This is just cool. Check out this Rubik's Cube solving Robot. The Rubik's Cube was created in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and architect Ernő Rubik. The current world record for a human solving a 3x3x3 cube is an express 7.08 seconds. The cube itself consists of 26 miniature cubelets which rotate around a central fixed axle, with the central cubelet on each face acting as a static facade providing structure for the other pieces to fit into and ...

You might recognise this handy robot from Global Eye in issue one. It debuted at the food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo and uses a combination of very few metal parts and compressed air to handle delicate objects. Built by Kyoto-based factory automation firm Squse, the hand is constructed of a polycarbonate skeleton covered by a soft silicone skin. It has 22 pneumatically powered "muscles" that give ...

Boston Dynamics, creators of the amazing BigDog robot have topped that with the development of PETMAN (Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin), a biped robot that will aid in the testing of protective clothing for soldiers. We like the way it recovers when kicked, and how they've bought it trainers.