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Advanced Acrobatic Robot

Marty Shaw — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:35:29 +0000

Want to impress your friends with your physical prowess but just the thought of doing a backflip causes you pain? Not a problem because you can stay right there on the couch and let the Advanced Acrobatic Robot do all of the impressing for you. This little guy might not be the sharpest dresser in [...]

Choken Bako Robotic Doggy Bank

Patra Beaulieu — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:00:37 +0000

Some of you might’ve liked the Sutakora Cat & Mouse Coin Bank and the Crafty Cat Bank. But if you’re a dog person, you’d probably go head over dog heels for the Choken Bako Robotic Doggy Bank. Looks like the piggy bank has been upstaged once again. Choken Bako Robotic Doggy Bank Takes most sizes of coins Breed/version: Shiro (white), [...]

LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0

James Kelly — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:45:25 +0000

Here at GeekAlerts, we really love LEGOs and just about anything that is mechanical or robotic. So when LEGO decided to put together a robotic kit that includes 619 pieces and an intelligent NXT Lego brick featuring a 32-bit microprocessor, a large matrix display, 4 input and 3 output ports, and Bluetooth and USB communication [...]

The 20 Foot Animatronic Triceratops

James Kelly — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:59:55 +0000

Do you have $350k that you’re just itching to spend? If so, The 20 Foot Animatronic Triceratops could be yours. This is the same motion-sensing 20′ Triceratops that your see at museums all over the country. This is a finely crafted machine with no details forgotten. It has motion-activated cameras installed into each eye to [...]

OWI Robotics 3-in-1 All Terrain Robot (ATR)

Ryan Cooper — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:33:53 +0000

While GeekAlerts.com has listed some cool robots in the past from the Robot Arm to the WowWee Femisapien Robot, we really haven’t blogged about too many. That is going to change, starting now with the OWI Robotics 3-in-1 All Terrain Robot (ATR), a really cool robot kit that you can put together yourself. You don’t [...]

Awesome Manga Robot Makes Coffee (Video)

Robert Birming — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:16:43 +0000

This awesome little manga inspired robot has been created by a Japanese person who goes under the nickname Clockwork and who is a true fan of the manga culture and robotics. Check out the video to see this amazing coffee making robot in action: The robot is a reduced version of Kondo KHR-2HV and it [...]