Posts Tagged ‘robots’
Friday, February 26th, 2010
This clip is from an episode of Raumpatrouille, the first German science fiction television series, which first aired in 1966, six years before Star Trek. Found at YouTube from cart00nist via Boing Boing.
Posted in Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Foreign, Television | Tags: 1966, Black and White, Funny, german, robots | View Comments
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
This is a Honda assembly plant that is run nearly completely by robots. Found at YouTube from wwwleandesignhu.
Posted in Educational, Science/Technology | Tags: Assembly, Automobiles, Honda, Manufacturing, Plant, Production, robotics, robots | View Comments
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
This robotic water snake was developed by the Hirose Fukushima Robotics Lab. Found at MetaCafe from oloscience.
Posted in Citizen Generated Media, Foreign, Science/Technology | Tags: Citizen Video, Demonstration, Hirose Fukushima Robotics Lab, Japan, Japanese, robotics, robots, snake, Swimming, Water | View Comments
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Meet Manoi GO, the breakdancing star of the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition 09. Found at YouTube from diagonaluk.
Posted in Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Event, Foreign, Product/Invention, Science/Technology | Tags: Breakdancing, Funny, International Robot Exhibition, Japan, robotics, robots | View Comments
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
And all this time I thought Roombas were only good for boring, useful things. Found at CollegeHumor.
Posted in Citizen Generated Media, Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Science/Technology, Video Game Mashups | Tags: Funny, pac man, robotics, robots, Roomba, Video Arcade Games | View Comments
Friday, September 18th, 2009
A meeting in Japan between psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein and Repliee Q1, a beautiful and lifelike android. Found at YouTube from drrobertepstein.
Posted in Science/Technology, Wild/Bizarre | Tags: androids, computers, Demonstration, Japan, robots | View Comments
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Don’t smoke. All of humanity is counting on you.
Posted in Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire | Tags: Cyborg, Funny, robots, Smoking | View Comments
Friday, June 26th, 2009
It also pisses on you! Great. Found at YouTube via Cracked.com.
Posted in Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Commercials/Advertisements, Space | Tags: 1960s, 1962, Children, Kids, robots, Space, Toy | View Comments
Monday, January 12th, 2009
A robotic fish developed by scientists from Essex University is put through its paces in a special tank at the London Aquarium. It works via sensors and has autonomous navigational control.
Posted in Science/Technology | Tags: Essex University, Fish, robotics, robots | View Comments
