Monthly Round-Up - June 2009

We are continuously surprised and pleased that there are such advancements in robotics, both here and worldwide. What seemed like Sci-Fi only a couple of decades are now becoming fact. Check out our June Round-Up if you missed any of the fun, not the least of which was the saving of our beloved Pleo. And visit our new Facebook page! We would dig having you as a friend, even if you are a human.

Autonomous Robots

• Medical Bot Detects Shrapnel Autonomously

Humanoid Robots

• JAST Robots Anticipate Human Needs
• Koeda Improves Locomotion in Robot
• Dancing Manoi Go!
• Nurse Kobian, the Emotional Bot
• Ray Kurzweil, The First to Merge With Robots?

Make Your Own Robot

• Must Have: Phoenix Hexapod - Outplay All Others
• DARPA Self Creating Robots

Military Robots

• Ferret Narc Seeks Out Evils
• IDF Develops Explosive Carrying Snakebot
• DARPA Self Creating Robots
• US Army to Spawn Petman
• Soldiers Bond With Robots

Miscellaneous Robots

• Robots Adorn Onesies
• Must Have: Robot Alarm Clocks
• Studio Mister Robot-o Webcam
• Mr. Roboto Watch
• Must Have: Drink up With Robotic Water Bottles
• Transformer Netbook Hub

Must Have Robot Friday

• Must Have: Robot Alarm Clocks
• Must Have: It's All About Transformers
• Must Have: Phoenix Hexapod - Outplay All Others
• Must Have: Drink up With Robotic Water Bottles

Pleo

• Jetta Saves Pleo From Extinction

Robot Art

• Robots Adorn Onesies

Robot Books

• Ray Kurzweil, The First to Merge With Robots?
• Soldiers Bond With Robots

Robot Movies

• Buzz Lightyear Doesn't Quite Hit Infinity
• Movie Cyborgs We Love
• Must Have: It's All About Transformers
• R2-D2 Quadruplets Attend Maker Faire
• Transformer Netbook Hub

Robot Music

• Must Have: It's All About Transformers
• Mr. Roboto Watch
• Rock-afire Explosion Not for Tots

Robot Science/Medicine

• Medical Bot Detects Shrapnel Autonomously
• Psikharpax, Giant Robotic Rat
• Koeda Improves Locomotion in Robot
• MIT To Apply Robotic Theraphy to Kids With CP
• Nurse Kobian, the Emotional Bot

Robot TV

• Must Have: It's All About Transformers

Robot Toys

• Giant Gundam Takes Over Odaiba
• MyDeskFriend Shares Facebook
• Beware the Abominable Snowbot
• Buzz Lightyear Doesn't Quite Hit Infinity
• Robotic Iguana Not Too Scary
• Must Have: It's All About Transformers
• Mr. Roboto Watch
• Psikharpax, Giant Robotic Rat
• Three Robots For Toddlers
• Robot Fight iPhone App
• Transformer Netbook Hub

Robot Vacuums

• iRobot One-Day Hot Deal
• iRobot Applies for Patent

Robot Videos

• MyDeskFriend Shares Facebook
• Buzz Lightyear Doesn't Quite Hit Infinity
• Willow Garage Self-Feeding PR2
• FOOMA Exhibits Kitchen Bots
• Rock-afire Explosion Not for Tots
• Must Have: Phoenix Hexapod - Outplay All Others
• Dancing Manoi Go!
• Milo, the AI of Xbox 360
• DustBot Takes Out the Trash
• MIT To Apply Robotic Theraphy to Kids With CP
• Nurse Kobian, the Emotional Bot
• Shigeo Hirose's Robot Recues Earthquake Victims
• Soldiers Bond With Robots

Service Robots

• JAST Robots Anticipate Human Needs
• Ferret Narc Seeks Out Evils
• Willow Garage Self-Feeding PR2
• FOOMA Exhibits Kitchen Bots
• Ninomiya-kun Book Reader
• Snail Window Cleaning Bot
• Let Bomo Mind the Baby
• ROBOTOPS Construction Crane
• DustBot Takes Out the Trash
• Shigeo Hirose's Robot Recues Earthquake Victims

Ugobe Pleo

• Jetta Saves Pleo From Extinction

iRobot

• iRobot One-Day Hot Deal
• iRobot Applies for Patent

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