Archive for the 'robot' Category

Population information for industrial robots.

"Capizzi…says his…terrier, Candie…is scared of his new Pleo…'She's terrified of it. She bites it,' he says. 'That dog really believes it's another animal.' He sent Pleo home with his fiancée's mother, who 'fell in love with it and treats it like

ROBOTS / FUTURE CITIES / STAR TRAVEL (star travel?).

An excellent way to secure funding for your cogsci project is to feature it in a music video. Britt's/the robot dance army's cameos are adorable.

Information on the newly recreated "Turk."

I'm going to limit my commentary on this to the fact that treaded legs seem a good idea and not talk about the fact that this looks like it got rejected from a Radiohead video for being too weird. Not the best way to avoid the uncanny valley, people!

"What can the mechanical man do? Plenty! He can walk, and he can talk. He can stand, sit, bow, and otherwise comport himself after the fashion of a human being. But he can do more than that. He...can perform any number of duties advantageous to mankind."

good primer. bad spellings!