Robotic Revolt

marjoree: Celeste, the Robot Teabag “This is the robot teabag...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:32:11 -0600

Celeste, the Robot Teabag

“This is the robot teabag of the future.

Has blinking silicone warning nipples and flow-through panties.

She really enjoys brewing a big cup of tea for you.”

(via)

Now they’re in UR teas!

mecha: Alpha the Robot (1932)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:04 -0600

mecha:

Alpha the Robot (1932)　　

ScienceDaily (May 9, 2008) — Building robots with anything akin...

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:27:41 -0600

ScienceDaily (May 9, 2008) — Building robots with anything akin to human intelligence remains a far off vision, but European researchers are making progress on piecing together a new generation of machines that are more aware of their environment and better able to interact with humans. (via Piecing Together The Next Generation Of Cognitive Robots)

Dexter has a different, more human-like body on which ZMP...

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:24:38 -0600

Dexter has a different, more human-like body on which ZMP control does not work. Its joints, driven by air cylinders, are springy and flexible like human muscle. There are no stable postures that it can be put in where it can balance without active feedback, so it has to constantly adjust based on its sense of balance, the robot equivalent to your inner ear. It walks and balances the same way humans do, even wearing the same shoes humans wear. (via About the Robots)

The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could...

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:44:41 -0600

The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could enhance strength, keep the body active while recovering from an injury or even serve as a prosthetic limb has great appeal. Unlike the svelt body armor donned by Iron Man, however, most exoskeletons to date have looked more like clunky spare parts cobbled together.

Japan’s CYBERDYNE, Inc. is hoping to change that with a sleek, white exoskeleton now in the works that it says can augment the body’s own strength or do the work of ailing (or missing) limbs. (via Real-Life Iron Man: A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength: Scientific American)

Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart (via ) 3:12 video...

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:29:53 -0600

Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart (via ) 3:12 video length

It may have seemed like just another improbable scene from a...

Sun, 04 May 2008 19:11:40 -0600

It may have seemed like just another improbable scene from a Hollywood sci-fi flick – Tom Cruise battling against an army of robotic spiders intent on hunting him down.

But the storyline from Minority Report may not be quite as far fetched as it sounds.

(via Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’ | the Daily Mail)

Really cool Machinima video - “Show me how defenseless you...

Sun, 04 May 2008 15:37:16 -0600

Really cool Machinima video - “Show me how defenseless you really are…”

via We heart it

thedaytheytriedtokillme: $160 Billion Robotic Army Network...

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:04:46 -0600

thedaytheytriedtokillme:

$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda.

theresistance: This is your corporate future. v i a ...

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:17:23 -0600

theresistance:

This is your corporate future.

v i a

dtybywl:curate:yumyumscrap:kobucha

Meet NEXI (via KurzweilAI.net) Of course a future version of her...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:05:48 -0600

Meet NEXI (via KurzweilAI.net)

Of course a future version of her will be wanting to do John’s math homework.

The world’s fastest industrial robot: By fastest, it...

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:25 -0600

The world’s fastest industrial robot: By fastest, it means 10g of acceleration: that’s zero to 280mph in a single second.

Robot Arm: ABB FlexPicker Robot’s Legs Move So Fast it’s Scary

The Talking Elvis robot is on sale at the WowWee store for just...

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:21:50 -0600

The Talking Elvis robot is on sale at the WowWee store for just $99. Depending on how you look at it, that’s either $200 less than it should be, or $99 too much. Either way, if you can’t make room for a creepy hunk o’ burning love in your living room, then… you’re probably smarter than us. (via Dealzmodo: Talking Elvis Robot Only $99)

Japan and its Robot Future

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:59:50 -0600

TOKYO (AP) — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust.

Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot - dubbed Kansei, or “sensibility” - responds to the word “war” by quivering in what looks like disgust and fear. It hears “love,” and its pink lips smile.

“To live among people, robots need to handle complex social tasks,” said project leader Junichi Takeno of Meiji University. “Robots will need to work with emotions, to understand and eventually feel them.

While robots are a long way from matching human emotional complexity, the country is perhaps the closest to a future - once the stuff of science fiction - where humans and intelligent robots routinely live side by side and interact socially. via Wired

World's Biggest Subsea Robot

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:27:45 -0600

World's Biggest Subsea Robot

via Slashdot: schliz writes “Researchers are...

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:26:32 -0600

via Slashdot:

schliz writes “Researchers are investigating large swarms of up to 10,000 miniature robots which can work together to form a single, artificial life form. A resulting artificial immune system is expected to be able to detect faults and make recommendations to a high-level control system about corrective action — much like how a person’s natural immune system is able to cope with unfamiliar pathogens.”

Swarm robotics work hundreds of robots into one - Hardware - iTnews Australia

The newest video of Boston Dynamics’ BigDog (released in...

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:17:43 -0600

The newest video of Boston Dynamics’ BigDog (released in March 2008). The new version of this hydraulic quadruped robot can carry up to 340lb load and recovers its balance even after sliding on ice and snow.

BigDog - Boston Dynamics (2008) (via )

America’s Robot Army - Are Unmanned Armed Fighters Ready...

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:46:29 -0600

America’s Robot Army - Are Unmanned Armed Fighters Ready for Combat? - Iraq War - Popular Mechanics

A robot called Capuchin scales vertical walls using four limbs...

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:43:20 -0600

A robot called Capuchin scales vertical walls using four limbs that can shift its weight to stay balanced, it and other climbing robots could be key to uncovering the geology of Mars (Video courtesy Teresa Miller, Stanford University/Dennis Hong, Virginia Tech)

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