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Robotic Wheelchair
We have seen robotic chairs before, such as Take A Seat by Jelte van Geest and even a Brain Controlled Wheelchair, but never a smart wheelchair that follows you around. The wheelchair, developed at Saitama University in Japan, uses distance senors to stay far enough to your left as to not get in your way. [...]
Telenoid R1 Visits The Uncanny Valley
Hiroshi Ishiguro, the creator of the doppleganger robot, has created another crazy robot that falls way down into the uncanny valley. The robot, called Telenoid R1, looks like it was sculpted out of white modeling clay. It has the face of a human, but the body is somewhat lacking as it does not have hands [...]
Japan to Send Rover To The Moon
A report recently approved by the Japanese government sets its sights on going to the moon. At first they thought they wanted a human robot on the moon, but now aim to have a rover on the moon in five years. Why not send Wall-e? He is friendly, well mannered, is wheeled like a rover [...]
RODEM – Segway Like Robot
Tmusk, a robot maker from Japan, has unveiled the RODEM (Robot De Enjoy Mobility). This vehicle is sort of like a Segway and a robot combined. The robot can be controlled by body movements or a joystick. The robot can also be equipped with GPS, voice commands and a few other extras and is aimed [...]
Roller Skating Robot
Hitachi unveils a robot that can roller skate, sort of. Called EMIEW2 (Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate), the robot can walk on uneven surfaces thanks to legs with wheels and shock absorbers. The robot stands 32 inches tall and weighs about 31 pounds. EMIEW2 also sports 14 microphones in it’s head, in order [...]