Posts tagged with ‘robots’

Afternoon short films: “Abe”

ABE is an fun little 8 minute film about a psychopathic robot. You have your fun…..I have mine.

Simulated soft bodied robots provide one of the simplest visual explanations of evolution ever

Here we evolve the bodies of soft robots made of multiple materials (muscle, bone, & support tissue) to move quickly. Evolution produces a diverse array of fun, wacky, interesting, but ultimately functional soft robots.

IHC After Dark: A creepy animatronic Ray Charles playing piano on a bench on Osaka, Japan

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Boston Dynamics’ Petman robot in camo is a thing straight out of your nightmares

The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed for hazardous environments. The video shows initial testing in a chemical protection suit and gas mask. PETMAN has sensors embedded in its skin that detect any chemicals leaking through the suit. The skin also maintains a micro-climate inside the clothing by sweating and regulating temperature

A quadrocopter practices its pole acrobatics

Looks like it’s time to buy stock in CyberDyne Systems.

The future is here: You can now legally protect yourself against malicious robots

Specifically, the advanced DaVinci surgery robot. It’s not quite Old Glory Robot Insurance, but it’s damn close.

Sunday metal madness: Compressorhead “Ace of Spades”

Compressorhead, the world’s heaviest metal band made of three robots (Fingers / guitarist, Bones / bassist, Stickboy / drummer), plays Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” during a recent practice at the Robocross headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

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ROBOY is a realistic-ish tendon-driven robot boy that “grows” in nine months

Roboy is a robot with a future. He represents a new generation of robots and an innovative research direction for science and industry. This pioneering project began a good five months ago at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich, and its goal is to develop one of the most advanced humanoid robots within the record-breaking timeframe of only nine months. Today “Roboy” is getting a new face and can already move his arms – and soon he will be presented to the public to celebrate the laboratory’s 25th anniversary at the robotics fair “Robots on Tour”.

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Sunday short films: “Paraphernalia” by John Williams

When young Atari Withers gets annoyed with the little robot that follows him everywhere, he tries to leave it, sell it and smash it up… But this robot is more than just a toy.