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Photos: Meet Berti the robot

The path to the eventual robot domination of humankind may begin with a simple game of rock, paper, scissors.

A robot called Berti (short for Bristol Elumotion Robotic Torso 1) showed off its skill at the game last week at London's Science Museum, randomly generating one of the three hand shapes and using sensors to tell whether the outcome was a win, loss, or draw. It's apparently quite adept at moving its fingers and thumb in a variety of ways.

Obviously, the next skill to master is thumb wrestling.

Check out photos of Berti, along with a smiling … Read more

Humanoid Reem-B robot walks, talks, and listens

A new humanoid robot called Reem-B was unveiled on Wednesday at an event on Reem Island in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emerites.

The Reem-B robot from Pal Technology Robotics is capable of face recognition, speech interaction, biped walking, traversing stairs, and sitting (see video below). It can also recognize and pick up objects, as well as evaluate and map out a room to better navigate it.

Reem-B stands at 4'10" (1.47 meters) tall and weighs about 132 pounds (60Kg). It can carry up to 26 pounds (12Kg) in its arms and walk at a speed of … Read more

Is Tomy's i-Sobot a Robosapien killer?

iPod or i-Sobot? For just a little bit more than an 80GB iPod Classic, you can now preorder Tomy's tiny-but-impressive bipedal robot on Amazon.com.

The 6.5-inch tall, $300 i-Sobot has already been available in Japan for a while, and it's slated to hit U.S. stores in October.

The miniature robot uses three AAA batteries to power the 17 servo motors for its joints and limbs, three separate CPUs to control its voice and movement, and two gyroscopic sensors, which give it a pretty good sense of balance. The robot can perform such nimble actions as … Read more