This robot was built at the Aalborg University in Denmark. It is called the  Geminoid-F. From the Aalborg University website: “A geminoid is an android, designed to look exactly as its master, and is controlled through a computer system that replicates the facial movements of the operator in the robot.” …Continue reading … »

Mr. Masaaki Kumagai has built robots with extraordinary balancing abilities. His robots are about 19 inches tall and weigh 7.5kg. Each has three omnidirectional wheels and rides on a 3.6kg rubber-coated bowling ball. …Continue reading … »

One day we may have robots that are smart enough to complete complex household tasks for their owners. A guy by the name of “Clockwork” shares this thought and has done a very amusing video which illustrates this idea. …Continue reading … »

Remember Cyberstein’s Titan Robot? Well here it is again. This time it is performing at the Panasonic stand in the Gitex Exhibition. …Continue reading … »

This looks to have been part of a promotion that was going on at a car dealership in Mexico.

The Bumblee Bee costume actually transformers. …Continue reading … »

Natural disasters such as earthquakes are common in Japan.  And its easy to imagine the difficulties that emergency response services may have getting victims out of a disaster area, with the hazards such unsafe building structures and debris being among them. …Continue reading … »

The French performance art group La Machine built a pair of gigantic robot spiders which performed in Yokohama Japan last month.

They took part in Expo Y150, a festival which commemorated the 150th anniversary of the opening of the city’s port. …Continue reading … »

I haven’t seen the first transformers film but from what I’ve read and and been told by others it isn’t great. And there is the possibility that this will be of the same quality. Too bad. The special effects in this second Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen look absolutely amazing. These robots are photo-realistic and their designs have complex moving parts. Just look at Bumblebee, there is a multitude of parts on him that all move independently. Very nice. Hats off to ILM. …Continue reading … »

This hexapod robot - a robot with six legs - is one of the best I’ve seen so far.

It was built by an individual who goes by the name of Zenta. …Continue reading … »

Some people are able to do things like build motorcycles or cars in their garages and that in itself is a great achievement. But a Japanese man from the Ibaraki province has done something far more extraordinary. He has built a gigantic robot in his garage. …Continue reading … »