Call it perks of the job, a show off of skills, or just plain crazy love, but Microsoft’s Robotics Team software engineer Jordan Correa quite likes his dog. And he hates to keep him all alone in the house for eight hours every day while he is at work. So he came up with a plan – oh no, he did not buy him toys, or treats, or trained him to play Fruit Ninja on a tablet, like you probably would – oh no, he made him a robot. Match that.

Correa calls it the DarwinBot, lovingly named after his little dog. The robot is equipped with a Kinect (what is not these days?) and can take commands over Skype. It is programmed to play fetch and can also dispense treats when the need be. That’s pretty incredible.

Google had announced ADK for Android which allowed developers to control or take input from external hardware via android usb port. And here we have a homage to androids using the very same feature. A Dancing android bot being controlled via an Android tablet. The bot is made up of 4 servomotors and the developer is confirming that once he does polish on his project he will release it as open source for everyone to make their own bots or other similar things to be controlled via this Android software. check it out in action below:

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Titan the Robot will be performing his act throughout Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) during GITEX 2009. The public will be able to watch the show and check out all the latest products, gadgets and software on Thursday 22 October 2009, as the consumer electronics section of the event will open, free to the general public on the final day.

“The Titan Robot has proved to be a big hit with all the visitors at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK,” said Trixee Loh, Senior Vice President, Dubai World Trade Centre. “Our customers have had an outstanding week of business networking and knowledge exchange which has far exceeded everyone’s expectations in today’s economic climate. We anticipate the last day to be a frantic affair of final business negotiations in the company of the most incredibly interactive and fascinating robot.”

The Titan Robot thrills the crowd with an exciting mix of heart stopping action and entertainment that makes the show a perfect compliment to GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. Titan talks, sings, dances and even cries enticing the crowd throughout the show.

“Nobody at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK will have seen anything like Titan the Robot before,” said Nik Fielding, the creator of Titan the Robot. “We are delighted to bring our show to Dubai and look forward to adding a totally new element to the show.”