Whats the point of backpacking through the wilderness, facing harsh life or death situations, if you have to carry the backpack? Thats the question that Motion Code: Blue answers with their most recent concept robot, the Croww 540. The Croww 540 is designed to be the perfect robot companion for the adventurous outback trekker. Equipped with water filter, satellite tv, cargo space and a self assembling tent [...]

Wow, I could have easily mistaken one of these mean robot thugs for a mean human thug… well actually not. These robot segway contraptions are pretty distinctive, even with their dark hoodies. However, from two hundred meters away, looking down the sight of a  7.62x51mm M40 sniper rifle, it looks real enough. Australia’s Marathon Robotics created these segway mounted mannequins in order to [...]

Robots are the future… I just hope my robot butler doesn’t try to take over the world. Starfish: The mechanics behind this robot are simple, a torso and four legs, but the software is truly an epic feat. The brilliant minds at Cornell wrote this software as an experiment in locomotion, specifically to emulate how animals learn to move (and humans if you are [...]