Roomba Robot Vacuum cleaners normally have the job of cleaning the carpets of your home and then docking to charge ready for the next scheduled task of cleaning your carpet again. Well, that’s what I thought till I came across this funky flickr group who use long-exposure photography to capture their vacuums randomly roaming around their carpets.
It appears like LED’s are attached to the vacuum cleaners and small piles of dirt thrown on the carpet to create some unique imagery and circles. Check out the pictures below (after the jump). [click to continue…]
Buzz Lightyear is the famous character from the Toy Story movie that first came out in 1995. 14 years later you can now “almost” get yourself a Buzz Lightyear remote controlled toy.
The Self Portrait Machine is a gadget that forces you to draw yourself. The unit has a camera which captures a picture of yourself and when ready to proceed you put your hand in to some straps, grab a pen and you are then forced to draw a picture of the photo just taken. 
The DIY solar powered robot kit allows you to make 6 robots from the 1 kit. The kit is designed to be an introduction in to robotics and comes with all the parts needed to make the 6 robots.
British researchers have created some robotic fish that were designed to jump in to the see around Spain and monitor pollution levels in the waters. The robotic fish measure 1.5 meters in length and are fully automated.
According to ThinkGeek, everybody in the future will have their own sophisticated robotic arm to do the dishes, assemble lego and clean up for us. 
This Robotic Arm Kit is the next step towards that future. 
This little tiny grasshopper is both robotic and solar powered. Stick it under a bright light or out in the sun and watch it dance! 
The RoboDump is kind of a robot although it just sits in place and doesn’t move. It’s purpose is to rest on the toilet seat and just make strange toilet type noises. 
This robot requires no electricity to run. Instead, it uses steam that is created inside it’s belly. To get it working you put water inside by taking it’s head off. 
The snake you see here is named Anna Konda. It is a robotic snake that has the job of putting out fires. It measures 3 meters long and weighs a fairly hefty 75 kilos. 
R2-D2 has been one of the most famous droids from the Starwars movies. We have seen R2-D2 projectors as well as many other R2-D2 items. The latest from firebox is a watch than can be used as a remote control to drive a mini R2-D2 around your desk. 
Robotics and AI have always interested me. For this reason I had to post about these robotic helicopters which apparently fly better then the RC pilot who trained them. 
In New Zealand, researchers are getting quite excited at creating robots that will replace Dr’s and some of their lower tasks to keep their workload smaller. The robots will be programmed with the ability to take blood pressure, heart beat and helping patients in letting them know what’s happening and why they are waiting around for hours on end with no answers from the Dr’s. 
Cleaning floors has never been something that I actually enjoy, hence the reason I went and got my self an 
Perhaps the most weird looking robot I have seen in a long time has just been created. The Walking Head Robot measures 2 meters across, has 6 legs and has an LCD screen on top showing the head of a human like person. 
