on freshwater ecosystems.

Spider-bot pumpkin sure to terrify neighbors

Sean Fallon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:55:00 PDT

The Creeper2 walking robot is decidedly the scariest way to dispense treats on Halloween.

Ropid the robot can walk, run, and hop

Tim Hornyak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 PDT

Japanese start-up Robo-Garage has come out with a new humanoid robot that can jump 3 inches off the ground.

Winking robot nav head knows where you're going

Wayne Cunningham — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:05:00 PDT

MIT and Volkswagen develop the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA), a friendly and predictive robot to assist drivers with daily navigation.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog

Petman walking bot is like BigDog's 'human' master

Sean Fallon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:13:00 PDT

The military plans to use it to test out clothing for soldiers that needs to be completely protective and not strain or open up under any sort of human articulated movement.

Red-hot robot action from WowWee

Rich Trenholm — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:39:00 PDT

If you like robots--and let's face it, who doesn't?--click through Crave UK's photos for more mechanoid messing about.