Pole dancing robots at London's MuTate (1)
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Oh, yeah, shake it, honey. Shake those servos. Let me see some of that sweet, sweet axle grease. Yeah, press those headlamps together. You know you want it. [[SMACK]] Huh? "USER TILT?" Why you filthy little tramp, I oughta... [[SIREN]] Ha! No, man, no. I wasn't touchin' the Monrobots. Ha! No need to bring out the bouncer, I wasn't... [[RUSTY TANK TREADS]] Oh, heyyyyyyy, Manglebot, what's happ...no. Nooooooo! [[CRUNCH]] AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.... Pole dancing robots at gallery ...
Pole Dancing Robots Ruin Both Robots and Strippers Simultaneously [Robots] (2)
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Pole dancing robots. Yes, they exist, and yes, I have video of them. No, they are not sexy. They are the polar opposite of sexy. The robots are part of the MuTate London exhibition. Beyond that, I have no idea what in the hell is the deal with these things. I mean, I know that people have a lot of insane, indefensible fetishes, but robot strippers with CCTV cameras and bullhorns for heads? Total bonerkillers. ...
Nerdcore 2009: Phasers and femme fatales (1)
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Sci-fi and sexy, the latest Nerdcore calendar has got everyone impatient for 2009 to start. Fleshbot reports:"...those Nerdcore kids have gone and upped the ante with this gorgeous pic of Justine Joli, bare naked and in the arms of a robot."This is definitely on my Xmas list - what better than to find a dozen femme fatales under the fur tree?
The Winboni is the Roomba of Window Washing [Robots] (2)
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Like a crazy hybrid between a Roomba and a Zamboni, the "Winboni" window washing machine earned four students from MSU first place in the International Student Design Competition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. With one push of a button, the Winboni autonomously goes to work on your windows using a suction fan (to keep it attached to the window) along with some Windex and felt pads to do the washing. Obviously, the device ...
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I'm sharing this solely because this thing is called the "winboni."
Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal [Robots] (1)
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I love this little bot whose fingers are made of roach clips. In the future, when pot is legal and alcohol-drinking is for people who experiment with dangerous retro-drugs, you'll be able to choose from a whole line of doobiebots who scoot around with burning joint-ends and say things like "Dude, don't bogart that joint!" We've got more doobiebots below. OK, I'll admit it. These aren't really doobiebots. They're merely cool robots who JUST HAPPEN ...
Robotic Rickshaws Wander the Streets of Beijing [Robots] (1)
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Wu Yulu may have only a primary school education, but his fascination with robots has inspired him to create 26 automata, a veritable robot army. Rather than leading his robots toward global conquest, Wu has designed them for more socially beneficially uses. His robotic rickshaw Wu No. 25 can pull an individual through the streets of China’s Beijing region for up to six hours on a single charge. Wu was invited to participate in this ...
Robots to perform menial tasks by 2025, write for Engadget quite a bit sooner (9)
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While robots have certainly been around for a long enough time doing things like sweeping your floors and even conducting symphonies, up to now they haven't been "human enough" to replace actual people. However, according to a new report from the National Intelligence Council, they should be able to by 2025. The report goes as far as saying that an influx of robo-workers could even "disrupt unskilled labor markets" and occupy jobs currently performed by ...
First Robot and Human Stage Play (1)
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Wakamaru is soon to become household name rather than a household servant. The domestic droid designed and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry stands 3 feet tall, and weighs about 30kg. It was released in 2005 and costs around £9,000. It can greet guests and provide information like weather forecasts but soon will be tredding rolling the boards. Tuesday marked the theatrical debut for the bot, which appeared onstage alongside really-real actors in a play that’s ...
Motoman, el robot humanoide que cocinará por ti (2)
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Sé que el robot cervecero es más placentero, pero un robot que cocina es mucho más útil. Eso es lo que han debido de pensar en Yaskawa Electric, responsable de este Motoman SDA10, pensado tanto para realizar trabajos en una cadena de montaje como para la realización de latos como el japonés okonomiyaki, un grill a lo Karate Kid. El robot mide 135 cm de alto y pesa 220 kilos. Los planes de la compañía ...
Chinese Farmer Builds His Own Robot Army, But Uses Them For Boring Tasks (2)
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By Andrew Liszewski Wu Yulu, a 46 year old Chinese farmer, doesn’t have a fancy University degree or much book learnin’, but over the past 30 years he’s managed to build himself an impressive army of 26 different robots. As time went on, Wu’s skills at designing robots improved, and while his first model, affectionately dubbed Wu No. 1 (he sees all his robots as his sons who must bear his surname) could barely shuffle ...
Electric Motor Man at the Applied Kinetic Arts Show (1)
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guest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics) If you haven’t already seen it, the Applied Kinetic Arts Show is on display at the Y2Y Gallery in San Francisco until January 23. The work is great, and the show is well worth a visit. This is a lil’ video from the show I threw together last night: “Electric Motor Man,” by Mark Galt, remixed with the theme from the “Dick Van Dyke Show.” (Rest assured, Motor ...
Robot Tissue Holder (1)
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I had a mixed reaction when I first laid eyes on this Robot ‘Bathroom Buddy’. Is it some bathroom accessory with hidden CCTVs or a small ghost-like thing stashed inside a robotic carcass? To my delight, it was a passive bathroom accomplice and a tissue holder. This cute nerdy Robot atop looks to be reading into something and would probably be disinterested to even look at you. It makes for a nice attraction in bathroom ...
Amoral War Robots May Make Better Soldiers (1)
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Every six months or so you will read something in the paper about a kooky new DARPA project where military scientists have outfitted wasps with nuclear warheads, or invented some kind of mind-reading goo or Cloak of Invisibility or whatever. Your semi-annual installment of freaky War Science News has researchers debating the utility of autonomous robots that could maybe avoid torturing people and bombing cemeteries. Yes, this seems like it could be a relatively benign ...
The Terminator thinks we taste like bacon (1)
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Okay so maybe the cute looking little green robot isn’t the Terminator but according to Eric Talmadge; an Associated Press writer, when the little robot isn’t tasting wine it’s deciding what humans taste like. The robot developed by researchers at NEC Systems Technologies to be able to taste and identify dozens of different wines, cheeses and hors d’oeuvres. As popular as this little wine steward might be on the jetsetting circle the interesting result of ...
I Was A Pre-Teen Christian Supercomputer! (3)
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Let me tell you a little bit about Colby. Ever since I was ten, Colby has been a part of me, like a small, sentient circuit board lodged in my brain. He wasn't always like this. When I first met him, he was autonomous: a Moloch Machine, a literal deus ex. Beneath the brim of his red baseball cap, unblinking eyes bulbously stared, plunged, hypnotized. In a contractionless castrati monotone, he sing-songed his teachings, and ...
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Survival Research Labs Turns 30 (1)
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Survival Research Labs just turned 30 today. Congratulations on an amazing three decades! SRL founder and director Mark Pauline writes: 30 years ago today, I started Survival Research Laboratories. I had come up with the idea of machine performances a few weeks earlier, and when the owner of a local free magazine, “Boulevards Magazine” heard my spiel, and learned that I was thinking of forming SRL as a company, he offered me, a free, full ...
Insectobots Coming (2)
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From the headlines at Military.com: If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons? That kind of James Bond-style fantasy is actually on the drawing board. U.S. military engineers are trying to design flying robots disguised as insects that could one day spy on enemies and conduct dangerous missions without ...
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Robots with lips and vocal chords.Shared by Carlos Villela (11)Contribute commentThe Awesomer (0) permalink
Futurama’s “A Tale of Two Santas” is one of our favorite episodes, so we’re itching to get our mitts on this two-fer, which includes both the bad and the ugly: Robot Santa and Santa Bender. Hat Tip: http://www.mwctoy... Link: http://www.theawe... Price: $55Shared by Arachnid (3) Emily Lewis (1)
