The Robots Are Here

These are examples of robots

Hanson Robotics shows realistic human faces.  David Hanson gave a talk at the TED forum:

SnackBot brings snacks to Carnagie Mellon people.

Here is a stable helicopter from MIT:

 Here is OmniZero 9 which can transform himself into a wheeled vehicle.

Asimo navigating in a building:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPoANTKo5kA

Malissa robot with grasping hands.  All fingers move together but it is still ahead of most other robots in 2009:

Skype Robot Demonstration with WowWee Roboquad Orders are given over the Skype telephone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK_qg6a29qM 

The following robots appear to have balance elements or other feedback rather than simply 'following exactly what they are told to do'.

Here is one that definitely has balance:

Aldebaran Robotics' Nao

Dancing Sony Robots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vwZ5FQEUFg

High speed robotic hands with two eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfdHY26E2jc

Watch a robot open a jar by unscrewing the lid and then pour contents into glass:

Consider Robotic 3D printers making organs.

How about current HP inkjet printers being used to make flat sheets of tissue?

 Mechanical arm Obrero from Heartland Robotics (not clickable):

December 12, 2007 A robot with great balance developed at ATR/SARCOS/JST/NICT labs in Japan.

Full size humanoid robot:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRLYejqF0wY

Rat brain robot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g

Roboquad by Mark Tilden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRM1P7vxJw

Mr. Personality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UnOS7e0lik

JoeBot from wow wee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzZPyq9WQ6w

Consumer Electronic Show 2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94SncKG7f-Y

Robot Vacuum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICu4qRmkRY

Shakes her booty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obOk272RgOs&feature=player_embedded

Dishwashing robot: