One of the things I admired most when I went to Pixar (I went to Pixar!) to see the Wall-E premiere were the incredibly awesome posters on the walls advertising Buy-’N-Large robots with beautiful sixties-style illustrations by artist Eric Tan.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.17 at 01:10
CrabFu has a talent for making cute little robots out of spare servos from R/C aircraft. He also has a talent for making them really, really creepy when they move.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.17 at 01:06
The Phoenix lander has already proven its mettle by finding ice on Mars, and now it's gone and shown off its quick-thinking skills by shutting down its robotic arm after receiving a command that could have permanently damaged it.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.07.16 at 11:20
I think the first chore I ever had as a kid was feeding my fish. I think it’s symbolic, somehow, that this job has been overtaken (conceptually, anyway) by a clever little robot called FIFER.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.16 at 04:02
Alas. It was only a matter of time before the final bastion of human superiority, the air hockey table, fell to the relentless progress of rec room robotics.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.15 at 04:04
As big of a fan as I am of robot festivals, it generally takes booze, sex, or violence to motivate me to travel to one. And Philadelphia is not exactly at the top of my list.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.15 at 03:08
While some DIY bots understandably creep us out, there's just as many that bring a smile to our face, and this so-called BiPed robot V-3 from Alex V of Instructables definitely falls into the latter camp.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.07.14 at 16:04
Remember that one time when you went fishing with your dad, and you got a bite and lugged the fish onto the dock, only to watch it thrash around on the dock for a little bit like the most pitiful thing alive, so then you felt bad and threw it back, but even then you still knew he would hate you forever for putting him through that? Yeah, well Flapper is that in robot form.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.07.14 at 10:25
Hi there. I’m back from vacation, jet lag and food poisoning and all. Luke did a bang-up job around here for the past few weeks, and I’m sure you were all so busy seeing Wall-E over and over that you hardly noticed I was gone.
Via BotJunkie | Posted on 2008.07.14 at 02:43
Remember that GEF robot Nuvation showed off late last month? Yeah, apparently that thing is bad ass. Designed by General Electric Fanuc (GEF) and programmed by Nuvation Research, this thing has been able to crush any human opponent that dared step up to its 32-bit automated ways.
Via Engadget | Posted on 2008.07.11 at 13:51