Kotaku: Robot

Ultima Creator Transforms Into a Robot to Work From Home

Mike Fahey — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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With his new wife living and working in New York and his company and home base in Austin, Texas, how does legendary game developer Richard Garriott split his time between the two? He doesn't, that's what his robot is for. More »

The Sights and People of E3 2011's South Hall

Joel Johnson — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

I'll give E3 this: It's colorful. We did a few laps to see the big dogs: Square Enix, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft...Robot Entertainment. (I can't help it. Orcs Must Die looks really fun!) Photos by our fearless photog, Isaac Viel. More »

Now There's a Toy Dog You Control With Your Nintendo DS

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Kids love video games, and kids love dogs, so Sega Toys and Activision Publishing have combined the two in Wappy Dog, a virtual pet game for the Nintendo DS that's a little less virtual, thanks to the bundled dog robot. More »

CES 2011 Can Only Get More Impressive After This

Brian Crecente — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:20:00 EST

Morphing cars, dancing Tiger Lillies? They've got nothing on this AC/DC-loving robot. More »

Kinect Gives Life To This Humanoid Robot

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST

Using Microsoft's Kinect to control a modified Roomba is impressive. Using it to get a kit-built humanoid robot to mimic your actions is pretty damn amazing. More »

This R2D2 Now Packs Ten Consoles, A Projector And A Holstered PSP As Backup

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Friend of the site Matt Hawkins spotted this unbelievable R2D2 unit at PAX Prime earlier this month. More »

Mappy The Robot Runs a Maze

Brian Crecente — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Ash wasn't on hand when I stumbled on this video showing a robot Mappy navigating a cheese-less maze at the Namco Bandai HQ, so I have no clue what this is about. But I do know that it's a robot that looks like Mappy, and it's in a maze. There's also a bit of Goro getting ready to run the maze. Odd. More »

Robot Crane Game. (Yes, ROBOT!!)

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:42 EDT

Crane games are old. In Japan, where they dish the future out like candy, crane games are controlled by robots. Well, this one is at least. The concept is currently being tested, but differs from traditional crane games in that it's timed. So, instead of being given X number of moves to use the crane to snag loot, players must use the robot in a race-against-the-clock to bag their prize. Delightfully nerdy and TOTALLY AWESOME! More »

Clip: Gameboy Commercial

fdemarco — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:00:00 EDT

It seems to be Nintendo video day today so I have one last one for you. This time it's a GameBoy commercial featuring a giant armoured robot thing that shooots blue lasers out of it's fingers. Apparently the blue laser has the power to transport human boys into the misty land of the GameBoy nebula. When used by humans, however, the blue finger laser can be used to destroy your robot enemies. More »

Clip: NES Commercial

fdemarco — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:00:00 EDT

"Will you be the first?" More »

Mon Dieu! French PSP Controlled Robot

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:22:16 EDT

God bless the French for the Nouvelle Vague, good wine, Serge Gainsbourg and PSP controlled robots. Big brother site Gizmodo points to this mod that uses the PSP's Wi-Fi capabilities to control a ramshackle robot. Solid proof that the PSP can be used for more than UMD porn. C'est cool! Brian Ashcraft More »

Clip: PSP Kiosk In Action

Brian Crecente — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 16:00:23 EDT

I wrote up my experiences with the Playstation Portable kiosk yesterday. Today, I bring you a video of the thing in action. While I thought it was pretty cool, I think it's got some kinks to work out still. Would you buy your next portable from an automated dispenser? Brian Crecente More »

E306 Justify Your Robot Head

kotaku.com — Fri, 12 May 2006 17:42:13 EDT

We found one of the boys from Destructoid running around with a robot head on and we asked him to justify, well, his robot head. And yes, we got him to dance. More »

Roomba Frogger Makes Me Sad

Brian Crecente — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:00:50 EST

The Make Magazine folk took a Roomba vaccum cleaner and turned it into a Roomba Frogger. They slapped the white vaccum cleaner in a green t-shirt and then created arm, legs and eyes with paper cups. More »

Remote Control PacMan Robot Game

Brian Crecente — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:00:32 EST

Wow just wow! This is the sweetest version of PacMan I have ever and probably will ever see. Akihabara News saw the PacMan Robot game displayed at IREX. You control the metal Pacster with a remote and it sounds like someone else controls the ghost. More »