At Georgia Tech, assistant professor Charlie Kemp has been developing a robotic dog of sorts.
This robot named El-E (pronounced “Ellie”), is designed to do everything a service dog would do like open doors, open cabinets and fetch objects.
It takes over two years and $17,000 to properly train a service dog.  The waiting list for these [...]

Folks at the University of Kitakyushu  have created a Sea Bream or Red Snapper robot.
Hand painted scales round out this completely realistic looking fish.  The fish can be outfitted with various sensors and fit right in with other fish without disturbing them.
The robot weighs 15.4 lbs and swims and floats just like real fish do.
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The robot named Magical Image Digesting Duck was created by Taeyoon Choi from South Korea.  He received a commission through Eyebeam Art & Technology Center of New York.
This amazing robot takes a photograph upon sensing a flash of light.  Inside the duck is a printer and a WIFI connection.  The duck prints a copy of [...]

Sega’s new Dream Dog DX Golden Retriever was unveiled recently at a Tokyo toy show.  This dog is much more realistic than other robotic dogs such as Sony’s Aibo.
The Dream Dog is capable of responding to voice commands such as sit, rollover and speak.
The cute dog will be available this coming September for about $279.
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