iRobot has answered our latest poll. Instead of making an iRake or an iMow, they have unleashed the ConnectR. The ConnectR is the latest from iRobot after the Looj, a gutter cleaning robot.
This colorful robot is part sentry part check on the kids or baby sitter while you are away. Sporting a web based interface, [...]

Here are some cool robot videos from YouTube.
Nextfest robot carrying a human.

Hexapod sentry Bot
Spider bot walks and rotates.
For more videos, see our previous post Entertaining Robots.

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When the folks at MIT aren’t getting into trouble at the airport for hoax devices, they are busy creating robots like this one.
The MDS (Mobile/Dexterous/Social) robot is a joint effort between Xitome Design, UMASS Amherst and the Personal Robotics Group at MIT.
The robot will be roughly the size of a 3 year old child [...]

A new robot from Carnegie Mellon called Scarab is aiming for the moon. This rover will contain a special drill for taking meter long samples.
In order to facilitate this the rover must weigh enough to apply sufficient downward thrust. It is estimated that the robot must weigh at least 550 pounds.
Another challenge that [...]

Boston Dynamics, makers of BigDog have unveiled LittleDog. This creepy robot uses an advanced algorithm to navigate tough rocky terrain. LittleDog pauses to think and calculates each step in such a way that it it looks very lifelike.
Each leg contains 3 motors strong enough for dynamic locomotion and an onboard computer is used [...]