Fun robotic happenings such as movies, art installations and performances, music, and more.
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment.
F.A.T. played a practical joke on Manhattan residents recently by creating a fake Google driverless / autonomous car and “autonomously” roaming the streets. They displayed terrible driving skills (even staged some accidents), and acted as offensively as they could. See the very funny resulting video below. If you want to make your own, they even shared the […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Nothing says “I love you” better than a robot, right? That’s exactly what Jason thought when he proposed to his girlfriend Christina. Did she say “Yes!”?. Watch the video below to find out. We believe there are many cheesy ways of proposing but we are particularly fond of the ones which use robots. Have you ever used robots to […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment, Hobbyist.
Cubiebot, a little robot made from hobbyist robot parts and cardboard is directing and filming its own documentary. As a matter of fact, many of these filmmaker robots are on the loose interviewing humans about their relationships with other robots. As shown in the video below, these cute robots capture the attention of the participants and invite them to […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment.
Dmitry Itskov, a Russian mogul, recently launched the “2045 Initiative“. His main goal is to promote the development of technology aimed at achieving immortality. As shown in the image above, the project has very ambitious milestones that can be arguably a bit too optimistic. The initiative expects to be able to produce an android (humanoid robot with […]
By RB1 & filed under Entertainment, Humanoids.
The SyFy Channel recently launched the new “Robot Combat League“; a new series featuring large, ~2m tall humanoid robots fighting against each other one on one (almost identical to the robots in the movie “Real Steel”). Each robot is controlled by two operators (one for the upper torso and and the other for the legs). Take a look at […]
By Coleman Benson & filed under Competitions, Entertainment.
Bots High Remember BattleBots? The TV show where two remote controlled robots would enter a weaponized arena and fight it out for 3 minutes or until one stopped moving. The name “Bots High” is a combination of “Robots” and “High School”. Well, even though the show ended, the competitions have continued. More so, there’s a […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Entertainment.
Author Lynn Messina imagined a world where robots are the norm and humans are convenient appliances to do menial chores around the house. In her book Henry and the Incredibly Incorrigible, Inconveniently Intelligent Smart Human the author brings to life a world were the roles of robots and humans are reversed and shows how a simple switch can change our perspective on a […]
By Carlos Asmat & filed under Entertainment.
Nao, the popular humanoid robot, has some holiday wishes for all humans as shown in the video below. We understand that it is not the new year yet, so for those who want to keep celebrating Christmas, we invite you to sing Jingle bells rock along with the little robot. Anybody else noticed the funky french accent? Almost as if an […]
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