Tag: BOTS

Apparently ignorant of the inevitable robot apocalypse, determined and lonely nerds persistently attempt to create friendly companion droids. Paul Hunkin, a Ph.D. student form New Zealand, has engineered an impressive software bot whose personable and generous capabilities far exceed those of other physical robotic companions, though. Hunkin's cyber-spawn, inspired by an xkcd webcomic, only ...

The United Arab Emirates currently enjoys, or endures, a tenuous relationship with technology. Last spring, the pioneering nation launched one of the world's first non-Latin domain names with a new Arabic Web address. But, the U.A.E. also frequently bans and blocks various technological developments, including popular video games and seemingly mundane messenger services. Faced with such a ...

Beneficial gadgets and apps that aid growing families have received extensive coverage recently, so the debut of a new helper-bot seems quite serendipitous. China's Shenyang Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd. (Congrats! Your name is even more absurdly complicated than the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series!) has officially revealed its Family Nanny Robot. The Nanny-bot offers numerous ...

What happens when you take one large group of nerds, throw them in a convention, and tell them to cut loose? Well, we'll give you a hint: it doesn't involve boatloads of booze, loud music, or a conga line. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers challenged the attendants of its convention to create a big, bad bot to ultimately win a one-on-one tournament in DEFCON -- a strategy ...