Robot News: Page 14

CubeStormer II Solves Rubik's Cube Faster Than Feliks Zemdegs (October 22, 2011): There is a new robot that can solve the 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube faster than a human.

Japanese Scientists Build a Brother for Female Actroid-F Android Robot (October 22, 2011): Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Kokoro have partnered to create a male version of its android robot, Actroid F.

FoamBot Can Make Its Own Body Parts (October 19, 2011): Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created FoamBot.

PR2 Robot Learns to Scoop Poop (October 18, 2011): PR2 Robots keep learning how to do different tasks.

Scientists Teach iCub Robot to Crawl Like a Baby, Pour Cereal in a Cup (October 14, 2011): iCub is a humanoid robot that was developed as part of the EU project RobotCub.

Japanese Scientists Create Teddy Bear Robot With Soft Arms and Legs (October 9, 2011): Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have created a teddy bear robot with soft arms and legs.

Panasonic Unveils Robot Hair Washer, Robotic Bed and Telepresence Robot (October 9, 2011): Panasonic unveiled its new hair washing robot at a convention in Tokyo.

PR2 Robot Fetches Sandwich From Subway (October 4, 2011): A PR2 robot went and picked up an order from Subway.

Boston Dynamics Builds Robotic Beast Named AlphaDog to Carry Heavy Payloads for Miles and Miles (September 30, 2011): This four-legged robot, called AlphaDog, is being developed by Boston Dynamics for military use.

Da Vinci Surgical Robot Peels a Grape (September 29, 2011): A Da Vinci surgical robot was on display at Southmead Hospital on September 28 2011 to help raise awareness of men's cancers.

UC Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab Builds Small Robots Inspired by Cockroaches and Birds (September 27, 2011): UC Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab is building robots modeled after insects and birds.

Heathrow Airport Adds Driverless Pods (September 18, 2011): Heathrow has added driveless pods, called Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) pods, to carry passengers traveling between its business car park and the main terminal.

Panasonic Creates Tiny Robots to Compete in Ironman Challenge in Hawaii (September 15, 2011): Reuters reports that Panasonic Corp.

SOINN Robot Uses Past Experiences to Solve Problems (September 7, 2011): Japanese scientists have created a robot that applies what it has learned in the past to new situations.

MABEL is the World's Fastest Bipedal Robot With Knees (August 16, 2011): A two-legged robot in a University of Michigan lab can run like a human.

Robots Work Together to Remove a Book From a Shelf (August 15, 2011): In this robot project called Swarmanoid a group of robots work together to remove a book from a shelf.

Hexapod Robot Taught to Play Piano and Chess (August 10, 2011): A hexapod robot, named Chiara, has been taught how to play Ode to Joy.

Giant Teddy Bear Faced RIBA II Robot Designed to Lift Patients Into Wheelchairs (August 2, 2011): If you get sick in the future - and need to be lifted off the floor and into a wheelchair - a large teddy bear faced robot may come to your aid.

Creator of Tribble-like Robot Named Lovotics Says Bot Was Programmed With the Ability to Love (July 31, 2011): Hooman Samani, artificial intelligence researcher in Keio-NUS CUTE Center, has come up with Lovotics, a white Tribble-like robot that he claims has the ability to love and be loved by humans.

Scientists Develop Robotic Octopus Tentacle, Part of Larger Plan to Develop Complete Octobot (July 30, 2011): Scientists have developed a robotic version of an octopus tentacle.

DARwIn the Robot Prefers Tecate Beer Over Bud Light (July 29, 2011): This robot has a beer preference.

Wormbot Could Wiggle Its Way Into Damaged Buildings During Rescue Operations (July 7, 2011): Dr Jordan Boyle, a University of Leeds researcher built a large robotic worm that can wiggle its way around obstacles.

Video: Robots Prepare and Serve a Bavarian Breakfast (June 24, 2011): Robots TUM-James and TUM-Rosie cooperated to make a Bavarian sausage breakfast.

Robot Being Programmed to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies From Scratch (June 12, 2011): MIT graduate student Mario Bollini, a member of Professor Daniela Rus Distributed Robotics Lab, has spent the past several months programming a PR2 robot to bake chocolate chip cookies from scratch.

Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense Creates Spherical Flying Robot (June 11, 2011): The Japanese Ministry of Self-Defense created this spherical soccer-ball sized robot.