Ever heard about the Robot Operating System? It’s a BSD-licensed open ... a laptop subscribed to them, and even an Android phone used to drive the motors — talk about flexibility!

We have no idea why, but since we featured Botiful, the Android-powered telepresence robot a few days ago, the tip line has been awash in robot/Android mashups. Here’s a few of the cool ones.

Today, the little green robot that Google uses as the mascot for Android may be one of the most widely recognizeable logos in the tech industry. But Blok, a former designer at Google that now ...

"Just as Android revolutionized smartphones and Windows transformed the PC world ... Modern Programming Languages and Vendor Independence NOVA is the world’s first agnostic operating system for robots ...

"Just as Android revolutionized smartphones and ... Vendor Independence NOVA is the world’s first agnostic operating system for robots, designed to make robotics accessible to everyone.