http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk Enter the world of robots! Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:27:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sega have launched their new two wheel dancing robot - who will chase you round the house! At 73cm (2.4ft) the aptly named "A.M.P Automated Music Personality", is being marketed towards "Men who like robots and who as children dreamed of living one day with robots" (Osamu Takeuchi of Sega Toys) The ... http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/be-chased-by-a-robot/ South Korea has passed a law to spur development of intelligent robots & the law has secured financial investment with the aim of putting a robot in every household by the year 2020. The enormity of the bill has made such an impact that four of neighbouring Japan's leading start up ... http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/a-robot-in-every-household-by-2020/ Found www.submiturlsite.com on digg today, you can register a word with them and point it towards your website. Needless to say we got ours - just search for Robot! http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/submit-url-site-redefining-words/ At Cheaprobot we like to keep up to date with all technology news, when trying to use Google.co.uk today we experienced an outage at approx 09:45 for 15mins. It was Friday the 13th yesterday so are there some Gremlins at Google?! There must be some stats on down times for Google and ... http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/googlecouk-outage-cheap-robot/ Robots that can play ping pong have been around for the past 20 years. However the TOPIO robot is the most agile creaton yet, it even expresses emotions whilst playing: http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/ping-pong-playing-robot/ Robot builders have been busy mimicking the real world and are developing robots that look, move and act like animals, watch: http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/robot-like-animals-video/ Here are liks to companies offering robots for research purposes: Robai   http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/research/ Looking for used industrial robots, try: ABB http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/used-industrial-robots/ We found the simpsons homersapien robot for £49.99 at dixons today and it comes with the following features: * 67 Pre Programmed Functions * Features Homer Simpson Characteristics * Easy To Use Ergonomic Remote Control * Age Suitability 6+ * Battery Powered We also found a mini homersapien at "Find Me A Gift" for £12.99. http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/homersapien/ Believe it or not (!) Two monkeys have been trained to control a robotic arm using only thoughts, even to feed themselves. At the University of Pittsburgh scientists have trained the monkeys to feed using the arm, and as seen on the video they are eating marshmellows. The New York times has ... http://www.cheaprobot.co.uk/monkeys-control-robotic-arm-with-brain/