Awesome Robot

A while back, we checked out Engineered Arts’ expressive humanoid robot Ameca. In this short video, the recently upgraded bot takes a look at herself in the mirror and seems quite happy with her new capabilities. It makes us wonder if someday a robot will look in a mirror and question their reality.

An amazing LEGO Mindstorms build from the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science. This wheeled machine can approach the edge of a table, and lay down a bridge that’s sturdy enough for it to cross. Oh, and when it’s done, it packs the bridge back up.

This lonely little robot has just one job to do – to tell the time by writing it down, then erasing it, over and over and over again. Even though it has no feelings, we’ve attached some and decided it’s the world’s most depressed robot.

University of Pennsylvania’s RHex robot has six bouncy legs which let it not only run like a screaming banshee, but it can climb stairs and spring itself into the air. While it’s designed for rescue missions, we want a toy version.

We’ve always assumed the main reason that robots are in factories was to reduce labor costs. But after watching this clip of the Stäubli TP80, you’ll realize our future masters have another major advantage.

While it might be a while before robots can achieve this guy’s sign-handling moves, it already looks like the robopocalypse is upon us as they take over even the most superfluous of our jobs.

Countless precisely-cut strips of paper and tiny gears comprise this amazing mechanical marvel – a biped robot assembled entirely from paper, a few wood dowels, and powered by rubber bands.

The robotic Miimo mower can automatically cut your lawn like a Roomba with a blade. Its tiny grass clippings just become mulch. Just don’t try and vacuum your living room with it.

Using a computer-controlled milling robot, Robotic Solutions transforms a non-descript block of blue styrofoam into a detailed bust of Ludwig van Beethoven, turn-by-turn, layer-by-layer.

Want an R/C robot that could fire paintballs at your enemies? Support this kickass Kickstarter project, and you could end up with your own weapon of paint destruction from roboticist Chris Rogers.