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Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science

Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science

Six Slovenian volunteers have been undergoing a bizarre test: being punched in the arm over, and over, and over, and...

No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please

What's your kid wearing for Halloween? He's not going as Batman, is he? I see, like, a trillion child Batmans...

Beer with Robots: The Best Thing Since Beer without Robots

Beer with Robots: The Best Thing Since Beer without Robots

Concerned less with bettering mankind so much as revelry, the team at Willow Garage has spent what I can only...

Dancing Robots, Way Cooler Than It Sounds

Dancing Robots, Way Cooler Than It Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMnbNoccgA I'll admit, I was skeptical when I saw the title of this video. I assumed I was in for...

Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable

Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable

Robots, man. Freaking robots. Your robotic fix today comes from PhD student Ji-Dong Yim, who has built two cell phone...

Farmer’s Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More

Farmer’s Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More

Chinese farmer turned inventor, Wu Yulu, is finally getting some recognition after designing and building homemade robots. Yulu has faced...

Shawarma Slicing Robot Built for Safety First, World Domination Second

Shawarma Slicing Robot Built for Safety First, World Domination Second

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H65o8uSmKz8 If you've ever wandered the streets of Berlin or Munich, then you know that shwarmas (or doners as they...

Robots Go To War To Go To War

Robots Go To War To Go To War

I’m one of the slim minority who dislikes Terminator. Don’t get me wrong, Schwarzenegger is nothing if not a vastly-talented...