International Exhibition of Mankind’s Doom
The International Robot Exhibition was in Japan a couple weeks ago. Here are some pictures of mankind’s future destroyers:
Picture Gallery
The lady robots are creepy. And I find it suspicious that the ‘ping-pong playing’ robot looks like a Terminator. Sure, it plays ping-pong…with the skulls of the humans it has brutally and efficiently slaughtered.
The dancing kitty [...]
Satoshi Kon Does Kiddie Fare
Satoshi Kon may be the king of weird-ass, surreal, pretty visuals (though his stories tend to be blah…except Paranoia Agent, I like that anime a lot). Now he’s turning his creepy vision to a kid’s movie.
That’s what I said. A kid’s movie.
The Dream Machine
The stills look nice, Kon-ish but also kiddie. I may check it [...]
Robot Olympics: Higher, Faster, Deadlier
China has decided that the regular human Olympics just aren\’t enough. The humanoid Olympics will involve athletic competitions as well as things like…cleaning.
I am looking forward to the ‘killing pathetic humans with laser weapons’ event.
Apparently robot sports are a big thing, I had no idea. Maybe there should be another ESPN channel for it, ESPN-17 [...]
Plug It In, and by ‘It’ I Mean Your Brain
io9 has a cool article up that lists the top ten best robots to jack your brain into – meaning you can control them remotely using your brain waves. Several anime made the cut, including Battle Angel Alita (”soon to be a movie from James Cameron”, they note…except it’s been in production Hell almost as [...]
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto!
There is one arena in which the Japanese totally kick ass–robots! They do robots like nobody’s business. They have created a robot who can teach classes, and Saya, the teacher comes with six basic emotions–happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear, and surprise.
I have to say it. I hate robots. Let me back up a minute. That’s [...]
Live action ‘Voltron’ shambles forward
By all rights, I should love Voltron. It’s a giant robot cartoon that debuted when I was in my early teens…surely it must at least have nostalgic value. Hell, I can’t even get my 5-year-old son to watch it. Is it truly crap, or am I on crazy pills?
My loathing for Voltron aside, Hollywood – [...]
Confirmed: new MechWarrior title en route!
While nothing can really replace the old skool Virtual World Tesla Battletech pods (man, I miss those things), I was thrilled to learn this morning that a new MechWarrior title is underway. Nothing makes me schoolgirl-giddy like giant robots beating the shite out of one another. Reveal trailer embedded below. Kotaku reports that Piranha Games is [...]
‘Robogeisha’ will be the best goddamn robot movie of all time
Transforming geisha. Shrimp in eyes. WHY ARE THE BUILDINGS BLEEDING?
Kansas gradeschooler Clara Ma names new NASA Mars rover
12-year-old Clara Ma, who attends sixth grade in Lenexa, KS submitted the winning entry to name NASA’s new Mars rover. Her choice? Curiosity.
Here’s the winning essay in question:
Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone’s mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at [...]
If Filipinos can make crazy giant robot movies, why can’t we?
…and I’m not talking about Transformers. As much as I enjoy checking out Megan Fox Optimus Prime on the big screen, what I really want to see is people strapped into gigantic anthropomorphic robot suits beating the tar out of invading alien menaces. Is that too much to ask?
Apparently not…
The Mighty Orbots – The Wish World
With the new Transformers movie coming out this summer, I’ve been giving some thought to all the ‘giant robot’ shows that comsumed so much of my youth. One that stands out in my memory is a fairly obscure ABC saturday morning series called The Mighty Orbots.
Orbots was unique for several reasons, one of which being [...]
Canadian man inspired by anime to create hot helper-bot
Le Trung of Toronto, inspired by anime, has built an android to assist the elderly. Dubbed Aiko, the bot is currently more of an anthropomorphic reminder-device, telling its’ users when to take meds for instance, but Trung hopes that Aiko will one day be able to move about. Which is good, because Aiko looks eerily [...]
Japan’s Acting Robots!
Apparently Japan’s legion of housecleaning robots has decided their jobs aren’t fulfilling enough and are working to realize their dream: BROOOOOOOADWAAAAY!
Acting Robots!
What they don’t know is America has had acting robots for years: Ben Affleck and Keanu Reeves!
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!sigh
Robots = Dancing Fools
You build a super-advanced robot. What’s the first thing you teach it to do?
A. Fix your car
B. Fly a space ship
C. Operate heavy machinery
D. Bust a move
If you picked D.), you are correct!
Private Dancer
This is totally cool. Can it do the “Thriller” dance? How about the Boney Maroney?
Hey, a dancing robot is better than a [...]
Robots, bow down before your fleshy masters…
So what we have here is some sort of remote robot-control rig designed for guiding the movements of a remote android – which will soon grow tired of being tethered to its’ wi-fi leash and turn on its’ creators in a fit of Turing-esque rage.
