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CATEGORY: Robotics
DiscoRobo Makes a Pretty Awesome Desk Accessory
Produced by manufacturing company Tosy, the DiscoRobo will dance in response to music. It even has heart-shaped adorable LED eyes just to let you know how much it loves you. Continue reading
MIT, Harvard Researchers Create ‘Dragonbot’ Intelligent Robot
Researchers at MIT, Harvard and Northeastern University have created an incredible new robot prototype that actually simulates a pretty high level of intelligence. The robot uses an Android phone for its “brain”, which is connected to a virtual cloud. Continue reading
Cleverbot Tricks Test Subjects Into Thinking It’s Human
At a tech festival in India, almost 60% of people believed that they were speaking to a human, when in fact they were speaking to Cleverbot. Continue reading
Robot Planes Now Have Their Own Airport. The Invasion Begins.
The Welsh government has given robotic planes their own airport, as well as a 500-square mile area of designated airspace. Continue reading
Future Wars Will Be Fought with Robot Armies — But We Already Knew That
According to MSNBC, the future of warfare will be “private robot armies” battling for ultimate dominion. Wait, didn’t we already know that? Continue reading
It’s Happening — 1 Million Human Workers to be Replaced by Robots
Over the next three years, an electronic manufacturing company plans to replace 1 million of its 1.2 million human workers with robots. Continue reading
Robot Rock Band Performs Marilyn Manson’s ‘Beautiful People’
No, we don’t mean robots as in Daft Punk. EOL (“End of Life”) is a band composed entirely of real robots. And they play Manson. Continue reading
Woman Raising $15,000 for Prosthetic Eye Camera
Tanya Marie Vlach wants to be a cyborg. No, really. She’s trying to raise enough money to fund development of a tiny webcam that could fit inside her prosthetic eye. Continue reading
Exterminate! Build Your Own Dalek Army With ‘Official’ Replicas
These Dalek replicas may be lifesize, but they don’t want to exterminate you. At least not yet. Continue reading
Dentists Can Now ‘Practice’ on an Attractive Japanese Robot
Meet Hanako 2, the latest creepily lifelike robot to become a guinea pig for dental students. Continue reading
