What more do you need for a simple, (slightly) scary robot this Halloween?
Constructed from some simple bits of LEGO, servo motor, LEDs and simple microchip, the Rovin’ Pumpkin isn’t exactly a hit on the dance floor, but with its glowing green eyes and sneaky little movements, it could scare a few trick or treaters this [...]

I love the advancement of robotics to produce machines that approach humanlike movement. The PETMAN is a cool creation, but ever so slightly freaky.

I hurt one of my legs last week and I swear I was walking a bit like this robot when it reaches 3.2mph (granted, I couldn’t walk that fast).
PETMAN’s main purpose is [...]

I stumbled across this amazing homemade robot called Loki (named after the Norse god of mischief) last week and had to share it with you.

This four foot tall robot not only looks fantastic but seems to be highly functional, thanks to some nifty systems and programming by its creator, Dave Shinsel.

Staff at new British tech site Recombu have obviously had some time on their hands recently, because they’ve been making “robots” out of cardboard boxes, baking foil and an iPhone running the MouthOff application.
In fact, that’s the most technological part of the whole effect. If you’re comfortable gaffer taping your beloved Apple phone to the [...]

Check out this little fellow, a “walking machine” (he/she/it doesn’t have a name) designed, built and in ongoing development by Drew.
“Created for entertainment purposes. It is made to dance and entertain people at conventions and parties.”

Take a robot pitcher, constructed with a mechanical arm and a high-speed, three-fingered hand that can open and close at up to 10 times per second, and a robot batter with 1,000fps cameras, and you have the beginnings of a cyber-baseball team.
Here’s a video including slow-motion replay:

When Apple opened up the dock connector to third party hardware developers with its latest iPhone OS 3.0, I’m not sure it had this kind of application in mind.

Just stumbled across these awesome LEGO robotic creations by Gladius, who has uploaded a load to Flickr.

Actually, there’s a lot of other stuff besides robots, but that’s what caught my eye. The pic above is Industrial-Grade P-8 Lifter Robot. Be sure to check out the original artwork.

Hommage is a unique creation by reaver, who has several robot inspired items in his Etsy store. Hommage is a humanoid transforming in to a jet plane and is 17″ when standing. The original piece is currently on display in the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. If you have $2.000 over you can [...]

I’ve just found these fantastic little pewter robot charms on Etsy.
They only stand an inch tall but have good detailing on them. They’re being sold for $4.98 per pair, but apparently the seller has a huge bag of them so you could probably create your own army of them if you wanted.
Check out more [...]

I wonder who woke up one morning and thought “I need to build a machine that can beat out rhythms really fast and really loud on that old drum I’ve got in the garage”?
Troy Rogers, Steven Kemper and Scott Barton of Expressive Machines Musical Instruments, that’s who.
They’ve created Madi (the Multi Mallet Automatic Drumming Instrument) [...]

I still couldn’t believe I missed posting about Rovio during the holidays. He has got to be one of the most sensible purchases a geek could have ever made. Most specially if he needed to be two places at one time.
I think it’s a good thing too, because if you head [...]