Tag Archives: robotics
Trundling Blob Takes Its First Steps
iRobot’s soft, shape-shifting robot blob can roll around and change shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. I doubt that climbing walls, ceilings, trouser legs and so forth … more…
links for 2008-01-05: aloha woebot, warren’s robotics
WOEBOT: Farewell So, yes, farewell then to WOEBOT, knocking it on the head after five years. Not only the blog, but apparently all his online contributions. Radical (tags: music bloggery WOEBOT) Warren Ellis ยป The Three Laws Of Robotics Excellent. … more…
what the robot said
I was woken up by a robot telephone voice this morning, which let me know that I should hold on, because there was a call waiting for me. The next voice greeted me by name, and then explained that it … more…
If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay
WSJ.com – If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here’s How to Set It Straight Call me naive, but somehow it never occurred to me that profiling in the software that lurks inside TiVO, Amazon and the like would make assumptions … more…
Automatic blogging
[blog drone] This is really quite scary. Michal Zalewski, who is clearly a very twisted individual, has written this blogging bot, which will spew out long and passionate journal / blog entries when provided with a seed phrase. He recommends … more…
Walking technology
Plustech Walking technology – we’ve all seen this kind of thing before – except that when we have, it’s always been CGI. How long have these things been real? (via Bifurcated Rivets, good to have you back)
Ukelele playing Lego robot
Mike and Jarvis, who appear to be high school students in New England somewhere, have made a remote controlled lego robot that plays reggae on a ukelele. Guys: we want to hear an MP3 of this thing! (For a second … more…
Robot fails to find a place in the sun
A predatory robot, named Gaak (a klingon word, apparently) escaped from its enclosure when left unattended for 15mins at a show in Yorkshire and made a run for it: Robot fails to find a place in the sun. The owners … more…
Boilerplate 1893-1918
Boilerplate 1893-1918 – total balderdash, I assume, but good fun. (via Metafilter)