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DARPA Stops Trying Not to Be Terrifying, Funds Chainsaw-Wielding, Flesh-Eating Robot
You don't have to be tinfoil underwear type to get uneasy about some of the bizarre projects that DARPA throws its weight behind. But the organic matter-consuming EATR robot? Oh. God. More » -
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Bossa Nova Penbo: The "First Real Robot for Girls" Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby
The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the "first real robot for girls." It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: More » -
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Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot
What's special about Bossa Nova's Prime-8 robot—a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute's $20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It's the fastest bipedal toy robot ever. Just watch. More »WalksRuns on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits -
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Project Nomad's Robotic Animal Vehicles Won't Be Real Anytime Soon
As far as concepts go, Jason Battersby's Project Nomad is pretty out there. It's a series of rideable robo-vehicles that look like animals, getting their energy from plants. Yeah, let us know when these become feasible, Jason. [Coroflot via BBG] -
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This Looks Healthy
While real cats and dogs seem far too keen on reproduction to ever be as scarce or expensive as they were in Blade Runner, Sega is pushing full steam ahead with an update to their freaky robotic felines. More » -
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Momozon Robot Ramen: 40 Million Ramen Flavors Made by a Robot
I'll take six of the $200,000 ramen-making robots Yoshihira Uchida built for his noodle shop Momozono Robot Ramen. The robot crafts completely customized ramen broth—there are over 40 million flavor possibilities you can configure. Mmmmm. More » -
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Which One is the Robot?
A great cover by the Christian Science Monitor. I went back and forth a few times, and ended up being wrong. Which do you think is the meat-based contruction? The answer forthcoming on Monday. [BoingBoingGadgets] -
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Pentagon's Robot Hummingbird Christened "Nano Air Vehicle"
The Pentagon's wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They're not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream. More » -
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Self-Portrait Machine Forces Your Hands Into Drawing a Pretty Picture
No artistic ability? Let a friendly robot force your hands into drawing a realistic self-portrait of yourself. More » -
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Robo-Geisha Invade Theaters With Chainsaws, Butt Blades and Fried Shrimp
If fembots were viciously cultured Japanese escorts instead of just ditsy blondes, Austin Powers would not have lived to make The Love Guru. (Tagged NSFW for crude violence and PG13 T&A) More » -
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Buy a Modded Guitar Hero Controller To Cheat at Fake Rocking
We're big Guitar Hero/Rock Band fans, but buying a controller so that it can play the songs perfectly so that you don't have to do anything? That's taking it a bit too far. More » -
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Robot Parkour Ad by Nike
Without the limitations of, you know, human bodies and gravity and all that junk, the already-crazy sport of parkour (or "extreme running") becomes even more amazing. This bit is from a Nike ad and features a computer-animated, hoodie-wearing robot. More » -
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MyDeskFriend Combines Facebook With a Little Robotic Penguin
Arimaz's MyDeskFriend is a little penguin that rolls around your desk, has 5 moods, responds to physical input and connects to Facebook. I kinda want one. More » -
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Japan Building Another Gigantic Robot: Tetsujin
We knew this day would come. Japan builds one giant robot and, like a first taste of heroin, the country follows a destructive path of building opulent robo statues until there's a 60-foot robot for every man, woman and child. More » -
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Fly-Powered Gadgets Indulge Your Small-Scale Supervillain Fantasies
All those fly-catchers—the sticky ones, the glowing ones, the zappy ones—seem like such a waste. Surely there's something to do with all those fly carcasses, aside from cringing at them. Enter James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau—insect nemeses. More » -
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WowWee FlyTech Skyhopper: More Mothra than a Star Wars Airspeeder
Digging around on the FCC site can uncover some truly weird things. Exhibit A this morning: WowWee's FlyTech Skyhopper (no, not that Skyhopper). More » -
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Pixar's Animatronic Luxo Jr. Melts Our Hearts in Live Action
Luxo Jr., the mascot of possibly the world's greatest film studio, Pixar, has been turned into an animatronic, real-life version that's remarkably smooth and lifelike. Well, as lifelike as a formerly-animated robot based on an old-school desk lamp can be. More » -
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Lego Matrix Zion's Last Stand Arrives Six Years Too Late, But It's Still Awesome
Here's a Lego diorama of one of the best scenes of Matrix Revolutions: Zion's last stand against the Matrix, humans in their mechas against merciless Sentinels. The close-up of the human resistance mecha begs for an official Lego version. More » -
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R2-D2 Appears in Transformers 2
Apparently Industrial Light and Magic is now inserting R2-D2 in every single movie they make. Before it was Star Trek, and according to film's visual-effects supervisor Scott Farrar, now it is Transformers 2: More » -
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Transformer Wall-E Won't Be Seen in Revenge of the Fallen
Wall-E was a pretty great robot on his own, but apparently somebody in Japan thought he needed an upgrade. So say hello to Wall-E the Transformer. More » -
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Computerized Train Runs Over Local Man for "Unknown Reason"
We here at Gizmodo are anything but fearmongering sensationalists. We're analytical, skeptical, and rational at all costs. That being said, this robot train ran over some dude in Miami and everyone in south Florida should run for their lives. More » -
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Solar Powered Spider Will Populate My Nightmares for Months
Every time I've seen these Jansen walkers—usually driven by the wind, sometimes on electricity—they have crept the hell out of me. This one is solar powered, and it creeps me just the same. More » -
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DIY Voice Modulator Makes Everybody Do the Robot (or at Least Sound Like One)
This DIY project takes common parts, including a clock from IKEA and a fluorescent desk lamp, and turns them into this sweet robot voice modulator that makes even the most emotional, dramatic vocals seem cold and calculating. More » -
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In the Future, Robots Will Tell You How To Do Stuff, Silently Judge You
Pop Sci has a neat video of the Teamworkbot, a robot who can watch you attempt to carry out a task, then offer help when you're doing it wrong. But I won't lie...when you fail, Teamworkbot seems pretty intimidating. More » -
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The Super Rideable Rubber Band Robot Automaton
This refreshingly mechanical hand-made robot automaton can be hand-cranked to close its fists, drop its chest plate and unleash a hellfire of rubber bands onto its victims. More » -
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I Want This Now
I want this: A robot monkey that makes me coffee every morning. Then, it will go down to the deli, jumping through the fire escape, pick me up a bagel with pastrami and cream cheese, and climb back up. More » -
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Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
The Pentagon's current crop of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are insanely powerful—the "Hellfire" is so named for a reason—but also fairly imprecise, often killing innocent, nearby civilians. The DoD's new UAVs hope to cut down on such casualties. More » -
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Full Size Gundam Video: It Moves! It Moves!
Yes, not only it looks amazing at night but the full size Gundam protecting Tokyo right now actually moves, as this video shows. You can check all its details up close in these videos: More » -
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Activated Full Size Gundam Robot Looks Totally, Absofrikinlutely ZOMG!
Holy frak. If you thought the 59-foot-tall Gundam in Tokyo was impressive when it was finished, you haven't seen it fully armed and operative at night. Beautiful and actually scary. Check the impressive close up: More » -
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Self-Charging PR2 Robot Travels From Room to Room in Search of Power
Unlike Roombas and the ASIMO that require specific charging docks to refuel their power, the PR2 uses the standard 3-pronged electrical outlet for its power source. More » -
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Ninomiya-kun Fights Robot Illiteracy
I've seen plenty of devices that turn pages for you, but Ninomiya-kun takes things a step further by actually reading books aloud. More » -
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To Create Robot, Just Add Netbook
Want to build your own robot using the loosest possible definition of "build"? The RoBe:Do Three is a wheeled robot that just needs a netbook to be plugged in to get it rolling. More » -
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Feed Me, Aero Blue Robot
It's no secret that machines are taking over the world, starting with our menially laborious jobs. We've got cooking robots, vacuuming Roombas, and now there's the Aero Blue Robot—a force-feeding droid. [Japan Times via DVice] -
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A Sushi Chef for a Post Robot Apocalyptic World
Something about a robot-operated dismembered hand placing raw fish on my plate just sounds...yummy! More » -
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Exploding Surveillance Snake Robot Is Unsettling at Best
Nothing beats combining your fears into one, absolutely terrifying object. This is a robotic snake that, when necessary, can blow itself up. Yes, a suicide-bombing robosnake. More » -
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Homemade Mecha Is Lonely Without Other Mechas to Beat Up On
Carlos Owens wanted a giant metal robot that would mimic his movements while he sat inside it. And since no one was about to build him one, he built it himself. More » -
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Tokyo's Life-Sized Gundam is Just About Finished
We've seen just the legs awkwardly standing there, but now we can witness the full scope of Tokyo's new 59-foot-tall Gundam statue. And it is awesome. -
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Bomo Baby Carriage is an Infant-Toting Robot
The Bomo Baby Carriage is essentially a Roomba with a seat for a baby on its back. There's no way this'll ever go wrong! More » -
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'Hello, Phone Sex Operator? I'm Into Unemotional Robots.'
Comedian Gil Ozeri, of "I'm Into Clippy" fame, is back with another incredible phone sex call. This time, he tells the unassuming operator that he's into robots that were programmed to feel no emotion. Oh my god. More » -
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Mecha Bot from James Cameron's Upcoming Avatar Makes Appearance at E3 Expo
Collider has images of what is said to be a "heavy lifter" which will appear in the upcoming James Cameron sci-fi epic Avatar. It basically looks like a generic, mecha, but it's something, right? More »












































