ACM-R5 is the name of this scary amphibious robotic snake that can swim inside water and move on the land also. Developed by Hirose Fukushima Lab in Japan, ACM-R5 consists of an universal joint and bellows. It was developed on the basis of the previous model HELIX, which was designed for research of spirochete-like helical swimming. An universal joint plays a role of bones, and bellows do a role of an integument. Video after the break.

The New Zealand researchers have joined hands with their Korean counterparts to develop a robot that can perform some basic duties of a doctor. The three year project will be carried out in the new robotics laboratory in Auckland. The Kiwi-based Foundation for Research, Science and Technology will provide $1.8 million to the project, while Korea has agreed to offer $3.7 million.

Movies and fictions are coming to reality I guess. Scientists at the University of Reading in the UK have created a robot with rat brain cells. An array of electrodes are connected to the neurons that can send signal to the brain.

Gigapan is a robotic tripod that was shown at SIGGRAPH Graphic conference that has an amazing capacity to take large panoramas at a touch of a button.

Pleo for sure is a cute robot. But it can also help you learn about robotics. Some folks at Otto-Friedrich-University in Bamberg, Germany, calling themselves GRIP (Group for Interdisciplinary Psychology) have posted two tutorials designed to wirelessly connect Pleo to a remote computer and give him the ability to recognise faces.

We are not talking about the chicks you encounter in the pub. These are little cute Robotic Chicks from ThinkGeek. This cute little chick will sit on hand and quietly chirps and cheeps and twitches its stubby little wings in response to your touch. It’s life-size and pretty realistic.

The guys who bought us The Stonehenge clock are back with another interesting robot. RoboStool uses Parallax Propeller chip, and motor mount kit, to navigate. RoboStool can navigate in 3different ways- Using a pre-programmed path, beacon mode (controlled by remote control) and ‘Follow me’ mode (where the Robot simply follows the user using thermal sensors). Video after the jump.

They show the terminator only for a flash of a second in the trailer. But one of the Gizmodo reader manahed to extract the image. I went through the trailer and managed to extract couple of more images.

We are in the Generation of robots i guess. Every week, we see new, different and interesting robots. Some are good, interesting and some are weird like this Stonehenge robot.

Designed by Norris Labs, This Stonehenge inspired robotic clock display the time by rearranging the 14cards. This is robotic clock is really great for telling time, if you have plenty of time in your hands. Video after the break.