Using 3 independent robots, ABB Robotics was able maneuver a pin between a set of 6 cans of soda with just 1mm to spare between the pin and the cans. Mind you, this is all done while the three independent robot arms are swinging wildly in space. According to ABB Robotics, the path of the pin between each can is speed-independent, which means that each arm can move at its own pace without really screwing up the other. [via]
Voltron goes metallic for 25th anniversary
September 16, 2009 @ 10:58 pm
For a very limited time only, a special metallic version of Voltron will be on sale to celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary. The 25th anniversary metallic Voltron is in every way just like the original toy with 5 inter-connecting robot lions, except that this one is given a unique metallic finish. [via]
If you act quickly, you can get the Voltron 25th Anniversary Metallic Voltron Gift Set
Don’t talk to robots
July 19, 2009 @ 1:25 am
Jake Maymudes wrote and directed this very funny and surprising fake ad. Enjoy!
Robot Feelings: What is loneliness?
April 27, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
And In That Moment, I Felt Infinite from Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. on Vimeo.
Karen Abad posted her cellphone number onto her blog a while ago and asked people to call in answering the question: What is loneliness?
The video shown here is the 2nd of 3 videos she calls “Robot Feelings” in which she asks people to answer a series of questions based on a theme.
Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still
April 20, 2009 @ 9:17 am
The Day The Earth Stood Still is a remake of a 1951 science fiction film classic. If you don’t know or haven’t watched the original film, it’s hard to get a grasp of what the movie is actually about from the teaser and trailer, so I’ll just sum it up for you now.
Keanu Reeves plays an alien who comes to Earth with a big metallic robot that can turn itself into self-replicating nano-robots. The alien’s purpose is to save to Earth from the environmental destruction that humans have caused it by getting rid of all the humans (killing them…somehow). Oh, and there’s an annoying kid in the movie.
If the annoying kid doesn’t mess the movie up for you, then the story (which progresses unrealistically quick) will.
Don’t even bother renting this. Just download it and save yourself the time and money.
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