The Jetsons future we have all been waiting for is here (in about 10 years)!
The robot was designed to do household chores such as vacuuming, laundry and washing dishes.  The robot has the ability to move furniture as needed and put it back in the same spot when it is done doing the chores.
The so-called [...]

According to Xconomy, as of October 22, Helen Greiner has stepped down as chairman of iRobot.
iRobot is a Massachusetts based company that makes the Roomba household vacuum robot as well as several robots for the armed forces like the Packbot.
Helen was instrumental in founding the company in 1990 along with Rodney Brooks and Colin Angle. [...]

Have a problem with your cat? The Litter Robot is here to help.
After you cat does his or her business and leaves, the Litter Robot counts to seven and then rotates.  This rotating action sifts the clumps out and dumps them in the drawer below for easy removal.
Check out the Flash demo here.
I wish they [...]

The iRobot Roomba has now gone all cute with Hello Kitty edition being available on 9/30/08.  Only a limited edition of 500 will be produced at a price of about $810 or 84,500 yen.
The Hello Kitty edition will be available at the iRobot Japan website.
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The Rovio Spy Robot by WowWee Robotics is on sale at Hammacher Schlemmer for $299.95 and is expected to ship on 9/26.
The Wi-Fi enabled robot can be controlled via the web.  Using high resolution video streamed in MPEG 4 format, you can watch your house over the web.  The robot also a 2 way microphone [...]