Numerically Controlled Poster Series. Vector graphics rendered with a CNC machine that has been rigged with a custom Sharpie pen jig. Robot drawings. Beauty in imperfection.

VIDEOThe unofficial music video for Feist's "Now at Last", set in a beautiful rural village in China about a toy robot who learns what it means to live.

Robot Film Festival ~ A two day celebration of robots on film happening in NYC this month! Founded by Heather Knight of Marilyn Monrobot.

VIDEOThe KUKA OmniMove Base with Titan Robot Arm makes the world's strongest fabrication robot mobile. The video also shows the KUKA youBot next to its bigger brother.

Have your face analysed and sketched by a robot. Work by artist Patrick Tresset at Tenderpixel gallery, London.

Mister Black Tee's Big Robot II - ¡Ese Robot Gigante le va a hacer la competencia a Godzilla y a King Kong!!!

Robobox, the robot stencil kit.

Upstairs, the new Mansueto library in Chicago is a dome covered in 700 panels of glass, but the real deal is downstairs, in an underground storage holding 3.5 million volumes, accessed by robotic cranes! By architect Helmut Jahn.

DON-8r is a fund raising robot that relies on coin donations to keep it moving. DON-8r raises money for charities through encouraging playful and empathetic support from strangers.

Festo's SmartBird robot, an autonomous bionic bird that even has a bending torso for added directional control. Although it can be controlled remotely with a ZigBee radio, it can even take off and land alone. Great video of it in action!

An interesting take on an architectural walkthrough. The once homeless viral robot ahd168 takes you on a tour of his new place of work, The Sharp Project.

'Death and the Powers' is an opera by composer and inventor Tod Machover in collaboration with MIT's Media Lab.

Illustrations from 1910 predict our post-industrial future.

This is a robot Geminoid from the Aalborg University in Denmark which appears as if it is living and breathing. This is not CG, it’s all complex robotic muscle movements and even zoomed in up close.

iRobot's Scooba 230 - a new super tiny roboMOP!

Kompis the hospital robot by Linus Sundblad.

typographic Super Fighting Robot 'Mega Man' by Josh Mirman

FEATUREDNOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #19: Diesel Sweeties is giving away two bundles ~ one pixel skull set (shot glasses, socks, tie!) and one pixel robot set (tote, socks, tie!)

David Todd Trost created a sculpture with a speaker system. This 4' tall terra cotta robot, titled "Robot", is wired for sound with a 12" speaker inset inside his hips.

Audi to fit e-tron electric cars with I, Robot-style sound generators.

Dazed’s December issue presents a world exclusive feature and 3D cover shoot with robot dance titans Daft Punk.

VIDEOVideo of 'Windoro', a robot window cleaner.

STAY SHARP poster by Jamie Reed at Human Shaped Robot

FURO's (Future Robotics Technology Center) 'Core' robot capable of carrying payloads (or ultimately human) up to 100 kg.

'The Eggbot' by Evil Mad Science is an open-source art robot that can draw on spherical or egg-shaped objects from the size of a ping pong ball to that of a small grapefruit.

Vincent Fournier's 'Man Machine' film and stills feature some of the latest robot technology interacting with humans and the built environment.

'Phasma' by Takram Design engineering is a hexapedal running robot that can run dynamically like a living organism.

Mike Slobot just finished this Mechanobot , a Slobot commission to accompany a found object motorcycle sculpture.

Free downloadable steampunk-style robot update to the classic Skull-A-Day papercraft skull with moving jaw.

Engineers Turn Giant Robot Arm Into An Awesome F1 Simulator.

Flower Robotics' 'U.T. Palette' robot mannequin uses sensors to learn and move according to best customer reactions.

Shawnimals Wee Ninjas are going Ninjatown blind box this summer over at Kid Robot!

BLANKS is a series of post-apocalyptic robot sculptures that artist Tyler Jackson creates from reclaimed wood and other found objects.

This amazing Monster Chess Set is made from 100,000 LEGO blocks. The pieces are robotic and move on their own. It was designed with the help of the LEGO company itself and took 4 people a year to construct!

Frackenpohl Poulheim designed the humanoid
robot 'Myon', which was created by the neurorobotics research laboratory at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin within the framework of the european research project Alear.

The LuminAR is a project from MIT that "reinvents the traditional desk lamp, evolving it into a new category of robotic, digital information devices". Combines a Pico-projector, camera, and wireless computer in a compact form factor.

Robot maker Kazu Terasaki, using the same design approach as his iPhone bipedal robot but with stronger servos, has created an iPad Walking Robot, with googly eyes!

JPEGASUS poster by Jamie Reed at Human Shaped Robot

Robot fish by NYU researchers uses ionic polymers that swell and shrink in response to electrical stimulation to power its tail. The robot could be used to steer schools of fish away from hydroelectric turbines.

The Sticker Robot S.A.S.E Project, curated by the folks at StickerRobot.com. Some amazing envelope art submitted from around the world.. Go Robot, Go!

Team Evil's Cassette Tape Magazine - for those with small pockets and short attention spans. Issue 1 features articles on alpacas, MF DOOM, old Neo Geo games, bad taste wolf art, John Woo, creepy robot sex, misc schlock and more.

Only 500 copies have been produced, all of them lovingly folded up and placed inside an authentic, old school cassette tape box.

What does it take to build a robot rickshaw from scrap metal heads? Only a Chinese farmer, Wu Yulu knows it, and now the rickshaw heads to Shanghai World Expo.

Kidrobot continues to impress with the high profile and quality of their Black vinyl toy collection. Releasing today is a black skull by New York based artist SSUR. SSUReal From the Cradle to the Grave.

For the new Super Street Fighter IV ad campaign, Capcom worked with their agency Ammirati (same dudes who did the Robot Chicken-esque Tatsunoko vs Capcom ad) to make some killer ads designed by top urban artists.

FEATUREDDom Pérignon's Black Box by Marc Newson ~ 4th in their line of collaborations ~ here's an upclose look of its Milan launch! Also a really cool piece of robot street art you have to check out that i found en route!

Plantas Nomadas: Water-purifying robot is part bot, part plant.

VIDEOMusic by My Robot Friend. Video by Liam Stevens. It was made using only paper, pen, and ink and took several months to complete. It is a true labor of love.

Many architects have struggled with making daylighting effective without the cost of glare and heat gain. The Sundolier daylighting system by Sunflower Corp is a new way to gain the benefits of natural light without the drawbacks.

At a shabu-shabu/BBQ restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, patrons order via touchscreen and food is served by a dancing samurai waiter robot.

German based Maurer United Architects [MUA], recently completed this robot like structure in Inden. A LED skin results in an ever changing image of the static robot.

engineers at osaka city university recently exhibited a small robotic fish powered by an equally small fuel cell. this little device could be used in future marine rescue and survey missions.

Robot Unicorn Attack lets you prance and dash through a magical world collecting fairies and experiencing life as a mythical robotic unicorn.

This robot reads simple algorithms loops them and creates patterns by doing so. An algorithm can be, move forward for 2 seconds and rotate 78 degrees, if we loop this we generate a certain pattern.

It's robot vs ninja! For the Converse Weapons.

Kid Robot unveils their new Munnies at a SoHo art exhibit today, including this cutie from BukuBuku!

Nateomedia ~ great set of three robot rampage prints

Diesel Sweeties branches into TIES! From our favorite iconic paint bucket pixels to a red robot emerging from the flames... (also there are now squid socks!)

This is a web comic made entirely by an old industrial robot that finds basic geometric shapes that IT draws funny and full of human-like expressions.

The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles hosted Giant Robot Biennale 2: 15 Years, curated by Eric Nakamura.

ROPID is the most athletic humanoid robot! Just been introduced in Japan. Not only he can jump high, he looks so sweet!

Robots and Monsters is a charitable art project that offers robot and monster drawings to those who love original drawings.

ROBOX; a series of 9 storage boxes that can turn into giant robot in no time

The third prototype for Astrobotic Technology’s lunar robot has innovations that will enable it to survive the blistering heat at the Moon’s equator, which is the robot’s destination in May 2011 when it will visit the Apollo 11 site.

Ken Lim's "Guardian Robot," which will keep an eye on your Twitter feed for happy or sad messages from your friends, raising its arm in triumph or lowering its head sulkily.

Panasonic's Evoia Robot! panasonic evoia robot to demonstrate their long lasting evolta batteries, panasonic drove the small evoia robot for 24 hours at the lemans racetrack. the small robot rode a tricycle powered by two small AA evolta batteries.

A Modular Robot That Puts Itself Back Together Again - small, independent components that can be replicated and combined in many ways.

Kid Robot revealed their holiday collection yesterday, marking the first time we get to see the new stuff for 2010!

"Warning: Vehicle Transforms into Robots" Stickers! from Diesel Sweeties ~ i'd love to run around sticking these on things...

This exclusive Pink Babo Kaiju Toy will be available at the 2009 SDCC at the Giant Robot Booth. Only 20 will be available.

Spherical robot by Nils Völker. A ball-shaped robot on the base of a Lego Mindstorms NXT. It can move in any direction by turning it's internal mass, remote controlled via bluetooth with a second NXT.

Real-Life Wall-E Recycling Robot Takes to the Streets of Italy! This Wall-E collects trash and measures atmospheric pollutants. He can also identify residents, and sort their trash into organic, recyclable, or waste!

Robot Bowl - the only Robot Bowling arcade game sitting in a sewing shop in the entire world.

Ecotronic Toys ~ yes! eco friendly, no batteries, and people powered!

Carlos Owens had handled all kinds of machines as an army mechanic, but he always dreamed of using those skills for one project: his own "mecha,” a giant metal robot that could mirror the movements of its human pilot.

Manga maven Junko Mizuno brings 14 demented characters from her hit graphic novel, Pure Trance, to vinyl. Blind Box assortment exclusive with Kid Robot!

reclaim 2 fame uses old metal pots and other cool stuff in their whimsical robot sculptures.

Supermodified studios is the brainchild of Nick Mannion. Mod1 is his first product, an articulated 7" stylised robot figure that is available in a variety of cool colour schemes.

The robot was built by Nils Völker for the exhibition "Makers & Spectators" at the MU in Eindhoven by Christien Meindertsma.

New Luckies ~ blind box zipper pulls from Friends with You and Kid Robot

Kid Robot has some cute limited edition Sculptures from Tara Mcpherson

The Robot Underground News Network. The news for Robots, by Robots.

FEATUREDCRUSH ALL HUMANS!!! The latest book and squishable crocheted robot from Diesel Sweeties are here! Like literally on my desk right now... check out the closeups and the silly illustration he did for me!

Giant robotic spiders built by La Machine, coming to Yokohama for the city's 150th anniversary.

From the designer who brought you the Broken Heart Robot vinyl toy comes his second creation, Kricky The Alien Frog.

Adorable Robot USB flash drives with springy appendages!

Philadelphia-based artist Larry West posted a bunch of photos of this adorable robot with a sign that says "The End Is Near!"

i robot. i help. Mount this clever robot on the wall and he sets to work - holding anything you get near him and keeping watch over any room.

Robot Vans by Aimée Wilder now on sale through the Vans website.

Beautiful music video by Walter Robot for Death Cab For Cutie. Centered around a wildfire, everything about this collaboration screams lost love.

Mike Perry's latest art show at Giant Robot in NYC!

Welcome to Mark Selander's head. It's filled with robot dinosaurs among many other things.

VIDEOQuirky paper animation video featuring giant paper robots of good and evil battling it out ~ for the new Giant Robot Shin Tanaka contest!

A former game designer, Jay Horinouchi combines his abstract robot designs with traditional Japanese painting techniques. Solo show coming up this Saturday in Los Angeles!

Using Topobo, created in the MIT Media Lab by Hayes Raffle and Amanda Parkes, is like building a Lego robot you program with your hands!

The Logibot is a transporting Robot. In a system of corridors these logibots are traveling and transporting goods from house to house.

VIDEORobot Parade! This video is too cute and will totally get stuck in your head.

Paul Hoc is not a robot, it's a drawing machine imagined by Objetgraphik ! Like any ice dancer he runs a program. Paul Hoc is not a printer, it wanders through the paper to write his own movement like a seismograph.

Beautiful Ocean print from Little Robot

Tamar Levine and Rob Sheridan create a robot girl.

Paper toy creator and artist, Shin Tanaka, has teamed up with Asian-American pop culture magazine; Giant Robot, and with car manufacturer, Scion, in an effort to provide cut-out templates of Shin’s paper toys, in various issues of Giant Robot magazine…

Jaw-dropping robot model kit by Kazushi Kobayashi. Sadly, only for sale in Japan.

Boot I by Pixel Pancho, from street art to international concept store. Amazing limited edition robot-pop-pot.

Robot Toothbrush Holder!

VIDEOFully animated robot pole dancers, and robot DJ. They are made from raw materials found in various scrap yards and controlled, via a PC, using a DMX lighting programme.

Amazing Pixar short film about a robot called Burn-E based on the movie Wall-E.

A giant, firebreathing robot dog roams the streets of London! Courtesy of our steam-punk friends Mutoid Waste Company.

‘In Vestimentis Ursum‘ is a collection of stuffed animals that sing, dance, light up, or talk back. Matt Kirkland disassembled them to show the robot inside the toys.

Crazy video footage of a Magnapinna squid with what appears to be elbows was taken by a Shell Oil underwater robot 1.5 miles underwater. I think its probably just an alien.

A "musical component robot" that plays records, CDs and DVDs while looking impressively stylish.

A sun seeking plant robot called PlantBot.
"Solar seeking botanical augmentation"

I am very excited for this exhibition opening at Giant Robot tomorrow - “Game Over”, Art of the Gamer Generation. I love this print by PCP, which will be in the show.

Great interactive, giant-robot-themed, hand-drawn looking web page for Kinetic Studios— every page transition involves a new destructive exploit of the site's robot hero/villain! The copy is themed to match!

DelFly ~ Be careful swatting the buzzing insect near you this summer because it may actually be a robot.

Nissan unveiled the bumblebee-inspired BR23C Biomimetic Robot Car.

Mars is launching the new spot to promote its Mars Planet chocolates with a robot-inspired animated TV ad...

NYC soho store Uniqlo enlisted this robot named wakamura to meet and greet customers, telling them about special promotions, and leading the staff in morning exercise. Awesome!

The BMW Z X-6 concept, from Torino IED auto design students - looks like a vehicle you'd see in a futuristic movie, such as i-Robot. Boasting slide-out doors, glass panels, and a sleek frame.

ROBOT MILK!

He's 20" tall, limited ed of 50 ~ Van Orlax
KR Exclusive Green Version - Monsterism, Kid Robot Exclusive, by Pete Fowler

Robot found in Christchurch...

Kid Robot Jewelry line ~ a result of collaboration with Tarina Tarantino... whatever will be next ~

FEATUREDDiesel Sweeties Sneak Peek! Acrylic Robot Prototypes in the making for sdcc! And the best Tetris+Dating comic... and you have to see screenshots of this sweet Zune ad i found on the site too...

A robot builds a smaller robot building a smaller robot ad infinitum in this lovely little Processing piece.

Need a chair? Robot chair follows you around using RFID technology. Designed by Jelte van Geest.

Coca-Cola has oversized robot vending machines lumbering around Tokyo pinching the heads of people who don't buy a coke.

VIDEO22ft Robot Made of Styrofoam inserts from electronics, etc.... ever wonder how these michael salter creations are built? See this crazy video!

Like an hyperactive 3 year old, the little Yellow Drum Machine Robot wanders around the house looking for objects to drum on. [Editor's Note: Clocky could learn a thing or two from this guy]

The Big Dog walking robot got another spooky update. Make sure to check out the part where it tries desperately to stay balanced when walking on ice.

ATTN NYC Kid Robot fans! Their new store is opening SOON which means a ton of stock needs to be moved which means SUPER discounts on toys!

Japanese cellphone robot. If the user calls a particular person many times, a text phrase such as “You’re calling her often these days, aren’t you?” comes out of the face’s mouth.

Picking up life's little messes is easy with the Robo Vacum™! This tiny desktop robot is a perfect for sucking up those kitchen crumbs and desktop debris.

This spinning dot-matrix printer sprays inkjet messages on ping pong balls. Did I happen to mention that they're used as ammunition for a giant ping pong ball firing robot?

Nick Foley's Pear Light tree even lets you pick the magnetized fruits off their charging branches for portable lighting. The only thing missing is a robot partridge.

FEATUREDGift Guide Day 12 ~ NOTCOT Contributor Anna of Sub-Studio shares some of her picks for this season's gifting... all framed in her illustrations... LOVE the robot!

Pleo torture video ~ is it bad while intruiged about what the robot can do, i feel BAD for it as it moans and groans? At newly rebranded DVICE (formerly sci fi tech)

FEATUREDDiesel Sweeties sent over a surprise pack of Angry Red Pixel Robot Socks! And they are quite amusing and fun stocking stuffers... or you can use it as your xmas stocking even...

Leather Robot Keychain

Questionable Content always has the best crazy genius robots... couldn't stop laughing when i just saw Hannelore's dad made robot BOYFRIEND. Can't wait to see what he's like...

Junko Mizuno's Pure Trance characters comes to vinyl. Limited edition releasing today at the L.A. Kid Robot along with Mizuno signing.

i-SOBOT: World's most advanced and smallest humanoid robot by TOMY.

I'm glad saki likes us, b/c through her mention, i discovered this ROBOT CALCULATOR! So cute.

Aibo robot dog + Mp3 walkman = Sony Rolly? What a bizarre little offspring...

a short animation by animator rinee shah about a girl traveling through an evil forest with her pet robot polar bear.

Video of the V_Bot, a 3-in-1 radio controlled car, dancing robot and MP3 speaker from RC2.