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It's about time. After months of being boxed up in a crate, and five more months of sitting around after an awesome unboxing, NASA's Robonaut 2 helper droid has finally been powered up. More »
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There's far more to monsters than kidnapping women and getting revenge on their creators. In the painting series "Tiny Confessions," these creatures lay their souls bare and confess the pain they don't want you to see behind their anger. More »
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Remember the crazy robot centipede from Enthiran, the Indian movie that mashed up Transformers and Terminator? Here's the Bollywood film that everyone's saying is going to top that. Ra.One, starring Shah Rukh Khan, is coming this fall. More »
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We've been ridiculously excited for the Tamil science fiction blockbuster Enthiran once we heard that it was totally bonkers. And indeed, these clips prove that the movie delivers scads o' madness. Robotic orb of machine gun death = total delight. More »
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Ever since the robot epic Enthiran became one of India's most successful movies ever, the stakes have been rising for Ra.One (Random Access One), the rival science fiction movie from Shah Rukh Khan. Here's our first look. More »
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Rubik's Cubes can be absolutely infuriating. If you've ever been bedeviled by one of these variegated frustration boxes, you'll get a kick out of this Rubik's-solving robot mercilessly destroying the puzzle in a scant 15 seconds. More »
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For many of us, one of the year's most anticipated science fiction films is Endhiran/Robot, the Indian movie about a scientist (Rajnikanth) who creates a robot, which becomes a little too human. The first reviews are in. Spoilers ahead. More »
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The Brooklyn Griffin is a recycled monster perched near the corner of Meserole and Waterbury Streets in Brooklyn, NY. The British design collective Giant Robots built the beast last month, but not before getting arrested in the name of art. More »
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The Great Pyramid of Giza has been extensively studied (and looted) since its construction 4,500 years ago. But some tunnels are too small or too fragile for human archaeologists to explore - that's when they send in the robots. More »
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We've been excited for Endhiran, aka Robot, for years now, and India's big-budget robot adventure is finally coming out in about a month. This new trailer features dancing robots, Terminator shout-outs, and crazy action set pieces. More »
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This is Bina48, a robot head with thousands of thoughts and emotions from a real human woman, who she's even modeled to look like. Sadly, Bina48 gets her wires crossed — pissing off the NYT for wasting their time. More »
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Throughout the 1980s, tourists flocked to the Xanadu House, a futuristic home in Kissimmee, Florida. This domestic pleasure dome was made of polyurethane and filled with "friendly computer servants." More »
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Calling all inventors and robot creators! The US military wants the fruits of your labors, and not for the purposes of killing people. No, this time, they're looking for something a little more helpful and healing. More »
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We've been curious about Shah Rukh Khan's superhero film, India's most expensive movie ever, for ages. And now it seems if you live in Miami, you can get an early look at what the fuss is all about. Now it turns out the movie, titled Ra.One, will be filming in Miami in February. We've heard several synopses of this film already, including one that said it was about a small boy who gains access to an alien device that grants wishes. But NBC Miami has a different version, and maybe it's been rewritten a lot since 2008: More »
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This year's robotic avatar movie Surrogates showed us a world where humans live through beautiful robotic bodies. But the film's concept designer thought that not everyone might have such glamorous surrogates, as this new concept art reveals. More »
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Current prostheses allow individuals who have lost a hand to grasp and hold objects, but regaining their sense of touch has been out of the question. But a new robotic hand is giving its wearers a new tactile sensation. More »
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Tetsujin 28-go (exported to the US as Gigantor) was the first manga to feature a giant robot, back in 1956. Now visitors to Kobe can see the giant robot in person, thanks to this 60-foot tall statue. [via DVICE] More »
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Bender Bending Rodriguez insults human meatbags in his native Spanish in this Futurama-inspired graffiti spotted in Barcelona, from artists Guan, Sagüe and Foner. Apparently, he's gotten a bit more grizzled since the last Futurama film. [via Reddit] More »
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How close is the authentic robotic-human experience promised in upcoming movie The Surrogates? According to a new promo video, closer than you may think... or maybe that's just a comment on Bruce Willis' acting abilities. More »
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Scientists have invented a new miniature robot that could potentially save your life by treating artery blockage and cancer roaming around inside your veins and arteries, guided by magnetic fields. More »
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We were so inspired by this morning's inauguration, we went scouring the internet for otherworldly images of our new president. And we found tons of Vulcan Obama and "Robama" images. So wait, which is he? More »
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The Bollywood robot epic Endhiran (formerly called Robot) hasn't even finished filming, and it's already spawning copycats. And it's easy to see why, based on what we're hearing about the crazy S. Shankar project. More »
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The best part about the holidays, besides all the drinking and the crying, is the holiday specials, where everyone's favorite show gets jazzed up with cheer. Here are clips from some of our favorites.
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It's the holiday season, and that can only mean one thing: You need to buy toys. More »
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This week marks the debut of Seth Green's latest Robot Chicken Star Wars special, and we've got the first laugh-out-loud clip from it. Also, there's a sweeps-month shock on Terminator, Woolsey's up for his performance evaluation and it's up to the Stargate Atlantis crew to save his job, True Blood's Lafayette gets political and Fringe is back. More »
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Holy robot glory — A Chinese Odyssey director Jeffrey Lau is making a Chinese Transformers movie. No matter how many things Michael Bay blows up in Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, it still won't have Stephen Chow in it. Which means it's China 1, America 0. More »
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Just because Halloween is over doesn’t mean you can’t dress like a Transformer. Fashion designer Sandra Blacklund creates three-dimensional knitwear in unusual and elaborate shapes that turns the wearer into a living sculpture. And her latest line is clearly robot-influenced, so you can act out your wildest mecha warrior fantasies. More »
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Transformers was the first foreign cartoon allowed to air in the People's Republic of China, and the tales of robots in disguise have left an indelible impression on a generation of Chinese men. One fan, Mr. Zhu of China's Zhejiang province, has used his love of Transformers to turn a profit. Zhu constructs his own Autobots from used car parts (including the BMW front end seen here) in order to promote his scrap metal business. More »
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In the realm of privacy-ending products, spy cameras leave a lot to be desired. Stationary cameras and nanny cams offer a limited view or a room, and strapping a camera to your Roomba is bound to give you motion sickness. Enter the ROVIO, a mobile home surveillance and telepresence robot. Click through to see this spybot in action. More »
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From our earliest dreams of golems and Galatea, people have wanted to create artificial beings with human characteristics and abilities. But in our haste to see a future of walking, talking mechanical humanoids, we're easily fooled by con artists looking to exploit our sense of wonder. Hoaxers and engineers, magicians and advertising agencies have sold the public on "robots" whose incredible abilities seemed to defy explanation. We pull the curtain back on some the fake automata that captured the human imagination. More »
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It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. And, also, the U.S. Air Force is thinking of building a few of them - unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability, armed to the robotic teeth with Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) missiles and equipped with YARA (Yet Another Rad Acronym). But, much like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Aurora Excalibur has a softer, friendlier side as well. More »
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Following the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John II, images of the pope waving from inside the Popemobile's bulletproof cube dominated his international visits. But while the Popemobile might be useful against guns and popejackings, it still leaves him vulnerable to aerial attacks. So, during Pope Benedict XVI's recent trip to Lourdes, the French defense ministry decided to remedy that by providing the Holy Father with a little extra robotic robotic protection. More »
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Were you let down by Love Story 2050? Don't give up on Indian science fiction yet — the lavish production Robot is finally starting filming, after a year of behind-the-scenes drama. Now known as Enthiram, the movie is starting filming in the U.S. and Peru, and it's released its first image (which admittedly reminds us a bit of Woody Allen's Sleeper.) The best news? The film has recruited a crazy wealth of Hollywood talent behind the scenes. More »
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The latest argument to hit the British educational establishment isn't about falling grades or the poor state of school dinners, but something far more serious - and interesting: How far technology can go in the classroom. Can robots help "our" children learn how to read, write and fear their new technological overlords? More »
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I love “Lost in Space”—the campy 60s TV series, of course, and not the godforsaken 1998 movie. If you’re a fan, you know that one of the high—or low—points of the show was the ongoing battle of wits between the Robot and Dr. Zachary Smith. Robot led in the smarts department, but the thesaurus-packing Smith was never at a loss for an interpretive insult. Here, then, is a montage of Dr. Smith at his finest (though Robot gets a few zingers in there)—a small slice of the mind-boggling nine-minute original. More »
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Add fashion models to the list of professionals who could find themselves replaced by robots in the workplace. The Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology has introduced Manekin Robotto, a programmable robot designed to tread the catwalk. After the jump, we examine how this mechanical model stacks up against the flesh and blood version. More »
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Your body will soon be teeming with tiny robots. Last year, robotics researchers managed to guide micro-robots through a pig's bloodstream using a magnetic field from an MRI machine (just a dry run before the bots infest us humans). Now scientists have invented a camera-bot you can swallow that will slide down your gastrointestinal tract, pausing to take pictures along the way. More »
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This looks like the poster for an awesome science fiction film that we'd like to see: a girl in a giant hulking exoskeletal suit of armor with her comic-effect tiny little robotic pal perched on her shoulder. You've got evil signified by the pouring lava on the left hand side of the background, while fighters triumphantly scream past a proud city on the right. Whatever is happening here, we want to know more. More »
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What does it feel like to be stalked by a giant red flower propelled by a robotic arm? Lucky visitors to Terminal 3 of Singapore's Changi Airport get to experience this first-hand with Daisy, artist Christian Moeller's new exhibit. The flower is actually a fiberglass cargo ship propeller, and it tracks movement around it via several video cameras embedded in the sculpture's base. Cute? Freaky? Moeller, for one, believes this is a comedic and friendly way of welcoming people as they get off the plane. You can watch a video of Daisy in action and decide for yourself. [Christian Moeller main page ] More »
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We've told you all about the John Woo produced, Shinji Aramaki directed, anime version of Shirow Masamune's Appleseed: Ex Machina. We've spoken to the director and found out about plans for a possible sequel, we've attended a screening, and we've given away tickets to it as well. Now, we're offering up not one but two copies of his futuristic cyborgs-in-love story for you to take home for your viewing pleasure. What do you have to do to win? Just leave a comment on this post. Sounds simple, right? Find out more inside. More »
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