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.
A robotic hand controlled by the power of thought alone has been demonstrated by researchers in Japan.
The robotic hand mimics the movements of a person's real hand, based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of their brain activity. It marks another landmark in the advance towards prosthetics and computers that can be operating by thought alone.
Robot hand controlled by thought alone @ NewScientist
Honda Research Institute Japan showed a video in Tokyo demonstrating new mind control technology for robots reports RobotGossip
Their research, along with ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, uses MRI images of a brain to move the fingers on a robotic hand.
A person in the MRI machine made a fist, spread his fingers and then made a V-sign and the robot hand under his control made precisely the same movements.
VStone Japan has announced the "Robovie i" a two feet tall walking robot.
The robot is powered by a VS-RC003A processor and has onboard gyro sensors to keep it balanced. The Robovie measures 165 × 104 × 145mm and weighs around 600 grams. It will be available for preorder from mid July for 29,400 Yen ($ 270) in Japan. The Robovie will come in a choice of 4 colors White, Red, Blue and Gold.
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