Milan 2011: Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen's top ten stories about robots. More about Robox by Fabio Novembre
Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have installed eight robotic arms to scrawl messages from the public across the air in Trafalgar Square, and Dezeen readers can use a special VIP code to get their messages prioritised. More about Outrace by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram
Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen's top ten stories about robots. More about Tea House for Robots by Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture
Designers Kram/Weisshaar are to install a robotic "octopus" in Trafalgar Square during the London Design Festival in September. More about Outrace by Kram/Weisshaar for Trafalgar Square
German designer Stefan Ulrich has designed a conceptual shape-changing object to relieve loneliness, using artificial muscle technology. More about Funktionide by Stefan Ulrich
Boston architects Howeler + Yoon and Los Angeles digital designers Squared Design Lab have designed a conceptual structure for Boston, where an unfinished building would be covered in modular pods growing algae for biofuel. More about Eco-pods by Howeler + Yoon Architectureand Squared Design Lab
Construction will begin on a wall to be built entirely by a robot - designed by Swiss architects Gramazio and Kohler - in New York later this month. More about Pike Loop by Gramazio & Kohler
Professor Ingeborg M. Rocker of Rocker-Lange Architects and students at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA, have used a robot to build an undulating double-wall structure. More about On the Bri(n)ck at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed a shelter for homeless people that looks like a robot. More about Tin Man No. 11 by Kacey Wong
Design Miami 08: more from New York gallery R 20th Century at Design Miami last week, this time Robots by designer Rusti D. More about Robots by Rusti D. at R 20th Century