The Japanese have been pioneers in robotic design, with a culture that seens to have embraced robotics to a greater degree than anywhere else. To illustrate that point, a photo gallery has been recently posted on the BBC technology news channel that shows some of the fascinating robots that Professor Shigeo Hirose of the Tokyo [...]

A group of scientists in the United Kingdom has launched an initiative designed to raise general interest in and awareness of robotics. Dubbed Walking with Robots, this educational outreach program runs from January 2006 to December 2008 and — according to the program grant description page — intends to “…produce a prominent UK-wide campaign for [...]

A recent story over at CNN.com (penned by Matthew Abshire) relates how a Georgia Tech instructor has managed to create a drumming robotic musician. Music Technology Professor Gil Weinberg and his team at Georgia Tech developed a robot — dubbed “Haile” — that can listen and analyze acoustic rythyms, then respond to that input in [...]

It may be one of the most unusual robotic applications to appear — ever — but you have to admit that artist Seth Weiner’s robotic fishbowl is one interesting piece of work. According to a few posts and news stories scattered about the web (see sources, below), this creation — dubbed “The Terranaut Project” — [...]

Some enterprising robotics engineers have managed to turn a Mac Mini computer into a “mobile mac mini”, or M3 for short. According to an article by one of the engineers posted over at MacMod.com, the creation was developed as an entry into the Great Mac Mod Challenge 2006, a yearly competition designed to bring out the [...]

According to a recent AP story by Yuri Kageyama, a company called ZMP Inc. has developed a new robotic device — dubbed the Miuro — that works with Apple’s ubiquitous iPod. According to the article, the $930 gadget features a top-loading slot for the iPod and two large dome-like wheels for locomotion. It can be [...]