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BLINKY: Do Not Trust the Happy Robot

The trailer for the upcoming short film BLINKY by Ruairi Robinson has been released. See it below. [vimeo 16755989] The film is set in a not so distant future and features a domestic robot that apparently turns into a rampaging killer...Either that, or it enjoys ketchup too much. Blinky is

Posted on 01/12/2010 by carlos-31 in Entertainment

Lucky UAV Films Bikini Models

Everybody knows that robots take jobs that are simply too dangerous or that human do not want to do, filming and taking pictures of bikini models is definitely not one of them. Nevertheless, a very lucky hexacopter UAV got this highly coveted job. UAV Photographing Bikini Model If you want to…

Posted on 15/11/2010 by carlos-31 in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Entertainment

Nao Gets Emotional On Fox News

Nao Close-up Nao keeps making headlines and becoming more and more popular. The little humanoid has been featured on Fox News. As reported by the anchors, University of Hertfordshire is developing the robot's response to human emotions. This aims to create better communication between robots

Posted on 18/08/2010 by carlos-31 in Humanoids, Entertainment

Robotic Ice Cream Maker, Brain The Size of a Planet...

Marvin From The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy This Japanese robotic ice cream making machine must be the most expensive and slowest way of making ice cream. One can imagine that if the robot big (actually huge) head is filled with computational power, it must be a very bored and depressed rob

Posted on 17/08/2010 by carlos-31 in Humanoids, Entertainment

Robots Have Needs Too

Maslow's Hierarchy of Robot Needs The chart above depicts the robotic version of the original Marlow's human needs. Now, it is much more clear why robots will eventually enslave us. Also, keep in mind that (at least according to this chart) to vacuum the living room is the equivalent of bec

Posted on 09/08/2010 by carlos-31 in Entertainment

C.R.A.B. Like a CGI ED 209

ED 209 from RoboCop If the title caught your attention it is because you are a real robot geek! There seems to be a pattern when humans envision robotic law enforcement... and it almost always ends in rampage and a killing spree. The videos below by Jamie Martin explore this (most likely)

Posted on 09/08/2010 by carlos-31 in Entertainment

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