Posts Tagged ‘robots’

LEGO mecha: from bricks to battle

By Shay • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time1 comment

The world of LEGO is a delightful place where you can build anything you want. Where the only limit is how many bricks you have. Mecha are some of the coolest and most popular custom LEGO creations.


Make your own robots with RoboBuilder

By Shay • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features3 comments

Have you ever wanted to build your own robot? Even if you had the how-to knowledge, developing one from scratch could be very costly. Well, thanks to RoboBuilder, your wish may just come true.


ASIMO conducts “The Impossible Dream”

By Shay • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Features, news3 comments

Honda’s ASIMO robot recently conducted the Detroit Symphony in a performance of “The Impossible Dream”. Time to add ‘conducting an orchestra’ to the long list of of things ASIMO can do.


ApriPoko - the robot remote control

By Shay • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, Features4 comments

If you thought the remote was a cool invention, Toshiba’s ApriPoko takes things to a new level. The smart robo will learn how you use the remote so it can perform the same actions later.


Toshiba robophones to conquer all

By Shay • Feb 29th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, Features8 comments

If robots ever want to take over the world, infiltrating our lines of communcation would be a good starting point. The Toshiba’s “PhoneBraver” may make that task that much easier.


Shunichi Makino’s papercraft robots

By Shay • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Features4 comments

Out with the plastic models and in with the paper ones — like Shunichi Makino’s papercraft robots.
The Japanese graphic designer has been crafting stunning models of robots and other sci-fi creations from paper for years.

via SF Paper Craft Gallery
He originally released the coolest of his original creations so far: the Lens Head TypeB robot, in [...]


ASIMO the waiter

By Shay • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time3 comments

One of the latest commericals starring Honda’s ASIMO robot has the little guy working as a waiter. He serves customers, entertains kids, and hangs out in the break room. It’s very cool and ASIMO rocks.