PC Magazine tests the upcoming dino-themed robot from the folks that brought you the Robo-Raptor. It’s fast, hungry and in a bad mood. Do you really want a cranky reptilian robot scampering about your house?
Reuters is reporting that soldiers are bonding with military robots built by iRobot (the company behind the Roomba). The soldiers even go so far as naming the robots they use in combat and mourning their destruction. I design wearable electronics, but I still find it disturbing that soldiers are making friends with bomb droping robots.
Waseda University and tmsuk have continued development of their walking robot. They’re up to the WL-16RIII generation which stands at 4 feet tall and is designed to carry the handicapped or elderly. It’ll still be five years before the device is even close to market and the dual joysticks seem far from intuitive.