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Toshiba’s ApriPoco

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Toshiba has developed a prototype robot that is essentially a universal remote for your home. The ApriPoco, loose translation means little by little, is approx. 8.4 inches tall with big round eyes and torso, giving it a child like demeanor. This is intentional due to the pace at which it learns commands. The idea behind [...]

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Robots That Can Taste

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

According to a tasting robot created by NEC, we humans taste like prosciutto and bacon.  Originally built for wine tasting, this robot has an infrared spectrometer at the end of its left arm which fires off a beam of light when objects are placed in front of it. The light is then analyzed to determine [...]

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