Robots
Mama Robot Device
In 2017, patent number KR20170003315A was granted to a Korean inventor for a "Mama Robot Device". The inventor's name is only given in Korean, so I'm not sure what it is, but Google translates it as Jeong In-pil.The Mama Robot is creepy in many ways. As far as I can tell, it's a device that allows children to punish themselves when they know they've been naughty but their parents are away.
The child is able to decide how many lashes with a cane they deserve, and the Mama Robot will then deliver the punishment. As it does so, the prerecorded voice of the parent will admonish the child, but simultaneously the Mama Robot will weep "such that the sad feelings of the parent punishing are conveyed to the child."
A camera inside Mama Robot will record the entire event and then send the video to the parent's phone, as proof that punishment has been served.
I wonder, how many years of therapy would it take for a child to recover from having Mama Robot installed in their home?
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 15, 2019 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Robots, Parents
Flying Saucers Over Istanbul
Essay with many still photos here.
IMDB page.
Another short clip here via Facebook.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 12, 2019 -
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Category: Feminism, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Robots, 1950s
Bossy the Electrified Cow
In the future, when robot cows rule the world, they'll look back on Bossy as one of the first of their kind.
Sumter County Journal - Apr 17, 1941
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 29, 2019 -
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Category: Robots, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Farming, Cows, 1940s
Prize-winning robot costume from 1927
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 31, 2018 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Robots, 1920s
The CGI of 1985
1985 Clio Award winning Television commercial done for Canned Foods Information Council by San Francisco ad agency of Ketchum Communications. [This] spot, "Brilliance," won in Computer Animation category and featured a voice-over by motion picture star, Kathleen Turner.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 06, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Business, Advertising, Food, Robots, Computers, Special Effects, 1980s
General Electric’s 1965 Walking Truck
Walking robots, such as those from Boston Dynamics, are all the rage these days.
But does their ancestor, the human-operated Walking Truck, ever get any credit?
Well, this fellow did a magnificent article on the device.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 18, 2017 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Robots, 1960s
Robot Ballet
The Italian Futurists had a thing for robot costumes in their dance performances. They left behind some weird imagery.
Read about them here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 17, 2016 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Futurism, Robots, Avant Garde, Dance, Europe, Twentieth Century
Holmes & Yoyo
In the view of some: Worst. Show. Ever.
Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 17, 2015 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Inventions, Robots, Television, 1970s
Robot Commando Or Zeroids? Your Choice!
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 18, 2015 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Robots, Toys, 1950s, 1960s
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