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Similar to how a human voice box works, this robot uses air to produce sounds. Researchers are studying how a “robotic mouth” would work and enable robots to someday, sing!

Perhaps some day these robots can not only sing, but also dance and make beautiful music.

Soon NASA astronauts will have a new colleague on the International Space Station.

Robonaut 2 will be launching on STS 133 and will help ISS astronauts do chores in space.

The robot was designed and built with collaboration with General Motors.

Q: What do you get when you put 20 Nao robots in one room?

A: A Discotheque

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Nao Robots by Aldebaran

The Most Impressive Bank You’ve Ever Seen, Complete with Butler Robots!

Santander banking group in Spain is introducing their State of the Art financial campus, complete with an interactive wall and an interactive model of their campus that provides Augmented Reality (AR) information on the buildings’ functions, architecture, and even the art contained within.

Fitted with four Stereo Vision cameras, the Willow Garage RP2 is able to find, grasp, and fold five towels from a pile.

CubeStormer Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in Under 12 Seconds

This robot made out of Lego solves the Rubik’s Cube puzzle in under 12 seconds, faster than any human (that we know of). Check out the video:

Nao (the robot) Performs a Scene from Star Wars

Nao has become a strong contender in the small biped robot world. And now, he has even performed scenes from the Star Wars saga:

Stay tuned… Lord of the Rings is next!

Charlie, a product of Yujin Robotics of Korea, is launching Charlie, a robot that will help staff monitor patients in an Elderly Care fascility in Australia.

via CNet – http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10403944-1.html

Last week’s BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco had one new (cool) addition: a robot competition. Developers were asked to create applications on their RIM BlackBerry that controlled one of four Lego Mindstorm robots through an obstacle course.

The winner – James White of the TDC Group – got a shiny new BlackBerry Storm 2 and a Lego Mindstorm kit.

Watch the video after the jump:

Remember Pacman the video game from the 80’s?

Well, it turns out that we now have a real world version, using the Roomba and Create platforms to recreate the game in real world.