Archive for July 31st, 2008

The Valtra RoboTrac is a tractor. Sort of. It’s also a robot, and much smaller than the ones you are used to. It’s a fully programmable, automated farmhand that will round out any farm team and make it more productive. That’s because it performs a lot of tasks like tilling, plowing, disking, planting, harrowing, spraying, weeding, and more.

It’s small size is handy because it can work the fields without wrecking them to bits. It will pay for itself in no time since it cuts down on farmhands. A few more bots like this and the farm is going to be a lonely place of boredom, broken only by cows mooing at robots and the occasional UFO picking up Bessie.

[Dvice]

Murasaki Shikibu is famously known for writing The Tale of Genji. She’s a rock star goddess in Japan. The MURASAKI robot stands at 31-centimeters tall and weighs 3.3-pounds. It’s a beautiful work of art, I’ll give it that.

Supposedly, the bot is powered by NiMH batteries, moves around on two wheels and sports an 8-axis system for moving the neck and arms. Probably so lonely Japanese boys can hug it. Not sure if it’s for sale or just a prototype. You know, she’s kind of cute in an alien eyed sort of way.

[Crunchgear]