UGV Buggy can autonomously patrol danger zones
G-NIUS, Israeli defense company builds this Guardium UGV (unmanned ground vehicle), it designed for border patrol and recon missions. It can receive GPS coordinates and adapt to the pre-programmed routes on the fly. Though it carries only cameras and recon gear in the video but the company says it can equiped with weapons or some modular systems.
Source: G-NIUS
Stonehenge Robotic Clock
Norris Labs’ Stonehenge Robotic Clock looks not so useful, but it fun to watch the time changing process, though little bit slow.
Source: Norris Labs
Robotic Chick
This lifelike motorized baby chicken from Sega can cry and flap its little wings like a real chick. It can flap its wing when being held, and chirp happily when padding it head or back.
Comes in little nest inside transparent egg.
Source: ThinkGeek
Reassembling Modular Robot
Forget those reassembling robots you’ve seen before, this thing is getting more into those Sci-Fi movies. When kicked apart, it can find pieces and reassembles by itselft, so that Liquid T-1000 from the Terminator will come sooner than we’ve expected?
Source: New Scientist
Asia’s oldest modern robot revives
Built in 1928 by biologist Makoto Nishimura for the ascension of the Emperor Showa (aka Hirohito), Gakutensoku is Asia’s oldest modern robot. Twice as tall as the emperor at 10 feet, 6 inches, it could tilt its head, blink, smile and puff up its chest and cheeks with a system of inflatable rubber tubes (powered by compressed air). Lost in Germany for a long time before returning to Osaka, it’s been restored and brought back to life with a $200,000 computer-controlled pneumatic servo system. But it definitely still moves very slow like an 80-year-old. The Gakutensoku will be the main attraction at the newly renovated Osaka Science Museum beginning July 18. Check out the video of it in motion below.
Source: Asahi, Pink Tentacle
