Robots Archives - Page 7 of 43

WATCH: CGP Grey explains the robot revolution

If you watch one video today, make it this one. YouTube star CGP Grey has just posted an astonishing video to his channel, in which he explains essentially why everyone will soon be redundant thanks to robots. Seriously - watch the whole thing - every few seconds your mind will be blown. Is it depressing?…

13 August 201414 August 2014 James O'Malley Motoring, Robots

Help this Kickstarter to build a MASSIVE ROBOT that can JUGGLE CARS

Do you dare to dream? Do you want to make the world a better place? Then it is your duty to get behind this noble campaign to build a massive car-juggling robot. A Kickstarter launched earlier this month to build the "Bug Juggler" - a robot that will literally pick up full size cars and…

1 August 201416 February 2021 James O'Malley Robots, Science

Canadians invent hitch-hiking robot. Because why not?

Meet HitchBot. Sadly not a robotic reanimation of the late Christopher Hitchens, but a hitch-hiking robot that will be travelling across Canada over the next few weeks. A creation of a number of Canadian universities, the hybrid art-project/social experiment/folly is capable of talking and interacting in conversations with the people who pick it up along…

25 July 201429 July 2014 James O'Malley Internet Of Things, Robots

Russia deploys killer death robots

Russia has started using autonomous sentry robots to guard missile bases - that can identify enemies and make the decision to fire without a human being saying so. Yikes. Don't worry, this robot pictured only exists in Robocop. At least for the time being. As if we didn't have enough to…

22 July 201410 January 2016 James O'Malley Robots, Vehicles

Are robots coming to take our jobs?

Don't tell UKIP, but is seems that it is not just human European migrants who are coming to take all our jobs. It has been reported that the European Commission is now looking to strengthen Europe's position in the global…

4 June 201423 June 2017 Stuart Robots

VIDEO: The SketRobo robot is a better artist than you

Call yourself an artist? Well, you're about to be replaced by a newer, robot model. This is SketRobo, the "sketch master" robot on show at IFA 2012 from Tosy Robotics. Aimed as an interactive "art teacher" toy for kids, it…

5 September 2012 Gerald Lynch IFA 2012, Previews, Robots, Tech Digest news

Future robots to work "in coordination with people" as new 8ft robot is launched in Japan.

Mahoro is a new, 8 foot robot in Japan that currently handles 'dangerous' lab work. The robot is able to complete many tasks, which takes years of training for most people, much quicker and more precise than any technician would…

9 July 2012 Dylan Burns Health, Robots

This robot arse is just what your life has been missing…

I woke up today feeling a little down. There was some gap in my life, nay, a hole in the world that needed filling for the good of mankind. Something, some goal that civilisation, mankind collected, hadn't achieved yet. I…

10 May 2012 Gerald Lynch Robots, Tech Digest news, Weirdness

F1 team help teenager achieve his bionic arm dream

The Formula One Mercedes GP Petronas team have helped a British teenager improve his quality of life by helping him grab an expensive bionic arm from Touch Bionics. 14-year-old Matthew James was born without a left hand, and had been…

17 August 2011 Gerald Lynch Health, Robots, Science, Tech Digest news

ONLY IN JAPAN: Sense-Roid, the hug-simulating mannequin robot

We're not sure what's more creepy here; the concept of a hug-simulating robot mannequin or researcher Nobuhiro Takahashi, who demonstrates the unit a little too enthusiatically in the video above. Called the Sense-roid, a user hugs the mannequin while…

28 June 2011 Gerald Lynch Only In Japan, Robots, Tech Digest news, Weirdness

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Apple urged to scrap AI feature, ChatGPT joins WhatsApp

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Chatbot encouraged teen to kill parents, Apple Intelligence comes to UK

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