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Robot gets lead role in theatrical play

Crave The Wakamaru is best known as a domestic robot that can greet guests and provide information like weather forecasts. Tuesday marked the theatrical debut for the bot, which appeared onstage alongside real-life actors in a play that's being hailed as...

Tags: human, robot, robots, debut

26 November 2008, 10:18

Planet CNET Episode 23: Lasers on a Volvo

Crave Finally, Germany's Daniel Schraeder shows us the very latest in techy cleaning -- robot wacuum vacuum cleaners. Join CNET Australia's Ella Morton from the premiere of Baz Luhrman's wartime epic Australia for the 23rd episode of our global tech show.

19 November 2008, 15:42

Great Christmas gadgets under £100

Crave Robot Arm, from This time around you get a three-wheeler robot with a pop-top head that's smart enough to play games such as Pattern, Maze and Minefield! We can't do much about the first three, but we can help you out on the last one by providing...

11 November 2008, 16:50

Planet CNET Episode 22: Wine-pouring, unicycling robots

Crave In this episode of Planet CNET, Kara Tsuboi introduces a wine-pouring robot sommelier from Singapore and a gyroscopic unicycling automaton from Japan.In other news, Ella Morton is getting all worked up because the Australian government has decided...

6 November 2008, 15:27

Crave Podcast 106: Calacanis talks haters, pr0n and crack

Crave In the news this week, we report on a robot suit you can rent for $2,200. Today on the Crave Podcast, we weep. Why? Because episode 106 is the final show to be chaired by Rory Reid. From hereon in, Ian Morris will be in charge, attempting...

Tags: podcast, steve wozniak, gold, human

10 October 2008, 9:30

Photos: Robots at Ceatec 2008

Crave Genibo has been used for the past few years as an educational robot in Montessori schools in Korea. Perhaps you should look into the Mechadroid Type C3 robot. She's a robot receptionist created by Business Design Laboratory.

2 October 2008, 9:45

Nissan BR23C robot car: Japanese bee craziness

Crave With the admirable goal of cutting accident rates in half by 2015, Nissan released details of an accident-avoiding robot car, the BR23C. This moniker somehow stands for Biomimetic Car Robot Drive. Nissan patterned the robot's behaviour after bees...

Tags: robot, safety, car, engineers

30 September 2008, 10:36

Apple let-downs: What we didn't get

Crave It was very much an evolutionary step Apple took yesterday -- not so much like robot Kryten becoming human Kryten, but more like the existing robot getting a new head and a fresh set of nipple nuts. We're not going to pretend the discontinuation of...

Tags: apple, robot, wireless, capacity

10 September 2008, 8:44

Epic win: SimCity and Sims 3 coming to iPhone and iPod touch

Crave This weekend, when not being taxied home by Transport For London as a result of its epic incompetence, we've mostly been playing Spore -- the most intelligently designed piece of modern games craftsmanship since 1999's 70's Robot Anime Geppy-X...

Tags: apple, titles, iphone, electronic arts

8 September 2008, 10:40

Drobo 2: Return of the data robot

Crave Yesterday we had a little nerdgasm over the Freecom Mobile Drive XXS. While we're on the subject of cool storage devices, you really should know about the second-generation Data Robotics Drobo -- the sequel to the totally drool-worthy Drobo we...

Tags: storage, disks, gen, final cut pro

20 August 2008, 9:55

Crave Podcast 98: Are games worse than porn?

Crave As usual, the gang dissect some of the week's best news, including news of a robot controlled by a blob of rat brain, a new invisibility cloak, word that robotic police are a mere 75 years away, and how real-life flesh-based cops shocked residents...

Tags: podcast, crave, crave podcast, crave podcast lounge

15 August 2008, 10:00

Vauxhall Insignia: The car that can see

Crave No, this isn't a dude with a robot head. Crave popped down to the British International Motor Show recently and among the new-fangled Jaguars and Ferraris, there was a new Vauxhall. No, don't run a way -- we're talking about the new Vauxhall...

25 July 2008, 12:21

Nokia 6650: Clamshells can be smart, too

Crave Just because a phone is smart doesn't mean it needs to look like something built for a Robot Wars competition. Smart phones, perk up! You're allowed to look normal. Case in point is Nokia's 6650, a seemingly humble phone that hides almost as many...

Tags: nokia, clamshell, maps, headphones

21 July 2008, 10:31

Crave Podcast 93: Going back in time

Crave A robot that cleans your floor! In a jump to the left and a step to the right, we bring you a Crave Podcast time warp. After last week's episode fiasco, we're rocking back to Episode 92 this week. Keeping you on your toes with their history...

11 July 2008, 11:00

Crave Podcast 93: Going back in time

Crave A robot that cleans your floor! In a jump to the left and a step to the right, we bring you a Crave Podcast time warp. After last week's episode fiasco, we're rocking back to Episode 92 this week. Keeping you on your toes with their history...

Tags: iphone, podcast, telephone, episode

11 July 2008, 10:00