Humanoid Robots

NASA Robonaut now also a Twitternaut - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

NASA Robonaut now also a Twitternaut
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
R2, created through a joint project between NASA and General Motors, is the most advanced dexterous humanoid robot in existence, and will be the first ...
NASA's First Robotic Crew Member to Tweet from Space Station, Available for ...PR Newswire (press release)

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PAL Robotics Announces an Open Contest for Biped Humanoid Robot Design, a ... - PR.com (press release)

PAL Robotics Announces an Open Contest for Biped Humanoid Robot Design, a ...
PR.com (press release)
PAL Robotics, a humanoid robots R & D company has recently announced a prize of $1200 for winning contester who is selected for best cover design of its ...

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JJ Abrams Going Steampunk With Boilerplate - Escapist Magazine

JJ Abrams Going Steampunk With Boilerplate
Escapist Magazine
Boilerplate, created by Paul Guinan, is a fictional humanoid robot character built in the late 1890s, and boy did he get around. ...

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'Welfare robots' to ease burden in greying Japan - AFP

AFP	'Welfare robots' to ease burden in greying Japan AFP TOKYO — Robotic wheelchairs, mechanical arms and humanoid waiters are among the cutting-edge inventions on show at a robotics fair in Japan, a country ... and more »

Great King Kizer: Robot Sitting In Wheelchair - CrunchGear (blog)

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Great King Kizer: Robot Sitting In Wheelchair
CrunchGear (blog)
But robots sitting in wheelchairs is an entirely new idea, as just demonstrated at ROBOTECH 2010 in Tokyo. The humanoid you can see on the picture is called ...
Japan robots chat, play and help find lost specs. Full ArticleReuters India

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REEM-H1 Robot Will Roll Around in Hotels and Museums, Maybe - SlashGear (blog)

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REEM-H1 Robot Will Roll Around in Hotels and Museums, Maybe
SlashGear (blog)
As you can see from the image, the REEM-H1 is obviously a humanoid robot, even if it doesn't have legs. It certainly has arms, and the same cold, ...
REEM-H1 prototype robot meant to function in the service lineUberGizmo (blog)

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HRP-2 Promet Takes Robot Baby Steps Over Uneven Terrain - SlashGear (blog)

HRP-2 Promet Takes Robot Baby Steps Over Uneven Terrain
SlashGear (blog)
We've seen robots of all sorts: bipedal, four-legged, and even ones that have wheels instead of legs. There are plenty of humanoid ones out there, too. ...
HRP-2 Promet tackles uneven terrain with aplombUberGizmo (blog)

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Myon the Friendly Humanoid Robot - Softpedia

Myon the Friendly Humanoid Robot
Softpedia
By Smaranda Biliuti, News Editor Myon is an 1.25 meters humanoid robot, whose body parts can be removed and reattached without loosing full functionality. ...
Resistance is futile… robot tech lands at KPlastics & Rubber Weekly

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New Iran threat: Slow-moving humanoid robots - CNET

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New Iran threat: Slow-moving humanoid robots
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Iranian humanoid robot Surena II is seen in Tehran at a ceremony marking the national day of industry. How many nuclear centrifuges does Iran ...
Iranian president is greeted by nation's first humanoid robot (and doesn't it ...Daily Mail
Ahmedinejad Unveils Iranian Humanoid RobotPopular Science
Ahmedinejad Shows Off Iran's Second Humanoid Robot: Sorina 2Geekosystem
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Can A Space Robot Make Driving On Earth Safer? - Wall Street Journal (blog)

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Can A Space Robot Make Driving On Earth Safer?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The car maker and the space agency have been working on the “humanoid” robot named R2 since 2007. R2 uses sensors to determine its position and coordinate ...
Robonaut 2 enters final preparations before flying off into spaceEngadget (blog)

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