Tag Archives : Humanoid Robot

At the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 (CES 2011), we saw a vast line of robots that were introduced into the market for household purposes. From floor cleaning robots and vacuum cleaning robots to the window washing robot, till date nearly all advances made in the field of robotics have been focused on domestic help. However, there seems to be anew [...]

The newest Japanese humanoid robot was made by Kokoro and is being used in hospitals, testing the reaction and interaction of the patients. The Actroid-F is eerily similar to a human being, in this case with a Japanese woman in her 20s. It has sat 1.40 m and weighs about 30 kg. The Kokoro, in partnership with researchers from the University of Tokyo [...]

Here is an artistic toy called “Homage”, which is capable of transforming from a humanoid robot to a jet plane. This sounds pretty cool but the toy looks rather weird and scary. It comes in metallic finish and this adds up to its scary looks all the more. Its sharp and pointed hands look really dangerous. They look as if they can almost [...]