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Robotic Bird Airplane Can Perch on a Human Hand (May 2, 2012): Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a bird-like micro aerial vehicle (MAV) that can make a soft landing and perch on a human hand.

Robot Named Herb Microwaves a Frozen Dinner (May 1, 2012): Herb, which is short for Home Exploring Robot Butler, has been taught how to use the microwave.

Robotic Arm Weaves Web at MIT Media Lab (April 30, 2012): A robot is weaving a cocoon-like structure at the MIT Media Lab.

TheCorpora Robotic Company Begins Pre-orders for its Qbo Robots (April 27, 2012): Automaton reports that Thecorpora has started taking for its autonomous Q.

Hugvie is a Huggable Vibrating Robotic Cushion (April 27, 2012): Hugvie is a robotic cushion designed for hugging.

EMIEW2, Hitachi's Office Assistant Robot, Can Quickly Locate Misplaced Scissors or Staplers (April 26, 2012): Hitachi has created a cute little red helmet wearing robot, EMIEW2, that was designed to be an office assistant.

Robots That Walk, Grab Objects Can Be Made With Barobo's Modular Robot System (April 25, 2012): Barobo has come up with the Mobot, a low cost modular robot.

Festo ExoHand Lets Wearer Control Robotic Hand and Feel What the Robot Grasps (April 23, 2012): The Festo ExoHand is an exoskeleton that can be worn like a glove.

Participants Argue With Robot, Accuse It of Lying, in Experiment (April 23, 2012): Psychologists at the University of Washington conducted a study to see if people will hold robots morally accountable.

Autom is a Weight Loss Coach Bot (April 20, 2012): Autom is a friendly weight loss coach robot from Intuitive Automata.

South Korean Prison Gets World's First Robot Prison Guard (April 16, 2012): A prison in South Korea has the first robot prison guard in the world.

DARPA to Hold Disaster-Response Robot Challenge With $2 Million Prize (April 10, 2012): DARPA announced plans plans to offer a $2 million prize to whomever can help push the state-of-the-art in robotics beyond today's capabilities in support of the DoD's disaster recovery mission.

U.S. Navy Warns Pirates They Can't Hide From Its Smart Robocopters (April 9, 2012): The U.

HUBO Robots Cover the Beatles' Come Together (April 5, 2012): Drexel University's HUBO robots have covered the Beatles song, "Come Together.

Video: Octavia, the Navy's Firefighting Robot, Puts Out a Fire (April 3, 2012): The Naval Research Lab (NRL) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) have built a firefighting robot named Octavia to help them put out fires, which are one of the greatest risks to the U.

University of South Florida's Solar Powered Robot Tweets Ocean Conditions (April 2, 2012): University of South Florida has solar-powered robots, Solar-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUVs), that can analyze ocean conditions and tweet them.

Boxing Robot Shadows a Person's Movements (March 30, 2012): PC World reports that robot builder Naoki Maru was inspired by the Real Steel movie to make Real King Kizer, a boxing robot that shadows a person's movements.

Self-Oscillating Gel Could Lead to Artificial Skin That Gives Robots Ability to Feel (March 29, 2012): Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have demonstrated that a nonoscillating gel can be resuscitated in a fashion similar to a medical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Sand Flea Robot Jumps 30 Feet in the Air (March 28, 2012): Boston Dynamics has created an 11 pound robot, named Sand Flea, that can perform vertical leaps up to 30 feet in the air.

Japanese Scientists Create Robot Hand for Remote Hand Shaking (March 28, 2012): Japanese scientists at Osaka University have created a robot hand so people can shake hands with someone remotely.

Startup Envisions Taco Delivery by Quadcopter (March 26, 2012): A startup plans to deliver tacos using drones.

Simulation: A Robotic Car Intersection of the Future (March 22, 2012): Here is a simulation of a intersection that is perhaps not too far off in our future full of robot driven vehicles.

Georgia Tech Researchers Studying Sandfish Lizards for Search and Rescue Robot Ideas (March 22, 2012): Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have been studying sandfish lizards for the past three years.

Robot Barber Shaves Man's Head (March 21, 2012): A human named Tim bravely volunteered to have his head shaved by Intelligent Automation's Multi-Arm Unmanned Ground Vehicle (MA-UGV).

Ocean Powered Robojelly Could Power Itself Indefinitely (March 21, 2012): Robojelly is a hydrogen-powered robot that mimics the look of movements of a real jellyfish.