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Robotic Roommates Create Bavarian Breakfast

More than just your standard robots, “James and Rosie were seen together cooking the traditional Weisswurst Frühstück, a Bavarian sausage breakfast.” For those who aren’t familiar with these two bots, “James is a PR2 robot, built by U.S. robotics firm Willow Garage, and it traveled to Germany as part of the PR2 Beta Program, an [...]

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Robochef Makes Cooking Chinese Food Easy

For those who love Chinese food, but hate paying take-out prices, meet the Robochef. According to MIK (creators), “with the Robo-Chef ‘everybody can cook Chinese cuisine with no training’; just place all ingredients you need in the wok and watch the Robo-Chef shake and rotate.” Video after the break. MIK offers the Robo-Chef as a [...]

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Horror Mobie Robot Automatically Debones Ham

The Mayekawa HAMDAS-R robot is one that looks to be straight from a horror movie, as it is capable of deboning “a ham at twice the speed of a human (that’s 500 hams an hour!).” Continue reading to see it in-action. Supposedly this robot is intelligent enough to distinguish the meat from the bone, which [...]

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Holiday Robot Dance

What better way to bring in the holidays than with a group of dancing robots? It’s not just dancing, this group jives to holiday tunes. Unfortunately, retail availability of the robots have not yet been announced. Video after the break. Well, as you’ll see in the amazing video after the break: it doesn’t get much [...]

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Unicycling Robot

Called Murata Seiko, this second-generation unicycling robot features an improved turning ratio, balance, and three-times the speed of its predecessor. It will be shown at the CEATEC 2009 convention. Continue reading for a video demonstration. All of this culminates in her new-found ability to navigate a very thin balance beam. [Source]

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