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Bionic Exoskeleton, Meant For Military, Helping Paralyzed Walk

It seems as if people in wheelchairs may be getting a little help from the military these day. A Defense Department program to develop super-human soldiers has led private company Ekso Bionics to create a wearable robot ... continue

Harvard team creates robot that can crawl under surfaces

A group of crafty Harvard scientists have created a soft, flexible new type of robot that can crawl across surfaces and squeeze its way under obstacles. Built by a team led by chemist George Whitesides of Harvard University, ... continue

Even robots get bitten by Angry Birds [Video]

We all know that Angry Birds is a big thing with everything from stuffed Angry Birds to talk of a movie about the feathery creations, but I'll bet you didn't know that the game is now all ... continue

Realistic female robot created to feel pain

Did you know that dentists have the highest suicide rate of all professions? Apparently it has something to do with the fact that people hate going to them even more than going to see a lawyer. From childhood ... continue

Cool, Terminators can now have sweaty armpits just like the humans they’re trying to destroy.

Scientific endeavour and robots help make life interesting but sometimes you have to wonder what prompts scientists to create the things that they do. Take for example this robotic prototype from Kevin Grennan and we're not talking about ... continue

Chicken deboned in seconds – KFC drools [video]

Okay KFC has nothing to do with the story but you can be sure that they, like anyone who mass produced chicken parts will definitely be in the market for this champion chicken deboning robot from Mayekawa ... continue

Great Pyramid of Giza Robot Explorer Reveals ‘Mysterious Markings’

The fact that "mysterious markings" have been found on the Great Pyramid of Giza isn't even the single most interesting part of this story. The strange symbols were discovered by a robot explorer. Using a bendy camera. If ... continue

Robotic Arm Almost Masters Flipping Pancakes, Mankind Nearly Obsolete

I'm totally on-board with the scientific team behind the robot arm that can flip pancakes and that's examine what this drone is capable of doing. Okay so it's really meant to show off demonstrated motion, trial-and-error and object ... continue

Do robots celebrate Christmas? (12 great robot images)

I don't know if they do, or if they ever will as they take over the world, but in the meantime here are some great images of robots gathered from around the web by the crew at ... continue

One of the best sci-fi short movies yet [VIDEO]

I came across this great sci-fi movie short over at the Quiet Earth blog via a post by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net. Now Alex isn't all that hot over the video that has been getting a lot ... continue

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – some cool facts

I’m sure somewhere someone is counting down the last seven days until this movie hits the theaters (I’m not) but in the meantime Michael Bay, the main man behind the movie, has let loose ... continue

Becoming a cyborg gets closer everyday [VIDEO]

The idea if melding human flesh and bone with robotic parts is something that more than a few people are looking forward while the rest of us have visions of Terminator dancing in our heads. ... continue

Check this out – how to look goofier than riding a Segway

Personal wheeled transportation – it seems like everyone wants to get into the game that Segway started. Even GM is partnering up with Segway to develop a two-seater personal transportation called the PUMA. Now ... continue

Adam the Robot makes scientific discovery

Who says you need pesky human scientists around in order to make discoveries? Well according to the latest issue of the journal Science Adam the Robot says so. Mind you he didn’t get there ... continue

If You Want the Future, Look to the Hackers

Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins is at SXSW and will filing reports for The Inquisitr while he's there. What’s the future? Is it Minority Report? Is it The Matrix? Depending on which futurist you talk to, it could be ... continue

Robot sandwich maker – well almost

Ah the life of a true geek – never having to dirty your hands making those sandwiches that keep you going through coding runs or blog post writing. Yes folks in the true spirit of ... continue

Puppy vs Robot – Battle of the Holidays

After every Christmas morning puppies the world round fight to defend their territory from all newcomers. In this epic battle the puppy takes on this years autonomous robot. Who will win? Will the puppy successfully defend all ... continue

R2-D2 disco dancing [Video]

Yes folks you to can have your very own disco dancing R2-D2 robot – or a whole bunch of them if you really want to. [hat tip to Random Good Stuff] continue

The Terminator thinks we taste like bacon

Okay so maybe the cute looking little green robot isn't the Terminator but according to Eric Talmadge; an Associated Press writer, when the little robot isn't tasting wine it's deciding what humans taste like. The robot developed ... continue

The Rise of Skynet

Remember Skynet? For the uninitiated, the concept is very simple: a giant surveillance computer system achieved sentience, and then decided that the best way to protect the Earth, and itself, was to kill all of mankind. And ... continue

The Rise of the Machines: Robot Conducts Detroit Symphony

Interesting story off the AP wire: A Honda Motor Company designed robot conducts the Detroit Symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha." First conductors are replaced by machines, musicians next, then ... continue