Posts Filed Under — Robots

[ October 3rd, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

T-shirt: Three Wise Bots Have Old-school Monkey Wisdom Down

“Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil” for the robotic age.
Price: About $40 [Fashionably Geek]

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[ September 8th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Robot Hands? I can Think Of Worse Ways to Spend $600

These toy robot hands, which feature five jointed fingers on each hand can be used to hold small objects, which makes the $600 price tag kind of a lot.
You need to be in Japan (and serious about your robot hands) to pick up a pair.
[Rakuten via BBG]

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[ June 30th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Video: Transforming Robot In The Flesh

From the information that I could find, this impressive transforming robot build is the work of Kevmag 2000 for a robotics class. All I can say is that I hope to see more of his work. [Make]

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[ June 5th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

And Then There Were None: Taser Wielding PackBot a Preview of Our Doom

The video is simple enough, a large musclebound man is rendered into a quivering mess by an iRobot PackBot packing a Taser. Today they zap us with Tasers, tomorrow they render us into fuel. [RobotStockNews via BotJunkie]

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[ April 11th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]

Book Turning Robot For The Elderly Or The Extremely Lazy

A book turning robot might seem pointless, but when one really sits down and thinks about it, there are people who for various reasons cannot turn a page in a book, and there are some pretty books out there too. Book Time, the book turning robot is designed with such people in mind and will [...]

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