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A Robot Who Can Be Your Real-Life Avatar
One of the dreams of robotics has been to create a machine that can act as a remote version of its operator - like the movie Surrogates, only cool. Now a group of Korean engineers have brought us closer to this goal. More »Giant Robot Baby Will End In Tear-Filled Kaiju Battle
Japan has debuted a giant robot baby that can mimic infantile behavior without being told what to do, and the video will send chills up your spine. More »Honda Links Your Dirty Thoughts Directly To ASIMO Robot
Honda has found a way to connect your brain directly to its ASIMO bot, by directing the patterns of electric currents and cerebral blood flow. What's next: hands-free driving? More »No One's Kicking BigDog, Now That This Robot Has Horns
BigDog has been weaponized, with gigantic freaking bull horns. You remember that scary-as-hell walking military bot, whose owners videotaped themselves slo-mo kicking the crap out of him? Now BigDog will have revenge. More »Stinky Robot Can Sweat from 125 Nozzles
Just what we needed: A sweating robot. And did it need to have those creepy pipes instead of a face? Watch the vid for B.O. history in the making. Via Daily Mail, thanks Regis!That's An Interesting Definition Of BPM (Maybe NSFW)
Last week's robotic vagina may be the most pleasurable sex toy for men ever created, but we've found one that may be more educational and help modify your exercise routine. Yes, science does love you. More »At Last, Science Has Invented an Artificially Intelligent Robot Vagina
A programmable robotic vagina that looks sort of like a cake mixer promises to be the most exciting sex toy ever invented for men. Basically, it's the rabbit pearl vibrator of boy toys. More »You Will Soon Be Watched Underwater by a Robotic Tuna
A Robot with Pigtails? What Next, Japan?
The creepiest — or most exciting — thing you will see on YouTube today is this new video of the Repliee R-1, an android that just went for its first spin at the 2008 CEATEC Exhibition in Japan. Based on an actual five-year-old girl, this robot can speak, wave, walk, pick things up, and even sense when other objects touch its skin. And I'm having trouble not referring to it as "she," which should tell you how eerie the resemblance is between the Repliee R-1 and a physical human girl. More »How To Train Your Robot To Recognize You
Suburb-Eating Robots Run on Fat Reclaimed from Liposuction
It may look like a smiling mecha puppy of vast proportions, but this suburb-eating robot is a vicious destroyer of suburbs and suburbanites whose giant legs pulverize housing tracts in order to plant new forests. The creation of Australian firm Andrew Maynard Architects, the suburb-eating robots will be deployed to clean up abandoned, decaying suburbs in Australia when peak oil forces people to stop driving cars and move into the urban centers. These mega-bots are going into production in 2019, and their engines will be fueled entirely by human fat. More »Dogoid Robot with No Head Moves in an Eerily Lifelike Manner