‘sup?
This morning.
Wilton Shopping Centre, Wilton, Cork.
Frank writes:
‘The Omnivend…It’s a machine for paying bills, You can pay 8 or 9 different bills at once, and not a human being in sight….
Examples of the magnificently detailed monochrome murals of Sheffield-based artist Phlegm, including a new 5 storey tall robot (last 2 pix and video) on Chapel Street in Melbourne, Australia.
The wickedly fast Japanese sport of ‘pepe-sumo’, or miniature robot sumo wrestling, filmed here in real time and compiled (from several years of footage) by Robert McGregor.
Bouts don’t last long. Refs wear shin pads.
A short by Sholto Crow in which a treasure hunter unwittingly unleashes a robo-apocalypse in the picturesque seaside town of Cromer, gem of the Norfolk coast.
Georgia Tech’s improvisational robotic marimba player Shimon joins a jazz band on stage at Washington’s Kennedy Centre. To wit:
Georgia Tech’s Robotic Musicians and Musical Cyborgs features Shimon, the robotic marimba player, alongside other robotic musicians and a drummer who wears an assistive robotic drumming prosthesis. Shimon utilizes artificial intelligence and creativity algorithms that push musical experiences and outcomes to uncharted domains.
Niiiice.