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13: YILMAYAN SEYTAN - “Copperhead Vs. Dr. Satan” (1973)
[I’ve GOT to see this…]
Reasons to hate Robots Part #10

We should start one:
[billybarehands.robozombie.com]
Is there a hot chicks with guns tumblr? I’d follow that.

Engineering TV has posted some interesting video of a new kit developed by QinetiQ, the company that makes the Talon robots. It’s called the ROCK Kit and includes everything you need to turn a Bobcat skid-steer loader into a teleoperated robot. The target customer is the military, who could save a lot of money by getting cheap, mass produced Bobcats and turning them into IED robots. (via robots.net - Will Your Next Robot be a Bobcat Loader?)

“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission,” stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone’s CEO. “We are focused on demonstrating that our engines can create usable, green power from plentiful, renewable plant matter. The commercial applications alone for this earth-friendly energy solution are enormous.” (emphasis in the original)
Japan’s legions of robots, the world’s largest fleet of mechanized workers, are being idled as the country suffers its deepest recession in more than a generation as consumers worldwide cut spending on cars and gadgets.
At a large Yaskawa Electric factory on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, where robots once churned out more robots, a lone robotic worker with steely arms twisted and turned, testing its motors for the day new orders return. Its immobile co-workers stood silent in rows, many with arms frozen in midair.
They could be out of work for a long time. Japanese industrial production has plummeted almost 40 percent and with it, the demand for robots.
At the same time, the future is looking less bright. Tighter finances are injecting a dose of reality into some of Japan’s more fantastic projects — like pet robots and cyborg receptionists — that could cramp innovation long after the economy recovers.
I just had to lay off 17 robots! Don’t tell me they can’t cry…
A new artificial intelligence system allows a robotic helicopter to teach itself how to fly and even do challenging stunts, just by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. The result is an autonomous helicopter than can perform a complete airshow of complex tricks on its own, its inventors say. The stunts are “by far the most difficult aerobatic maneuvers flown by any computer-controlled helicopter,” said Andrew Ng, a Stanford University professor directing the research of graduate students Pieter Abbeel, Adam Coates, Timothy Hunter and Morgan Quigley.
A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer’s, University of Reading scientists say. The project marries 300,000 rat neurons to a robot that navigates via sonar. The neurons are now being taught to steer the robot around obstacles and avoid the walls of the small pen in which it is kept. By studying what happens to the neurons as they learn, its creators hope to reveal how memories are laid down.
Asahi Robocco: Beer-pouring robot (via terrorific)
Buy the robot!
http://JapanTrendShop.com/asahi-beerb…
Come on people! We know that it’s slow, pours big head, and is utterly pointless…..that’s why it’s cool!! Would it be more practical to spend even more money and develop a robot that pours faster?
No matter what, it’s always easier to pour a beer yourself.

El robot 7 ZARK 7 de la serie Comando G (o La batalla de los planetas)….