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Mark Cutkosky and a team at Stanford University have developed Stickybot, the latest in what seems to be a trend towards wall-climbing robot.Stickybot is inspired by the gecko. The gecko can… Read More

Cognex Corp of Natick, MA has purchased AssistWare, formed in 1995 by researchers from Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. The price has not been disclosed.Both companies specialise in mac… Read More

Researchers from the Free University in Brussels ave developed a miniature robot that can can fool cockroaches into thinking it is one of them.The Insbot is a matchbot sized robot that has b… Read More

Lego has announced that the code for the eagerly awaited Mindstorms NXT robotics platform is to be "open source".Following the level of user innovation that surrounded the original Mindstorm… Read More

The Robotics Industries Association (RIA) reports that North American sales of robotics fell some 30% in the first quarter of 2006. The figure is especially disappointing given that 2005 was… Read More

Just a quick entry to welcome to return of K9 in last night's Doctor Who episode "School Reunion".It was a great story, although it did remind me of why K9 became a problem - it's too easy t… Read More

It's reported that a new robot movie is in the works, to star Mike Myers.The new Paramount film is a comedy called "How To Survive a Robot Uprising", based on the book of the same title writ… Read More

Carnegie Mellon University has announced the latest inductees to its Robot Hall of Fame.2006 sees five robots newly honoured. These are:Maria (Metropolis)Gort (The Day The Earth Stood Still)… Read More

I just have to share this wonderful spoof from The Onion:MIT Fraternity Accused Of Robot HazingIt describes an alleged "robot hazing" incident at MIT which left one pledgebot missing and two… Read More

Lego has announced that they will be accepting pre-orders for the next generation Mindstorms NXT robotic toolkit from April 1st 2006. Shipping will not be until later in the summer.Mindstorm… Read More

Research by London's Imperial College shows that the use of robots in knee surgery considerably improves accuracy.The robot being tested was Acrobat which helps surgeons to line up replaceme… Read More

If you thought you could escape the rise of the robots at a country farm then think again. Researchers at the University of Warwick (my old alma mater) plan to take robots down among the man… Read More

TIAX, a technology company from Cambridge, MA, has been awarded the contract to design and build a prototype for a next-generation robotic bridge. The contract will be part of the Army's Fut… Read More

Hitachi has announced that it is working on a new prototype robot which it believes would be ideal for security applications.The 'bot is 57 cm high and that thing sticking out of its head is… Read More

The Austrian robot football team has won two European titles and one runners-up title.The Federation of International Robosoccer Association (FIRA) held the FIRA European Cup 2006 last weeke… Read More

The BBC reports on what could be a major step forward in heart surgery: a robot surgeon that monitors and responds to the heartbeat.Usually heart bypass surgery involves stopping the heart d… Read More

The US Army News Service reports on trials at Fort Gordon of a twenty ton robot vehicle.The system being tested is hoped to lead to largely unmanned robotic convoys. A manned lead vehicle ("… Read More

Robot Dreams has an interesting story: Vending Machine Robots Provide Security For Children.Apparently schools in Japan are testing a system to track young students on their way to and from… Read More

The upcoming LEGO Mindstorms NXT series was on display at the New York International Toy Fair. Thanks to various sites for pointing me in the direction of some photos online at ASMzine.com:h… Read More

The US Robotics Industries Association (RIA) reports that 2005 was the best year ever for the industry in North America.New orders were up some 23%, surpassing the previous all time high of… Read More

Ugobe, the "new kid on the block" in the world of electronic pets, has unveiled its first "Designer Life Form" (R).Pleo is a robotic young long-neck dinosaur with patented robotics motion. I… Read More

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reports on their successful use of a robot in underwater archaeology.The target was an underwater wreck of a wooden Greek merchant ship that sank… Read More

The Chicago Sun Times reports on an innovative use of robotics: the Indiana Department of Natural Resources in Michigan City are using a robotic deer to catch poachers.The deer, called "Buck… Read More

Japanese Company Tmusk has been "snow testing" its Enyru robot. Enyru - which means "rescue dragon" in Japanese - was developed to help in earthquake rescue. Tmusk hope that it will also be… Read More