Science Fiction Robots

Navy asks for more Foster-Miller robots (BizJournals)

Waltham-based Foster-Miller Inc. reports it has won an additional $86 million in orders for robots and robotic parts from the U.S. Navy.
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Chinese Robot Is Fully Armed

Senkousya 2 - The Chinese RobotUploaded by daisu
The Chinese are trying hard to catch up to the rest of the world in technology, living standards and many other areas. By the look of this video they are also trying to advance the state of their CGI robot animation. Not a bad effort, but I don’t [...]

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Robotic human thrashing machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXlUpGvqpAo

Holy crap this is scary. Everyone in this video seems to be laughing and having a good time, but watch how the robot arm thrashes some puny human around like a rag doll.

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Robots ready to smash!

There’s really nothing better than hot robot on robot violence, I say, and so I was very glad to come across this video from Steven Wagner (via Pink Tentacle) that was pieced together from some old anime footage that was clearly done as a warning to the Japanese about the dangers of building robots.
In [...]

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Jacko’s not just wacko, he’s gone batshit crazy

It’s no real secret that Michael Jackson is an oddball, but I think he’s really gone over the line here. Apparently he’s commissioned someone to build a 50-foot robot in his likeness. And no, I’m not making this up, I’m not on crack, and it’s not April Fool’s Day.
According to the New York Daily News, [...]

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Singapore is Filled with Robot-Loving Dumbasses

Here’s a great idea. Launch a contest in which the point is to build a killer urban robot. Whee!
Singapore has launched a contest to build a robot that can operate autonomously in urban warfare conditions, moving in and out of buildings to search and destroy targets like a human soldier.The country’s Defence Science and Technology [...]

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Halt or I’ll shoot! Bleep!

Are you sure you’re not afraid of robots? You might be after reading this.
Samsung recently unveiled an autonomous sentry robot outfitted with an automatic weapon designed to patrol the DMZ between North and South Korea. The machine can not only recognize humans, but it is also programmed to shoot enemy troops or anyone else it [...]

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