The NAO Next Gen humanoid robot can be your best friend
Feeling lonely? Aldebaran Robotics is here to comfort you with the recently launched latest generation of programmable bots: the NAO Next Gen. The updated NAO model is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and features two HD cameras. This humanoid robot can walk, play, and talk. Who needs an imaginary friend with the NAO Next Gen [...]
Kobot EV: Personal bumper car on the road
Going to the supermarket and the clinic may never be the same again as Japanese company Kowa Tmsuk unveiled the Kobot EV at the Tokyo Motor Show. The little electric “folding car” reduces in size with the tap of a button on a smartphone device. It is designed for short-distance travel of speeds of 30 [...]
Tiny Robot with Super-powered Leaping Ability
Looking like some sort of plastic water pump instead of a robot, this contraption put together by the bright boys of The Robotics and Automation Lab of Michigan State University performs like a hyperactive grasshopper as it jumps in the air. The “Bio-inspired Miniature Steerable Jumping Robot” supposedly can leap up to 36 inches, but [...]