[youtube]poh5zSsd1rE[/youtube]Forget that little blob thing, this guy is part T-800 and part Cylon. Yikes. Look at how fast it is! It has hooves like a freaking Cyberdemon from Doom! Thank goodness it is just a dude in a dude in a suit. A very f… more »
[youtube]SbqHERKdlK8[/youtube]This could be T-1000's ancestor. Increase the resolution of the cells and you could make a very versatile and frightening bot. more »
Yeah, you heard me. Cyberdyne is a real company in Japan. Did I mention they are building a "cyborg-type robot" that you wear as a suit? This both fascinates and terrifies me. Thanks to /Film for the heads up. more »
The revolution has begun. As expected, it started in Japan under the cover of "Roppongi Art Night." As crazy conspiracy theorists and creationists, the Brendo-Team knows what is really afoot. Here are pics of the carnage:
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A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Esquire
2074 TO 2078: Robot vs. Animal War.
MAY 4, 2079: The Robot vs. Animal War concludes with the Kenya Peace Accords. The animals get Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Australia. Europe and Gree… more »
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These scientists, working to hasten the day when we are exterminated by our robot overlords, have attached a suspension of biological neurons to a robot. The electrical activity of the biological brain drives the robot… more »
Robots: Man Designs a Robot to Kill Him -- And Succeeds
It begins....
An elderly man in Australia who didn't want to be placed in a home for assisted living built a robot to end his misery. He downloaded the specs for a robot that could point and shoo… more »
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Boston Dynamics, a small DARPA-funded robotics company is designing the robot in the video for the US military. The video shows the bot, called BigDog, maintaining balance while being kicked, slipping on ice, climbing o… more »
... we are so fucked.
Honda Robots Pair Up to Lend a Hand - AP - 11DEC07
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The music to the vid is quite fitting for a science experiment gone awry. more »
Toyota's new robot can play the violin, help the aged - Breitbart - 06DEC07
Flexible-jointed robot is no pushover - NewScientistTech.com - 06DEC07 - Watch the Video
Playing the violin, taking care of our old folk, and now we can't seem to even push… more »
Simroid: Dentistry in the uncanny valley (video) ::: Pink Tentacle
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Seriously, this dentist training robot is super creepy. It looks like something out of a Japanese horror movie.
Hat tip to Boing Boing. more »
Gringo and I were talking about this one on the phone and thought it would make a good poll. Add your own answer if you want. The Return of the King won the best #3 poll, for anyone who is wondering. more »
This Slashdot article is crazy. It's only a matter of time before an armed automated module is created, stolen by or sold to someone, and we're discussing the "Great Voltron War of 2019." Seriously. more »
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If you thought you could escape the robot rebellion by hiding upstairs or running, you better head back to the drawing board. more »
Swarmanoid robot project foreshadows certain robotic takeover - Engadget
The primary focus (aside from instilling an imminent fear of global robotic dominance) is to create a small army of specialized robots that can successfully "adapt to live in buil… more »
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
I sense inspiration from all over the place (BIONICLE and EVANGELION?), but no real uniqueness. This being said, I'm assuming (and hoping) such distinction will be better defined wh… more »
Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
AICN has some clearer versions of the already leaked Optimus Prime pictures, including some close-ups of his head. Check out this one:
I think it looks pretty good. Like I s… more »
Filmwad - Movie news, trailers, galleries and box office! First pics of Megatron
First off, I am pretty excited for the new Transformers movie. Life-size Autobots and Decepticons fighting it out will be awesome. But what is going on with the cha… more »
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