WHAT, after all, is a hamster but a mouse with a make-over? Whatever their origins British hamsters are facing redundancy as household pets and at Christmas, too.

A flying-car company which has struggled for 15 years to win acceptance for its radical gyrocopter/aeroplane technology may have finally broken through into the mainstream.

If you spent Thanksgiving slaving over a hot stove, you might be glad to know that researchers are developing some robotic kitchen assistants that could someday do the hard work for you.

The gallery brought to you by: Your gallery is loading. You will automatically be redirected in 15 seconds The 2009 International Robot Exhibition opened in Tokyo with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring the solemn Nextage robot, made by Kawada Industries.

ASIMO v2 by Honda Motor Company Japan. OUR ROBOT PARTNERS ASIMO is Honda Motor Company Japana s entry into the humanoid robot contest that is going on outside the USA to see which company in which country will supply the worldwide demand for little mechanical men.A A It is expected that these veryA capable workers will allow civilization around the ...

Defence technology firm Qinetiq has warned full-year results are "unlikely" to match previous hopes after contract delays in key US and UK markets.

Nathalie Claude's mother must never have told her to stop playing with dolls. The Quebec artist has been working with them passionately for the past several years, creating The Salon Automaton.

A proposed interactive Capitol Theatre at Fort Edmonton Park is the first step in a plan to attract more visitors by giving them a better feel for the past, the board chair says.

And yet when you strum the Dark Fire for the first time, causing its tuning pegs to spin like the ghost of Stevie Ray Vaughan is twirling them over your shoulder, your "wow" knob goes to 11.

While fantasies of kicking Terminator's butt may never come true, with MakeAffinity 's new revolutionary live robot sharing platform, you can not only play with your own robot, but also get the chance to control another halfway across the world.

An animal rights organization says the use of a live bulldog mascot contributes to the breed's health problems and wants the University of Georgia to consider an alternative.

Nov 25 - An international robot exhibition in Tokyo showcases the changing face of robotics.

Sales and shipment of VEYOR-CABLE begin today. When high-flex robot cables are used on industrial machines, such as in factory automation, the purpose is to support repetitive operation.

November's Contest winner will walk away with an iRobot Roomba Pet Series vacuum cleaning robot ! The iRobot Roomba Pet Series vacuum cleaning robot efficiently navigates floors, along walls and under and around furniture so you dona t have to! iRobota s home robots are great for in-between-cleans, so you can spend more time playing with Fido than ...

Industrial robots are widely used in manufacturing, assembly and packing, transport, earth and space exploration, surgery, weaponry, laboratory research, and mass production.A TheirA specialize inA performing jobsA which are too dirty , dangerous, or dull to be suitable for humans.A A I would say that driving a US Army supply truck in a war zone ...

GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service." Martin Spencer, President/CEO of GeckoSystems stated: "As all of us here at GeckoSystems are excited about this development, due to the nature of the upcoming ...

What's better than a cool micro robot? A swarm of micro robots! This [3 cm total volume] robot allows building a large-scale swarm system to investigate artificial self-organization, emergent phenomena, control in large robotic groups and so on.

Robots may practice dentistry one day, but there will always be humans telling you to open wide, said a teacher on the cutting edge of tooth care.

A study of older people's attitudes towards robots is helping researchers at The University of Auckland to develop inexpensive robotic assistants for aged care.

To design a lightweight anchor that can dig itself in to hold small underwater submersibles, Anette Hosoi of MIT borrowed techniques from one of nature's best diggers -- the razor clam.