Browsing the archives for the robots tag
Turing Is Turning In His Grave One Thinks It’s A Unicorn This is really cute. Two AI chat programs talk to each other. I think it’s pretty interesting. I like it that the guybot says he’s not a robot, but a unicorn. I do not fear a robot revolution anytime soon, no matter how dire [...]
Articulated and Articulate 17th Century Robots Karakuri is the art of clockwork automation, dating back to Japan’s Edo Period (17th and 18th Centuries). Once the spring powered clockwork mechanism hit Japan, in the 1600s, the Japanese put the spring’s stored energy to use with art, flair, and grace. These automatons can perform incredibly intricate, and [...]
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 [...]
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.
Vale, youdopians. This is neato. I like robots, androids,homunculi, you name it. I know this android is more like a Hall of Presidents animatronic figure, but it’s still neato, and it gives me something to post. :-p
