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Watch This Giant Real-Life Robot Dog Fling Cinderblocks Across the Room

Mike Moody — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:00:27 +0000

The mad scientists over at Boston Dynamics have created a four-legged dog-like robot they call BigDog robot. In this video released by BD earlier this week, you can see BigDog’s sole purpose, which, apparently, is to creep everyone out while flinging things across the room. Go technology! We’re calling the cops if this thing starts [...]

It's A Robot, It's A Car – It's Both [Video]

Bruce Mikells — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:46:06 +0000

The idea of a dinosaur being an astronaut or a Tonka truck being battleship is nothing new to the mind of a child. Now technology is finally catching up with those of us that have been thinking way outside the box for many years.

Small Child's Great Reaction To Robot Dinosaur [Video]

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:44:41 +0000

When you are little dinosaurs are real. You've got to know how to handle the situation. This little boy knows just what to do when confronted by a T-Rex.

Rock, Paper, Scissors Robot Never Loses

Deanna Hart — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:25:23 +0000

Scientists at the University of Tokyo’s Ishikawa Oku Laboratory have developed a robot that will never lose a game of rock, paper, scissors. Makers of the Janken robot (janken is the Japanese word for the game) timed the robot’s response so that the winning move is made one millisecond after the doomed human opponent chooses [...]

Even Robots Need Coffee [Video]

Bruce Mikells — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:40:18 +0000

Your friendly neighborhood robot might need coffee in the future too. Not to drink or to help keep the robot awake but to help the robot help you. You might be wondering how that's possible.