Tuesday, April 23, 2024

By David Ponce I dunno... I never caught on with the AIBO fella. Maybe it had to do with the exorbitant prices. What do I know? In any case, my opinion doesn't matter. What's important to...

By David Ponce So let's say you're the proud owner of a very chichi, neo-modern, (insert artsy adjective here) gallery. You're looking for some sort of gimmick to get people talking, and maybe even thinking. Perhaps you would...

By David Ponce Robots... there's a new one everyday. This particular one is being sold by Japanese company Volks and is called ROBOFIE. It does a bunch of things, all of which are listed inside. Out here, you'll find...

By Michelle Cheung This robot has been in the news since the 2003. And now, it's in the news, all over the place, again. What's the deal? Well, it's finally available for sale. Developed for home use by Mitsubishi...

By David Ponce The robot carpet cleaners are very popular. Here's yet another, with the added bonus of being inexpensive, at around $60, though apparently it's only being sold in Germany, through Amazon. I expect it does just about what...
By David Ponce I like robots: they spawned a dance revolution. They also do useful stuff from time to time, like build your cars and such. Well, the TerminatorBot wants to get all humanitarian on you instead and...

Okay... Short and sweet, again. A robot floor cleaner. Like the Roomba. This one will also mop and polish. Fun huh? The site's here. Story VIA TRFJ.

So, there's one more of those robots that do menial tasks for you. Before I get to the description, let's see the list so far. You have the carpet cleaners: the Roomba, the Scooba and the SmartCarpet....
Er, well, conceptually, it seems interesting. You have your little remote controlled sumo wrestling bots. You have your little arena. Fun times, right? They're neat because you can actually program some moves into them via...