The University of Michigan College of Engineering has been awarded a five-year Army contract to develop a six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat that would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.
Researchers at the University of Plymouth are working on a 1m-high (3ft) humanoid baby robot called iCub.
Over the next four years robotics experts will work with language development specialists who research how parents teach children to speak, BBC reports.
Pal Technology Roboticsplans on creating a humanoid service robot using Humanoid Robot - REEM-B . REEM-B is able to walk dynamically, grasp objects and navigate within buildings. The 1.47 meter tall robot also accepts voice command and recognizes faces.
Spykee, is a new line of the Skype robot. Available are the Spykee Cell, Spykee Vox and Spykee Miss, all of which have a video camera, MP3 player, VoIP phone, microphone, louspeaker, motors, and the ability to dock an iPod .
The Bluetooth controlled robot, Plen is available now in Japan. Plen is powered by a 32 bit ARM7 CPU at 33MHz and has 18 movable joints. It connects to the PC via USB and can also be controlled by a cell phone via Bluetooth.
Plen is available now in limited numbers of 50 in Japan for 262,500 Yen ($ 2200)
Samsung has launched upgrades to their autonomous vacuum cleaner offering with the VC-RS60 and VC-RS60H.
The robots designed by Zairo, recharge themselves once the remaining battery capacity drops below 20% and you can also give the robot a call with instructiosn to vacuum.
At the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotic applications for a wide variety of computing platforms.
The community technology preview of the Microsoft Robotics Studio is available for download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/robotics.
A team of Japanese scientists have developed a bipedal robot that could one day assist the handicapped and elderly up stairs, inclines and other difficult terrains. The robotic assist, called the "WL-16III Walkbot", is but one of many bipedal bots, exoskeletons and assists designed to aid the less able.
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