Toyota have unveiled a new robot that can play the violin. Albeit not particularly well.

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Read this before you comment! This is the new version of RuBot by Pete Redmond from Dublin, Ireland. It's very different to the prototype but it has to be the coolest looking robot solver ever. There are cameras in the eyes of the head that scan the cube before the pneumatic arms solve it. It usually solves the Cube in about 35 seconds (not including the scan) no matter how much it is mixed up. The solving algorithm is taken care of by Herbert Kociemba's Cube Explorer software and usually solves the cube in a maximum of about 20 moves. In this video, the cube wasn't mixed up too hard so RuBot was able to find the optimum solution. Thanks to all of those who think it is too good to be true. That is a real compliment! If you still don't believe it, Look at the other RuBot videos - they have better scrambles. Or better still, call in on one of RuBot's live demonstrations. By the way, that's my daughter in the clip with RuBot.

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This is the robot: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OF50M4?ie=UTF8&tag=demonbaby-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000OF50M4 When I brought home a Roboquad robot the other day and started playing with it, our resident guardian K9 was none too pleased. I decided to put Roboquad in "autonomous" mode, set his aggression level to high, and let the battle unfold. From http://www.demonbaby.com Note: The robot is acting fully on its own, I was not controlling it in any way.

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Boston Dynamics just released a new video of the Big Dog on ice and snow, and also demoing its walking gait.

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Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826531.200-shapeshifting-robots-take-form.html A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.

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When Robot Programmers get bored

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In the latest installment of NY1's two-week series looking at technology in Japan, Techno Tokyo, we meet the bionic man...sort of. Tech Beat Reporter Adam Balkin explains more info: http://ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=61474

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My audition on AGT!!!!!!!! Add me on myspace!!!! Xclusive from America's Got Talent, I'm on my way up! MYSPACE.COM/ATL2TRILL

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Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. I'm impressed.

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Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926696.100 This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells. Footage courtesy Reading University

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Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel! The hilarious, somewhat flawed predecessor to Boston Dynamics' infamous Big Dog Robot. For reference see: http://youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww Digg it here: http://digg.com/comedy/BigDog_Beta_Quadruped_Bot_Video_Is_So_Stupid_It_s_Hilarious Bigdog Beta's MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/bigdogbeta Contact: info@seedwell.com

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It's the year 2035, and the community now has the help of robots. These robots have three laws integrated into their system. One, they cannot harm a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Two, they must do whatever they're told by a human being as long as such orders don't conflict with law one. Three, they have to defend themselves as long as such defense doesn't conflict with laws one or two. One day, the writer of the three laws, Alfred Lanning, apparently jumps out of the tenth-floor window of U.S. Robotics. The majority of the Chicago Police Department believe that he committed suicide, but Detective Del Spooner (Smith), who hates robots, thinks he was murdered, and the number one suspect is a Nestor Class-5 robot who calls himself Sonny. However, if it was Sonny, then that means he would've had to have broken the three laws. With the help of Dr. Susan Calvin, Spooner must now discover the truth before it's too late.

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Watch Bret and Jemaine sing one of their hit songs- Robot Song. Watch the music video! It's the distant future. The humans are dead. Some of us are Robots. Some of us are just wearing Robot Costumes. For more information about Flight of the Conchords, log onto HBO.com

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GET THE DVD! http://www.howtodotherobot.com so you think you can dance huh? you think so? Hay You! This is a lesson from the totally dope, amazingly random, stupendously good HOW TO DO THE ROBOT instructional DVD. But hey, don't trust us! Check out the reviews on Amazon. Search "How To Do The Robot" or go there directly: http://www.amazon.com/How-Do-Robot-Breakdance-Instructional/dp/B000MR9JA8/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-3602944-6639036?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1173954451&sr=8-2 Anyway! In this lesson you will learn how to properly do the robot stop. Like the click when it locks into place. Like the sound of metal against metal when those gears find a resting point. Sharp like steel, yet fluid like water, the robot stop, once mastered, will make people think that they are on drugs while they watch you move. Why? Because you look so u n r e a l . Oh Yah! By the way, We're ELASTIC ILLUSION. http://www.elasticillusion.com We are here for you. We want you to be a part of our lives and we look forward to developing this relationship with you. Comment on the video, we reply. Send us a message, we reply. Buy our DVD, we smile. And as the fate of the entire universe rests solely in your hands, we highly suggest you finally get around to watching "The Secret"! You will not be disappointed. http://www.thesecret.tv/home.html WE LOVE YOU! Brit, Tyson, and Ace

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A robotic fish developed by scientists from Essex University is put through its paces in a special tank at the London Aquarium. It works via sensors and has autonomous navigational control. www.itnsource.com

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LITTLE ROBOTS DUKE IT OUT

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The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog is the alpha male of the Boston Dynamics family of robots. It is a quadruped robot that walks, runs, and climbs on rough terrain and carries heavy loads. BigDog is powered by a gasoline engine that drives a hydraulic actuation system. BigDog's legs are articulated like an animal's, and have compliant elements that absorb shock and recycle energy from one step to the next. BigDog is the size of a large dog or small mule, measuring 1 meter long, 0.7 meters tall and 75 kg weight.

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the asahi beer robot that we won! it holds beer in its stomach and pours it out for you. check it out :]

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Read more http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14101 These robot fish can organise themselves into schools - a tactic that could one day transform ocean exploration. Footage courtesy University of Washington

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http://www.myspace.com/thtrons practicing in the lounge before their fringe gigs! More on myspace...

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Tornados rock the twang in a back-woods sci-fi robotic dance party! And then kiss girls! Tornados of "Telstar" fame, produced by wacky innovator Joe Meek. Guesstimated year, 1964. From Scopitones.com

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Toyota shows off a violin playing robot and a two-wheeled human transporter -- the latest products of its robots program that seeks to develop a practical human assistance robot by the early part of the 2010s.

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