Robots
The First Robot Ever Arrested
Today is the anniversary of the day on which the first robot was ever arrested. The event occurred on August 18, 1982 when a robot called DC-2 was taken into custody by the Beverly Hills Police Department. Its crime was illegally distributing business cards on North Beverly Drive.More info at Paleofuture.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 18, 2014 -
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Category: Robots, 1980s
Hitchhiking Robot
Researchers have created a hitchhiking robot named hitchBOT that will be making its way across Canada this summer. If all goes well (and no one steals or destroys the thing) it will make its way from Halifax to Victoria. When people pick it up, it'll make "regionally relevant conversation using a combination of GPS and Wikipedia."More details: hitchBOT website, timescolonist.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 21, 2014 -
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Category: Robots, Travel
You Be the Electronic Man!
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 30, 2014 -
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Category: Robots, Toys, 1950s
Robot Carol
Nothing sparks the Xmas feelings like hearing an animated tin can perform a semi-rap song.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 12, 2013 -
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Category: Holidays, Movies, Music, Robots
Double Robotics
I think all WUvies need to get these to communicate with each other.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 30, 2013 -
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Category: Robots
Patrick Rizzo’s Dancing Robot
When Patrick Rizzo built his "walking and dancing" robot back in 1948, he said it was the only robot in the world able to perform such feats without wires and cables trailing behind it. It could walk unaccompanied into a room and then dance a jig. He valued it at $100,000. [Telegraph-Herald - Oct 22 1948]
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 29, 2013 -
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Category: Robots, 1940s
Terminator Self-Regenerating Polymer
Is this the beginning or the "Rise of the Machines"?Maybe just a rubberized T-1000?
Posted By: gdanea - Sat Oct 12, 2013 -
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Category: Robots
Self Assembling Robots—Are We Next?
Once this technology is perfected, new body parts could assemble themselves inside our bodies.The best part is these robots can jump!! (See 3:06)
What other uses can you think of?
Posted By: gdanea - Wed Oct 09, 2013 -
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Category: Robots
Compressorhead
Their homepage here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 16, 2013 -
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Category: Music, Robots
Miss Honeywell
Miss Honeywell, advertised as being the world's first robotic woman, was a fake, but not in the obvious way. Reportedly, she was actually a he — actor Jeremy Sebastian.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 01, 2013 -
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Category: Robots, 1960s
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