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Spykee
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsSkypee is a robotic toy made by Erector/Meccano. It contains a webcam, microphone and speakers. Controlled by computer locally or over the internet, the owner can move the robot to various locations within range of the local router, take pictures and video, listen to surroundings and make sounds through the microphone or through various built-in recordings.
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Roboraptor
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsRoboraptor is a robotic toy invented by Mark Tilden and distributed by Wow Wee Toys International. It is the successor to the RoboSapien robot and uses motion technology based on realistic biomechanics that give it fluid and natural movements.
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Unimate
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsUnimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line in New Jersey, in 1961. It was created by George Devol in the 1950s using his original patents. Devol, together with Joseph Engelberger started Unimation, the world’s first robot manufacturing company.
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Leonardo’s robot
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsLeonardo’s robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495. The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s. It is not known whether or not an attempt was made to build the device.
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KITT
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 No commentsKITT is the short name of a fictional character on the adventure TV series Knight Rider. KITT is an artificial intelligence electronic computer installed in a highly advanced, very mobile, robot in the form of a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
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