Dancing WALL-E
September 5th, 2008 by
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From the minds of the people at Sharper Image comes the iDance WALL-E MP3-playing robot, which moves and grooves while playing your favourite tunes from your iPod playlist. This lovable little robot was a smash hit in the movie theatres, so he’s sure to be a hit in your home as well.
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ACM-R5 - amphibious robotic snake
August 14th, 2008 by
Gadgets Maniac in
Robot Gadgets |
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The Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan has unveiled its latest creation: the ACM-R5, an incredible amphibious robotic snake.
The ACM-R5 uses special paddles and wheels mounted around its body to propel itself through water and over ground in a truly snake-like fashion, generating propulsive force to allow it to glide freely in the tangential direction but not the normal direction, just like a real snake.
Each joint in the ACM-R5 contains a CPU, battery and individual motors, and all of the joints can operate independently. The control system allows these units to communicate via exchanged signals, so that the units can work together to provide locomotion as a whole. Read the rest of this entry »
Ever find that you hit the snooze button far too often? Well, consider that a thing of the past after you purchase Clocky, the alarm clock that only lets you hit that button once! After the snooze button is activated and your added naptime has run out, Clocky will actually jump off your nightstand and wheel off in search of a place to hide, beeping the whole time. The only way to get Clocky to be quiet is to get out of bed and chase him down!
