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Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics
This clown was clearly a big hit, or rather, a kick! It seems that a robotic party clown didn't get Asimov's First Law of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a...
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Vintage robot Halloween costumes show DIY creativity from bygone era
Here's a fun collection of vintage robot halloween costume photos shared by GotWeird on Instagram. All of these delightful costumes are DIY. It looks like so much love and creativity went into each...
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Meet Mirumi: Japan's cutest interactive emotional support toy
After watching this video, Mirumi is currently the #1 thing on my wishlist. Mirumi is a palm-sized emotional support gremlin from the Tokyo-based oddities lab at Yukai Engineering. This fluffy little...
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Wired editor grows extra arms in Tokyo
These robotic limbs and fingers, inspired by traditional Japanese puppetry, feel like they're straight out of the future. Wired Editor Amit Katwala tested them in Tokyo, asking himself, "Will wearing...
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Factory robot convinces 12 other robots to go on strike
A robotics company in Shanghai wanted to see how effective its persuasive AI programming could be. So they staged a test. Late one night, they allowed a small robot from another company, an AI-powered...
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Robie the coin-eating robot: A nostalgic look at Radio Shack's mechanical bank
This Radio Shack mechanical Robie coin bank from the 80s is so much fun to watch when it feeds itself a coin. The coin bank is designed to look like a cute, googly-eyed robot. When a coin is placed in...
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Robot Dreams will probably break your heart
Neon, the studio behind Ammonite and Anatomy of a Fall, has released a new trailer for their Oscar-nominated animated film Robot Dreams, which is finally getting released in the US. In the trailer, a...
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A man gave ChatGPT a body. The streets gave it a beating
In this humorous video, YouTube personality Blake Messick takes ChatGPT for a stroll–literally. Unfortunately, for the robot, it ended badly. He rigged up an inflatable man to a remote-control toy...
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The legendary Steam Man of 1868 was a human-like robot that could pull a cart
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anonymous Works (@anonymousworksinc) The Steam Man of 1868 was a human-like robot that could pull a cart. The Steam Man was created by Zadoc P. Dedrick as...
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That time Michael Jackson did the robot with Cher (1975)
Back in 1975, Cher had an eponymous TV music-variety show. It only lasted one season but in its short time it had some big stars as guests, including the Jackson 5. In this clip, watch Michael start...
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Robot spy beaver catfishes real family of beavers
A robot spy beaver successfully fooled a real family of beavers and a muskrat into thinking it was one of their own. The video of the beavers approaching the robot's camera-eye, with its fish-eye lens...
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Bartending robot can make your favorite drink and crack jokes with you
This bartending robot can make your favorite drink and crack jokes with you. It's programmed to take in information about the faces and speech patterns of its customers. Using this information, it...
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"Ai-Da" is an AI robot artist with an uncanny human-like face
"Ai-Da" is an AI robot artist with an uncanny human-like face. Ai-Da has shown a series of self portraits at London's Design Museum. Watch her drawn by holding a pen in her robot hand and listen to...
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Robot dogs to patrol U.S. border
A recent press release from the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to employ more robot dogs to aid CBP at the US-Mexico border. If that alone doesn't sound dystopian enough, their...
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Police use robot dogs to test unhoused people for Covid
Vice reports that the Honolulu Police Department spent $150,000 on a Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics, plus $11 on a thermometer, to go around to encampments of unhoused people and take their...
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UN wants to ban killer robots but US won't comply
Amongst other issues on the docket for the upcoming Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva, the United Nations wants to address the elephant in the, err, uhh,...
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When robots tip robots
🤖💰🤖📹: WhenMachinesCry/reddit pic.twitter.com/8hP5vNlhIR— Pee-wee Herman (@peeweeherman) January 3, 2021 When my daughter was young, she told me that chefs had a way of telling each other that they...
View ArticleCheck out this Berlin punk band made up entirely of scrap metal robots
The One Love Machine band is the brainchild of German artist Kolja Kugler, whose work focuses largely on moving sculptures. As he explained to CNN: When I build a band member I start obviously with...
View ArticleBlade Runner-inspired cocktail machine features that Orson Welles' Japanese...
A super-cool robotic bartender inspired by Blade Runner's Voight-Kampff machine? With an ordering menu screen that shows old Japanese whisky ad starring Orson Welles (giving a "dash of...
View ArticleWatch: #FightCovid19 robot enforces Singapore social distance rules with 360º...
VIDEO: RTÉ News. Singapore's Public Utilities Board is deploying a robot to encourage people wandering the outdoor parks of the densely populated Asian metropolis to social distance, and "stay safe,...
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