Robot Living

The DelFly Micro weighs looks like a large dragonfly and only weighs3 grams, including a video camera.

Created by people at the Delft University of Technology, who also have created some object recognition software for the robot.  The ultimate goal is to get the weight down to 1 gram and to use the software so the robot will avoid obstacles.

Check out the video here.

Be careful swatting the buzzing insect near you this summer because it may actually be a robot.

Link via (Engadget)

Sorry to bust your hopes of a date with a female robot, but we are not surprised.  The Perfect Woman robot we reported on back in May is a hoax.

Our first tip off was that signing up for the pre order email list accomplished nothing, not even a confirmation email.  The second tip off is that she was due to actually be ready on June 11 and has not appeared yet.

If you click on this link perfect-woman.com, then check off your preferences and wait, the robot appears dancing.

After dancing with a pole, you see her start to smoke and fall to the floor and then the picture above appears.  If  you click were it says cliquer ici, the picture below appears.

Sad to say, but we think this was all a hoax for Nivea Men.

What say you dear reader?  Was this a hoax or  a website glitch or just vaporware that may show up someday?

The latest robot from Japan isn’t based on a movie or cartoon, but one that can strike a pose.

The robot is being developed by the Robot Research Institute at the New Industry Research Organization in Kobe Japan.

The slim 160cm tall robot can assume a variety of human poses and pose like a fashion model.  The robot  can also be remote controlled by a cell phone.

Link via (Japan Times)

Just like a magician, the amazing Crab Fu has done it again.  This time he has created the Putter Bot.

This tiny tank like robot has a light for night golfing and a putter for an arm.

See some of Crab Fu’s previous work here.

See the video of Putter Bot here.

Link via (BotJunkie)

The World Rescue Robot Competition is going on right now in China.  Thailand has a good chance at winning for the third year in a row.

Pictured here is the team from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.  See more photos of the team here.

In 2006 and 2007  King Mongkut’s University of Technology in Thailand won the competition with their robot called Independent.

Link via (Bangkok Post)

Update: They Won!  Link

Tags: Thailand