"Hobbyists started the PC era, hobbyists with dial-up modems created BBS systems and started the internet era, and now robot hobbyists are creating the robotics era."
-Sinclair Donald
Senior Robotics Engineer
In considering future applications for home and personal robotics, it’s critical to priortize. To be successful, and acheive market acceptance, robots will have to assist us in important ways, like making sure that we don’t forget to watch Jeopardy….
Actually, given that both our parents used to be huge fans of Jeopardy. The program was a delight to them and certainly they would have welcomed a robotic reminder.
Really reminds us of a robot tarantula… 
NAO, the leading edge humanoid robot created by Aldebaran Robotics, may not be able to match Michael Jackson in a showdown on the dance floor, but he does have some pretty amazing moves that were shown off to spectators and competitors alike at RoboCup 2009.
Cars that transform themselves into robots. Robots that transform themselves into trucks, or planes. Humans that transform themselves into robots that transform into cars and trucks…
Here’s a toy we’ve never seen before, from a TV show we’ve never seen, just begging to be hacked for use as part of some kind of robot:
How to make a unique and delightful, animated music-box type birthday cake?
Hide some Lego Mindstorms under the cake and use pipecleaner linkages fed through drinking straw tunnels to move whatever character the lucky birthday person loves.
Raising teenagers through their adolescent trials, tribulations, and insecurities is hard enough for parents. What are we going to do when our family’s robot dependents reach the same age?
Ask most Western robot geeks what they would like a humanoid robot to do, and the typical answer is “Bring me a beer.” Ask the same question to a Japanese robot otaku, and you’re very likely to get a response like this….
A look inside the new Vstone Robot Center in Akiba, along with several other related robot projects that Vstone has been associated with. This particular video was taken just after the shop opened. Since that time they have increased the stock and robot selection quite a bit.
Melissa is definitely evolving, and is getting to the point that we can believe evetually robots like this will provide useful service around the home and office. And, we really appreciate Melissa’s builder’s sense of humor and willingness to openly share his ‘bloopers’ and false starts with everyone online as well.
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