It’s been almost five years since we last covered the idea of robotic jellyfish, but now a team of researchers at Virginia Tech are taking that idea it to the next level with their project, called Robo Jelly. Teaming up with universities around the country and in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, the Virginia Tech more »

What’s the biggest complaint about vacuuming? It’s getting them to clean under furniture and around table and chair legs. We live to have clean floors, but cords and heavy equipment are annoying as well. But fear not, since Neato Robotics, a Silicon Valley company, has introduced the new Neato XV Signature Series of robot vacuums. more »

Waterloo-based startup Thalmic Labs announces the launch of their revolutionary gesture control device, MYO, an armband worn on the forearm that senses electrical activity in the muscles, allowing users to interact with digital technologies using just their fingers and hands. When sensing the muscle movements of the user, the device can detect changes in hand more »

I recently posted about the AutoMee-S, the ridiculous tiny Japanese robot designed for cleaning tablets and smartphones.  Turns out the world can’t get enough sill robots to do its dirty work.  Here’s a new Roomba-style robot for all you grill masters out there:  the Grillbot. Inventor Ethan Woods came up with the idea for his more »

Another unheard-of level of “are you kidding me?” gratuitousness has been reached in world of gadgetry:  Japanese company Takara Tomy are now making what is essentially a Roomba that cleans your touch screen devices. The AutoMee-S is a tiny robot you can plop onto your iPad, Android tablet, or smartphone and watch glide around the more »

The people over at Robosavvy of London have developed a system that allows robots to interact with you by accessing your Facebook profile. The Savvybot, an NAO robot (manufactured by French company Alderbaran Robotics), mines online data and uses web services instead of sophisticated AI to seem much ‘smarter’ than it actually is.  After its more »

French sculptor and model maker Gael Langevin has developed a clever new way to make friends:  3D print them. His project, called InMoov, has been in the works since early 2012, with his earliest prototype being a printable robotic arm.  Recent additions include a printable torso and head, and Langevin’s even getting the robot to more »

Seriously, its a machine that cleans your windows. Hands-free design, in the vein of the carpet-vac Roomba, Winbot affixes itself to your window and propels itself forward, cleaning whatever scuffs, dust, fingerprints, debris, etc. that is in its path. Compared to other window cleaning techniques, Winbot sweeps the competition. (I’m sorry, couldn’t help it.) Ecovacs more »

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to witness two robots in deep conversation? And no, watching Terminator 2 does not qualify. Cornell University’s Creative Machines Lab decided to place the infamous Cleverbot against another Cleverbot. Although the conversation is roughly the equivalent of a Seinfeld dialogue, it is interesting to see what more »

There are many things here at Gadgetell that we take great pride in and being nerdy is one of them. With that said there is nothing nerdier than a DIY mod project – may we present Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo. He apparently has created device that allows him to control audio pitch more »