A custom transformer designed and built by Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics. 22 servo motors morph the thing from functional humanoid robot to functional toy car in seconds.
Want. But can’t have.
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The Cheetah robot – developed by Pentagon military research agency DARPA – can run at 18mph: just 5mph faster than the previous record set in 1989, but plenty quick enough to run most humans down prior to destroying them.
DARPA sez:
The robot’s movements are patterned after those of fast-running animals in nature. The robot increases its stride and running speed by flexing and un-flexing its back on each step, much as an actual cheetah does.
The current version of the Cheetah robot runs on a laboratory treadmill where it is powered by an off-board hydraulic pump, and uses a boom-like device to keep it running in the center of the treadmill. Testing of a free-running prototype is planned for later this year.
Youtuber Kitanimboy, who’s already built robot children for Torchwood, unveils a new animatronic infant.
Apparently, it’s destined for some soap opera or other, but he’s not saying which one.
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I, For One…
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Kåre ‘Zenta‘ Halvorsen’s MorpHex robot is a segmented ball that can sprout six legs, shimmy, writhe and walk around in a deeply unnerving fashion.
It must never be fitted with an energy weapon or all humans will be killed.
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Created by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi, Senseless Drawing Bot is an autonomous robot that spraypaints random graffiti on a wall.
Thereby mimicking the work of 99% of the world’s taggers.
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Honda’s humanoid robot ASIMO recently turned 11 and yesterday, Honda unveiled the latest version. ‘All New ASIMO’ has new intelligence, enhanced adaptability, can run at 9kph and hop on one or both legs.
Pft. Where’s the dignity in that?
Honda Celebrates ASIMO’s Birthday with ‘All New ASIMO’ (Plastic Pals)
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PETMAN – an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing military clothing – auto-balances, squats and does simple calisthenics, changing the temperature and humidity inside the fatigues it wears, effectively mimicking human sweating.
But never mind all that. Get a load of Strutbot.
Meet PRIMER – V2. He balances. He steers. He cycles.
And naturally, when he’s finished, he kills all humans.
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This is Jazz Robot from Italian electronics company Teotronica. It plays Mozart and mimes Mercury at the piano with two hands and 19 fingers.
Later, it unleashes a deadly 20th finger and kills all humans.