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Daily iPhone App: Hero Academy

by Mike Schramm (Jan 18th, 2012)

Honestly, I'm not very good at Hero Academy. It's a deep game, slow to develop (asychronous multiplayer mode dictates the pace) and tough to learn. Still, I've enjoyed it. It's the first iOS title from Robot Entertainment, the company behind the Steam and console hit Orcs Must Die! (In fact, ...

Sphero boasts new look, launch set for later this year

by Mike Schramm (Sep 20th, 2011)

We saw Sphero in action in January at CES 2011, and the company has released some details on the final prototype and an actual release. The little iOS-controlled sphere is still planned for release sometime this year, but it's got a new design that you can see above. Don't worry, it's still a ...

iPhone-controlled robot vacuum transmits photos of its work

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 31st, 2011)

You can do almost everything from your iPhone, so it was only a matter of time you could clean your home with it. LG is set to demo its iPhone-controllable Roboking VR680VMNC robaotic vacuum cleaner at IFA 2011 this week. The Roboking sports three cameras and multiple sensors, which allow it ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Cordy

by Mike Schramm (Jul 29th, 2011)

Cordy is a fun little platformer that was originally released on Android, but has now come to iOS. The game's cute and relatively non-threatening -- you play as an adorable little robot, and instead of going up against bad guys, the main goal here is exploration. There are four levels to play ...

Robot plays iPhone games

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Too lazy to play a game on your iPhone? Then get a robot to do it for you. A clever inventor from the Netherlands, StijntjheYT, created a small Arduino robot to tap on the screen and play Coin Dozer in his absence. It's a mindless game that's perfect for a robot. [Via BoingBoing] ...

WWDC Interview: Orbotix

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 30th, 2011)

Victor Agreda, Jr. (Editor-in-Chief, The Unofficial Apple Weblog) interviews Brian Smith of Orbotix Inc. at WWDC 2011. You may remember Orbotix from CES. Brian was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving ...

Taptic Toys iPad telepresence robot roams the WWDC keynote line

by Steven Sande (Jun 6th, 2011)

If you were in the keynote line at WWDC this morning, you may have been approached by a robot bearing greetings and a smile. That robot, which rolls about on two wheels Segway-like, has an iPad for a head and was being controlled by one of the co-founders of Taptic Toys, Romina Espinosa, who ...

The machine apocalypse can wait; robot busy playing Angry Birds

by Michael Grothaus (May 8th, 2011)

I've got to admit, I've never seen the appeal of Angry Birds. The game just isn't that fun to me. I know a lot of readers disagree with that, and now I know of one robot that would disagree as well. Yes, Finnish company OptoFidelity has created a robot with the sole purpose of playing Angry ...

Found Footage: An iPad-controlled robot that attacks

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 18th, 2010)

Thanks to the iPad and TouchOSC, robot Hikari can now be controlled by our favorite tablet device. The system for control on the iPad is powered by TouchOSC, a remote control application that sends commands to an external device using the Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol. These commands are ...

TUAW's Daily App: Bebot

by Mike Schramm (Jun 8th, 2010)

I'm really happy that I've found an excuse to mention Bebot here in this space -- it might be my favorite app in the entire App Store. We've covered it before here on TUAW -- it's a musical instrument, basically, with the added bonus of having a super cute singing robot as a mascot. And I've never ...

GDC 2010: The Parrot AR.Drone's augmented reality

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2010)

We actually got to play with the iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter back at Macworld a little while ago, but we didn't get a chance to see the "AR" part of it (augmented reality, of course) until GDC last week. Parrot pulled out the AR targets for us, and while the games they had ...

Outnumbered presents an interesting twist on iPhone multiplayer

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2009)

Veiled Games sent word of their new game, Outnumbered [iTunes link], on the iPhone app store, and it seems intriguingly different. It's basically a multiplayer arcade game, which pits two iPhones or iPod touches against each other via Bluetooth. One player takes over the role of the O.N.E., a ...

Found Footage: Use your iPhone in your Halloween costume

by Tim Wasson (Sep 8th, 2009)

Are you still struggling to find that perfect Halloween costume this year? Here at TUAW headquarters we've seen people dress as iPhones, more iPhones, even more iPhones, iPods, and of course more iPods. If you're looking to use Apple gear for your costume in a way that's a little more unique, ...

Found Footage: Robochan gets a 3GS upgrade

by Tim Wasson (Jul 28th, 2009)

Back in May, our own Steven Sande reported on a robot with an iPod touch for a head. At the time, Robochan was pretty limited in capability and could only mimic back taught poses and stumble around drunkenly. A lot has happened in two short months. Robochan has received a brain-transplant ...

Found Footage: Power Mac G4 Cube Transformer Robot

by Steven Sande (May 29th, 2009)

Although the Power Mac G4 Cube is one of the all-time classic cool-looking Macs, wouldn't it be even cooler if your Cube could transform into a robot? TUAW reader W from thinkingbricks.com used a LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit and a Cube body to create a Cube-bot with both autonomous and remote control ...