Looking for strange news about robots? Here's a look at dancing, gas-pumping, bar-tending robots and other technological wonders.
Talk dirty to Aiko the android, and she will talk dirty back. She's five feet tall, with brown eyes, and cost $20,000 to develop. She has breasts, nipples, and other lady parts, but the maker says he doesn't have sex with her.
In four decades, human-robot relations will involve "loving relationships" with robots, who will be regarded as far more than sex toys, and more like life partners that come with an extended warranty.
Rufus Terril, an Atlanta bar owner says he regularly chases away prostitutes and drug dealers with his "Bum Bot" -- a remote-controlled robot he created from a Cajun meat cooker, a scooter, a walkie-talkie, an infrared camera and a homemade water cannon.
With Jack Kevorkian apparently busy planning his political career, an 81-year-old spent his last hours researching and building a suicide robot. With a .22 caliber handgun and remote control, he ordered the machine to end his life. And it did.
Dutch inventors have unveiled a car-fuelling robot. Finally, a grease monkey that actually runs on grease.
Norway is considering a plan to develop household robots to care for its large number of post-World War II baby boomers now reaching retirement age. But will robot grandchildren ever visit?
