Scientists are now building a new kind of robot capable of self-assembly and doing tasks too difficult or too dangerous for human beings.

Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. I'm impressed.

Classic 1977, Kraftwerk videoclip of The Robots (Kraftwerk, the pioneers of electronic music)

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/11/taking-inspiration-from-nature.html Robotics researchers are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration. Watch a robotic salamander, a water strider robot, mechanical cockroaches and some cool self-configuring robots. Footage courtesy of: University of Essex, Ecole Polytechnique...

Engineers at Cornell University have designed this odd-looking machine that can rebuild itself and also could perform repairs on itself. http://www.forofriki.com

One of the great things about these little bots is that you can make them from scavenged materials. Use parts from broken electronics and bring them back to life as little robots!

The mighty folk comedy duo New Zealand's Flight Of The Conchords proform their song "Humans Are Dead" Enjoy

9th Robo-One conference. Obvious MVP was OmniZero 2.

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Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13244-shapeshifting-robot-forms-from-magnetic-swarm.html See some prototypes of robot swarms created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.

The amazingly realistic female android, named Actroid DER 2, was demonstrated at the AKIBA Robot Festival here in the Akihabara district of Tokyo. For more information visit Robots Dreams at http://www.robots-dreams.com.

Snake robots can use their many internal degrees of freedom to thread through tightly packed volumes and access locations that people and machinery otherwise cannot. These highly articulated devices can coordinate their internal degrees of freedom to perform a variety of locomotive gaits that go beyond the capabilities of conventional wheeled and l...

Panelists discuss whether controversial decisions by the Robot Congress and President Executron indicate robots have too much control over our lives. More coverage at: http://onion.com

watch the little Sony QRIO Robots dance.

To celebrate Channel Frederator podcast's first anniversary, Frederator Studios has created Fred-Ex, an ongoing experiment in animation collaboration exploring the existence of robots. Frederator has assembled a global group of enthusiastic animation directors and creators to answer in a toon an age-old question: "What is it like to be a robot?" ...

Paul Merton Meets Mr Woo and his array of walking robots

YEAAAHHH le clip de cette chanson énorme SO BRITISH

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The Song "Turn It Up" By Robots In Disguise Off Of The Album "Get RID!"

Toyota's robot violinist has 17 computer-controlled joints in its arms and fingers, which allow it to hold the violin, gently draw the bow, and correctly press the strings against the fingerboard. In a recital held at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo on December 6, the 152-centimeter (5-ft) tall humanoid entertained guests with a rendition of "Pomp and C...

Video clip of Robots in Disguise, a band I really like a lot.

Dinosaur Robot

ROBOT BAND! LEV the thereminbot and his newly-built pal thumpbot play "Crazy" with help from a 20-year-old MT32 synthesizer. OK, Lev's a bit out of tune, but hey, ROBOTS. A tribute to The Ether & Aether Experiment's marvelous performance.

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The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Part 1)

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Director: Daniel Eskils, www.eskils.com/junker Official video.

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826531.200-shapeshifting-robots-take-form.html A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.

The famous tricycle scene re-created with a tribot and a couple femisapiens.

Hi-5 Robots (español)