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Robotic laser canon shoots down flying robots – welcome to the future!
The US Navy this week conducted tests of a laser canon version of the Phalanx CIWS (close-in weapons system) robotic gun turret, also known as “R2-D2.” The Phalanx system currently in use...
View ArticleTetra Vaal (Third World Robocop)
This video features a newly developed robotic cop patrolling the streets of Johannesburg, South Africa. Well, not really. This is actually a spec corporate video created by Neill Blomkamp for a...
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Dale Dougherty, found of Maker Faire, rides the Mondo Spider robot. Here is the maker of the Mondo Spider, in an older video, riding an earlier prototype. An earlier, internal combustion, clankier...
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Willow Garage compiled this video of robots having fun and also demonstrating some of the most advanced service robot arms in existence, at their Mobile Manipulation Challenge at ICRA 2010. Read the...
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Robots socialize with world leaders in preparation for world domination
Johannes Eisele, AFP/Getty Images Not really, but that headline grabs more attention than: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with remote-controlled space robot Justin’ at the...
View ArticleRobot learns to flip pancakes
This robot arm doesn’t have much to do with armed robots.. but the failed attempts are pretty funny. And it does show that robots can be taught to do pretty much anything people want to teach them to...
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We all knew these were coming – agile, articulate robot spiders
If the Worm-Bot can’t slither its way to you in time when you are trapped in a cave-in, perhaps this robot spider could get to you more quickly. (And who doesn’t want to see something like that coming...
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“Robot Combat League”
“Robot Combat League” is a reality tv show premiering Tuesday, February 26, on the Syfy channel. It features 1,000-pound, 8-feet-tall robots (controlled by humans) that battle each other, ala “Robot...
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Hacked Attacknid Destroys Targets with Laser-Guided Lasers
From YouTube user styropryo: “I present my most terrifying laser creation as of yet…the remote controlled death ray drone bot! This beast packs a potent 2W blue laser that fries anything in it’s path....
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