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Is this… what… a sexy robot calendar?

July 27, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You don’t stumble across this every day. Andrei Feheregyhazi is thinking about 2018 already, in fact, he’s already working on a calendar for it. He calls it ‘sexy’ robots and has a Kickstarter campaign to collect your money.…

Cozmo is a cheeky little robot

June 27, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Okay, I’ll put my hands up and admit it. I don’t need a Cozmo. I’m pretty tempted by one, though. Here’s a company that’s worked to put a basic AI into a tiny machine and built an ‘emotion engine’.…

Short film: Uncanny Valley

May 11, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This work from 3DAR is very clever. Imagine a future with easy to access virtual reality. Okay, that future isn’t too far away. Imagine a little further ahead when the tech is cheap and people have had enough to become addicted.…

Short film: 2am

April 26, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This short film from New Monday uses robots and space travel to explore the concept of loneliness. With a loud soundtrack from Three More Shallows it manages to do that and feel a bit like a music video too.…

Short film: Giant Robots from Outer Space

October 28, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Giant Robots from Outer Space manages to be a parody, a tribute and a twist all in one. The animation is inspired by those wonderful b-movies from the 50s. Expect to see some iconic scenes re-made here.…

Sharp’s new phone is a little robot

October 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Is the “Heart moving phone” the future of smartphones? The little robot weighs about 390g and includes a phone, camera, projector and can walk around. No mention of what OS the phone uses but there’s a quad-core 1.2Ghz CPU in Robohon.…

Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid

September 10, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The BB-8 Droid from Sphero is a hot ticket item in the UK. Some retailers are struggling to get hold of them, Amazon is charging a premium but at the time of writing IWooT has some left and so does Zavvi.…

Short Film: The Last One

August 7, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

By the year 2058 mankind will have created robots that look and act like us. We’ll have gone to war. After all; what else would you expect from a race that acts like us?…

Short film: Two Worlds

June 8, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The story here, according to Andy Lefton, is that opposites attract. The two characters featured are certainly opposite in many ways but both quite charming in their own right. The catch?…

Iaijutsu sword master versus MOTOMAN-MH24 industrial robot

June 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Should we teach industrial robots to use katana? Machii Isao holds five Guinness World Records including the marathon 1,000 iaido sword cuts whch took just over 36 minutes. In this challenge the advanced industrial robot, the MOTOMAN-MH24, was taught Machii’s style (and we can see him help the robot) and then put against him.…

Is this… what… a sexy robot calendar?

Cozmo is a cheeky little robot

Short film: Uncanny Valley

Short film: 2am

Short film: Giant Robots from Outer Space

Sharp’s new phone is a little robot

Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid

Short Film: The Last One

Short film: Two Worlds

Iaijutsu sword master versus MOTOMAN-MH24 industrial robot

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