SHUT YO MOUTH!
Robots: Put a Ring On It
(via The Old Robots)
Remember these? I wanted one so much when I was a kid.
Andrew Thompson - We’re In Business (via LewisRecordings)
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal. (via tweenbots)
Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by a his self-made walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing January 8, 2009. This robot is the latest and largest development of hobby inventor Wu, who started to build robots in 1986, made of wire, metal, screws and nails found in rubbish sites.(via Robots)
Best hooks ever.
I just had to post these photos of these handbuilt Fortune Telling Robots. I love how they sit at the intersection of folk art and technology, and the fact that they work just seals the deal. (via Design*Sponge)
Chris G. Chris of The Shoebox Blog will draw 3 robots a week for at least one year’s time. (via oneplusinfinity)
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“Waiter! Waiter! What’s this robot doing in my soup?”
“It looks like he’s performing human tasks twice as well, because he knows no fear or pain.”
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
A robot.
Oh, shit.
A giant flower beetle with implanted electrodes and a radio receiver on its back can be wirelessly controlled, according to research presented this week. Scientists at the University of California developed a tiny rig that receives control signals from a nearby computer. This is cool, freaky and yet kinda mean. Watch the video and read more here (via oneplusinfinity » Blog Archive » The Army’s Remote-Controlled Beetle)
(via KintreZ)
WTF is even going on here?
