Robots social network

More info here:
http://mashable.com/2011/12/28/social-network-for-robots

NAO robot gets an upgrade

More at http://singularityhub.com/2011/12/17/the-nao-humanoid-robot-gets-slimmer-and-smarter-with-nao-next-gen-video

Robots make sandwiches and popcorn

This intelligent robots can now make sandwiches and popcorn
http://www.pcworld.com/article/246229/cuisine_robots_make_sandwiches_and_popcorn_new_best_friend.html

NAO Next Gen : the new robot of Aldebaran Robotics

Robotland

South Korea and Japan are creating parks with the main theme to be robots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9637666.stm

Robotic evidence

Marshal Brain has an excellent blog on recent robotic developments, and how robots are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives

http://roboticnation.blogspot.com/

Robotic freedom, by Marshal Brain

Marshal Brain expresses his thoughts on the robotic future for society, and suggests some ideas on how to make the transition beneficial to everyone

http://marshallbrain.com/robotic-freedom.htm

Pool-playing robot

Can robots beat humans on pool? This robot looks like it has mastered the game
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/06/born-to-be-viral-pool-playing-robot-rivals-humans.html

Ball-catching robot

German scientists constructed a robot that predicts the monitors and extrapolates the trajectory of a ball before catching it
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/born-to-be-viral-ball-catching-robot.html

Kilobots

Harvard's Kilorobots organize and move in a swarm while being able to communicate with each other.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-kilobots-tiny-collaborative-robots.html

Kinect robot that can clean your house

The user's moves are recognized by XBOX Kinect and they control the robot.
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/kinect-powered-robot-lets-you-clean-up-your-house-remotely

Robot chess

Someone has built chess-piece robots that can navigate on a giant chessboard. coolrobots.net has more details http://www.coolrobots.net/2011/04/monster-robot-chess-army-based-on-legos.html

Arduino

IEEE Spectrum goes through the history of making Arduino, which has become very popular for robot building. More here http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/the-making-of-arduino

Olly

Olly is a new device that connects to your computer and can deliver web notifications through smells. Definitely worth checking at http://ollyfactory.com. They will soon post instructions of how the device was made

Human-like Walking

HRP-4C has developed human-like walking robots

New Honda Asimo

Honda's robot is becoming faster and smarter, watch it run and serve a drink in this presentation:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/hondas-asimo-robot-sheds-a-few-pounds-gets-all-autonomous-on-u/

Autonomous sea robot

This robot is fully autonomous with wave and sun power
http://tribotix.tumblr.com/post/12441033094/liquid-robotics-waveglider-is-an-autonomous

3D printed robots

Making your own robots has become easier than ever after the introduction of 3D printers. This 4-track robot is a good example: http://hackaday.com/2011/11/06/4track-robot-gets-around-with-ease

Google Chrome store recently introduced an app that allows you to do the same: http://www.myrobotnation.com/instructions

Sphero ball

Sphero is an iPhone controlled ball and many games can be played with it. More information in singularityhub:

http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/02/sphero-the-130-robot-ball-thats-also-a-video-game-rolls-out-in-december/

http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/11/robot-ball-controlled-by-your-iphone-video-games-move-into-reality-video/

A Socially Assistive Robot

Would be fun to have a robot trainer

How to build an underwater robot

Interested in exploring the oceans, the lake near you, or just curious on how to build a robot from scratch? The following guide is a great introduction on how to build an underwater robot

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/for_fun/BuildUnderwaterRobot.pdf

TED Talk: Dennis Hong: My 7 species of robot

One of the greatest TED talks from Dennis Hong

Robotic tractor that drives itself

A robotic tractor that can drive itself and it can calculate it's path through attached GPS. More at 
http://singularityhub.com/2011/11/01/cruise-control-farming-%E2%80%93-robotic-tractor-drives-itself-video

Crowdsourced labor controlled by AI

Google invested in a startup called Humanoid that intends to organize crowdsourced labor using intelligent software agents. This might be the labor of the future: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/02/humanoid-google-ventures/

Boston Dynamics Humanoid

Boston dynamics has developed a humanoid that can walk, squat and do other moves a human body could do. Very flexible and accurate movements.

IEEE Spectrum has the story
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/stunning-video-of-boston-dynamics-petman-humanoid

Podcasts on robots

A list of 80+ episodes on robotics from experts in the area discussing the best robotic technologies http://www.robotspodcast.com/list

Reading the human brain

The Economist has an excellent article on new technologies used for brain scanning, able to identify and measure detailed activity in the human brain: http://www.economist.com/node/21534748?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/mindgoogling

82robots daily newspaper

82robots daily newspaper is published with the most recent news on robots and artificial intelligence. Check it out here http://paper.li/82robots/1319926379#

BattleBots Season 3.0

BattleBots is one of the most fun events for amateur robotics with intense competition

ABB Robotics - Fanta Can Challenge

Amazing accuracy from robotic arms

Actroid-F now has a brother!

TechCrunch has the story and the video with the two robots interacting with humans

http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/actroid-f-japans-super-realistic-humanoid-gets-a-brother-video

Robots replacing middle-class jobs

Two very interesting articles on how robot have changed the game for lots of types of jobs, and some predictions for the not so distant future

 

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/robots-are-stealing-american-jobs-economists-say

http://www.good.is/post/automation-insurance-robots-are-replacing-middle-class-jobs/

Robots vs. Humans in the labor market

Will robots and software do all the work in the future with humans unable to compete for labor?

Some really interesting points are made by Dyske Suematsu in his recent article, regarding machines increasing efficiency in the workplace and decreasing the need to hire more workers

http://dyske.com/paper/945

Robot triathlon

A Japanese company has built a robot ready to compete in a challenging triathlon. More details here http://youtu.be/WdbwvL4sGcw

How to make a robot!

Robotshop has published a quick how-ton guide on making your own robot, from choosing the material to selecting the controllers and software, truly exciting stuff, check it out here

A robot that can play Angry Birds!

O'Reilly radar on a robot that can play angry birds http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/angry-birds-robot-mobile-testing.html

Amazing Humanoid Robot

This looks very real

Make a Voice Controlled Robot

This guy shows how to build the robot from scratch

Giant Robot Dinosaurs from Japan

Dinosaurs are back!

Turtlebot

Turtlebot is made using iRobot, ROS and Kinect and it's programmed to recognize and follow the user.

Robot Dance at ASTC 2011

Events

Some exciting events this month

• COMBOTS on October 28th-30th in the Bay Area
• ChiBots iHobby Expo on October 23rd and 24th in Chicago

Impressive! Robot solves Rubik Cube faster than a human

More here http://singularityhub.com/2011/10/19/lego-robot-beats-human-world-record-for-solving-the-rubiks-cube

A Robot builds other robots out of spray foam

Foambot can build other robots from spray foam. This technology will be used to build houses or other items in the future. More information at IEEE Spectrum
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/watch-this-robot-build-other-robots-out-of-spray-foam

Robot Housekeeper

These robots developed in Japan can do laundry and dishes

Genibo dog robot

Robot dogs are increasingly becoming more realistic http://youtu.be/P9bqb5fY7Os

POOP SCOOP robot

PR2 robot made by Willow Garage can identify and collect poop http://youtu.be/3q4cLRBaDvg

Nao Robot

Nao is one of the smartest robots on the market, and it can be programmed by ROS

Robot-assisted hair restoration?

Robot-assisted hair restoration? LA Times presents a new robotic machine for hair restoration

Raytheon Sarcos robotic arms

Now, what's next? A robot suit where humans can control a giant robot?

Living With Robots

Honda introduces it's humanoid robot Asimo, which can currently walk, climb stairs and carry items. The video is going through the history of developing this robot and the challenges ahead

Robots playing ping-pong

Chinese students spent 4 years to develop humanoid robots that can play ping pong. A video with the robots playing is here http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-ping-pong-robots-debut-china-video.html

Robotics class

You can now take an introductory robotics class for free. Stanford has published lectures for their CS 223A class at udemy http://www.udemy.com/introduction-to-robotics/

Robot soccer

Some amazing soccer matches with humanoid robots. More at http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/virginia-techs-romela-rocks-robocup-2011

A Robot Plays Jenga

IEEE Spectrum has the full article http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robot-masters-jenga-next-the-world

Robot dancing wondergirls' nobody

Video link

A robot that flies like a bird

Robot Violinist

This robot violinist is pretty amazing

Robots that learn how to think

This robot is doing internet search to find solutions to tasks that is given to do and becomes better and better over time. More here: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-japanese-scientist-unveils-robot.html

Hair-washing robot

Japanese robot programmed to wash hair

More information about this robot here.

Aldebaran Robotics Nao Robot Show

Singularity

Michio Kaku on Singularity. In the future humans will merge with robots and connect through an intelligent network

Will robots and AI take over the stock market?

Trading firms employ AI algorithms and automated systems to discover patterns and  profit from mispricings. More here  http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-109669.htm

Robot orders a sandwich for you

Engadget article on robot using semantic search to order a sandwich http://goo.gl/nKG3l

Mobile robot with a biological brain

Scientists create robot controlled by a biological rat brain

Full paper here: http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/8181

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio

Microsoft announces Robotics Developer Studio 4 Beta with support for Kinect. Cool stuff!

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Microsoft-Robotics-Developer-Studio-4-Beta-Gets-Kinected
 

AlphaDog

This robotic dog was developed to carry heavy items and to be able to navigate difficult terrains

iPhone robotics

Engadget has a cool story with a robotic toolkit attached to an iPhone  http://goo.gl/awJH7