Joules might be a robot, but that doesn’t mean he can’t enjoy a calming tandem bike ride with his creator, Carl. He’s not dead weight, either – he actually pedals, thanks to a PMG-132 motor.

Built by Tilted Twister, this creation is the world’s first sudoku puzzle-solving LEGO robot. Basically, “it scans the sudoku puzzle using a light sensor, calculates the solution to the puzzle and then writes the digits.”

Ishikawa Komuro Lab’s high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation.

A tiny robot pedals tirelessly on a tricycle in Japan, powered by endurance batteries, hoping to set a world record for distance.

Festo, the same company that brought us the Air Ray robot last year, has developed yet another graceful robot inspired by a creature of the sea. In fact, they have developed two versions, both based on the common jellyfish: the AquaJelly and the AirJelly. According to Festo, the AquaJelly is “an artificial autonomous jellyfish with an electric drive and an intelligent, adaptive mechanical system.” Apparently the idea is to have several of the robots autonomously working together using a communication system composed of Zigbee short-range radio on the surface and LEDs when underwater.

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