Kawasaki shelves plan for robot plant: paper (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (7012.T) decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said.
Kawasaki shelves plan for robot plant - paper (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries <7012.T> decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said.
Polymorph robot mimics human joints and muscles, puts curtain rings to good use (Engadget)
Filed under: Robots Using polymorph plastic, some curtain rods, electric screwdrivers, motors, and a whole lot of mad-scientist creativity , an Xrobots hobbyist created this organic-looking robot base. By using wooden sockets and curtain rings as hip joints, the designer is clearly going for a human-like creature of doom here. Knee joints are kept moving with four motors each while ...
Robot wars success for school (St Albans Observer)
St Albans School triumphed over young engineers from regional schools during a robot-wars style event.
Minh cruises through Robot Cup match (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge'Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnam's top player, got off to a roaring start at the Viet Nam Challenge - Robot Cup badminton championship by beating India's Putra Senatri Agus Setia in straight sets on Wednesday.
Minh cruises through Robot Cup match (Việt Nam News)
HA NOI — Nguyen Tien Minh, Viet Nam's top player, got off to a roaring start at the Viet Nam Challenge'Robot Cup badminton championship by beating India's Putra Senatri Agus Setia in straight sets on Wednesday.
22-foot tall robot crafted entirely from excess styrofoam (Engadget)
Filed under: Robots var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/mods/22_foot_tall_robot_crafted_entirely_from_excess_styrofoam'; Building a big robot is nothing to congratulate yourself on, but doing it in this manner is certainly worthy of a little self-indulgence. The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene ...
'WALL-E': Robot romance inspired by 'Hello, Dolly' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jerry Herman, eyes welling with tears, could hardly believe what he was hearing as he watched the new animated blockbuster "WALL-E."
Giant polystyrene robot and lots of little friends by Michael Salter (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
An associate professor of digital arts at the University of Oregon has created a 22-foot tall giant polystyrene robot from old packing material.
Robot barman starts work at Selfridges (iTNews)
Selfridges and Asahi beer have served up what they claim to be the world's first bespoke robotic barman..
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