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Can humanoid robots save lives? Will they have the capacity to be our friends? Dennis Hong, founding director of Virginia Tech’s Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), is making this happen by teaching robots how to win at soccer and by entering the DARPA Robotics Challenge. (via 33rd Square | Dennis Hong On Robot Evolution and The DARPA Robotics Challenge)

Lego’s programmable ‘Mindstorms’ Robotics Kit communicates with iPhones. They expects that a Mindstorms EV3 robot can be up and running within 20 minutes of opening the box,  and can even start programmed without turning on their computer. the kit includes 594 technic pieces that can be used to make five different robots, with 12 additional configurations being introduced at the official 2013 summer launch. 

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2010 by The Daily Robot

Prints exist at Etsy.

wildcat2030:

Bartenders beware: A robotic drink-dispensing rig is aiming to steal your customers while pouring cocktail creations at the push of a touchscreen button. Its creators call it Bartendro. Operated through an iPad interface, the open source, synthetic Al Swearengen holds up to 15 bottles of beverage plumbed into custom-designed, Raspberry Pi-controlled pumps. It’s capable of mixing dozens of drinks, including black Russians, Kahlua mudslides, or almost any other classy beverage of your choosing. (via This Open Source Robot Bartender Pours the Perfect Mix | Wired Design | Wired.com)

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R³BOT BY MARCO FERNANDES

Gorgeous robot design by Portugal, Porto-based artist Marco Fernandes (tumblr / behance)