Browsing the archives for the robotics tag
I’ve been warning humanity of the pending robot revolution, with posts like this, and this. This robot is designed as a practice droid for dental students in (surprise) Japan. She blinks, can turn her head, react to pain, and gag. Who said that? Which one of you just said, “Sounds like the perfect woman. Can [...]
Hey Hey Hey I Feel Fantastic Ok, Teach your robot to sing, but why dress it up and put a wig on it? I bet it looks like the creator’s mother. Eewww. Anyway, I’ve warned of (german) robots who can lie, and of robots who serve ice cream (but do they serve I man?), but [...]
Happy Monday, Youdopia. I am pleased to announce the glorious Robot Revolution is going strong. We have now taught robots how to lie, shortly after teaching them how to feel. Skynet is sure to follow. Two scientists have published a paper about teaching roots the art of deception. Says Prof. Wagner (one of the writers): [...]
Hurrah, Youdopia! The Germans have created a robot that can feel, and emote. Not only that, it can tell what emotions you’re feeling. German empathy has at last been synthesized. German emotions. Aggressions, obsession with perfection, and racial hatred Awesome. Maybe if we’re lucky it can learn to judge the worthy from the unworthy. German [...]
Youdopia, I hope that you know my love and appreciation for the works of Robert Anton Wilson. He introduced me to the rate of information acquisition (he called it the Jumping Jesus), and how information doubles every few months (now) and is getting faster and faster. That much is pretty much empirically true, as I [...]
Well, Youdopia, I think you know I dig robots, at least I seem to. Honda, pioneers of the ASIMO (eternally satirized on South Park as Awesome-O) have developed a robot/brain interface that allows thoughts to control robots. Excellent. Maybe the robots will conquer us before the zombies. That makes it the Coolest Shit Ever. Yup.
Youdopia, I think robots are cool. This is the Coolest Shit Ever, because robots are cool. I’m not that impressed by facial expressions that much. Disney has had that in the Hall of Presidents for nigh on half a century (is that right, Eric?) This is the HRP-4C robot. It can sing, and it can [...]
