Learning to ride a bike all by yourself is a big step in growing up. For robots, however, it means being getting redesigned as an all new model.
Dr Guero took the Kondo KHR-3HV and upgraded it to ride a bike. Clearly it's only a matter of time before Lil' BikeTron 5000 achieves sentience and enslaves humanity.
Usually when we hear the words "robot exoskeleton," we think of science fiction. But for Amanda Boxtel, a woman who was paralyzed from the waist down in a skiing accident 20 years ago, an amazing powered exoskeleton has given her newfound mobility.
More rise of the machines: This smartphone-powered Lego robot is able to solve a Rubik's Cube in about six seconds. Watch a robot do what few nerds can below.
What if our impending robot overlords didn't want to enslave us, but instead just wanted to use our pianos to play covers of Queen's 'We Are the Champions.' Because that's all this Freddie Mercury-loving droid seems to want to do
The number one movie in America, for the second week in a row, is the Hugh Jackman battling 'bots flick 'Real Steel.' Conan O'Brien knows this and decided to capitalize on the sudden interest in robots, pitting two handmade robots against each other on last night's show.
Leave it to Japan to develop a hair washing robot. So far it looks like they are only using it on mannequins. It's only a matter of time before the robots move from hair washing to human subjugation. Watch below
What's cuter than a baby? How about a robot baby? This video of the not-at-all-terrifying iCub crawling robot baby is both adorable and a reminder of humanity's increasing obsolescence. Soon you will be our ruler, robot baby.
The Olympic Committee may not have any plans to allow robots into the 2012 Summer Games as of yet. But if they have a change of heart, we know at least one robot who will be prepared.
Robot NO.8 Kovacs is a small Japanese robot who has the type of skills on the high bar that even the best gymnasts would envy. While he does need a little help getting onto the bar, once he's up there, his moves can't be beat. Watch your back, Shawn Johnson.
The folks at Cornell Creative Machines Lab wanted to see what happened if two chatbots, which had been programmed to carry on coherent conversations with people, were instead introduced to each other.
The results are pretty funny and more awkward than any human-on-human first date we can imagine. Check out the banter, which quickly takes an odd philosophical turn, below.
If you think soccer is a low-scoring sport now, just wait until the robot goalies take over. This prototype of a mechanical goalkeeper isn't ready for a regulation net, but is able to flawlessly protect his indoor soccer-sized goal from some pretty tough shots using GPS-like technology.
Next, they should probably program the net-minding bot to take dives.