All manner of dolls (and outfits to dress them in) seem to be popular in Japan, but these ones seem a little freaky. They seem to be a more humanised version of the robot design in the film iRobot (Will Smith). Even worse is the ability to swap some “parts” to show a slightly different mood… Via Tokyo Times Technorati Tags: dolls, Japan, Japanese dolls, sex dolls, toys
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Disturbing Japanese dolls
July 14th, 2008 — blog, irobot
Reason #47 Clint Hurdle Is A Dumbass
July 14th, 2008 — blog, irobot
Seconds after naming Ben Sheets the National League starting pitcher for tomorrow night’s All-Star game, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle explained his reasoning: “His pedigree speaks for itself,” Hurdle said. “He brings his lunch pail to work every day. He takes the ball, he’s no-nonsense. He’s blue-collar. I like everything about him. I’ve liked him for a long time. It was the perfect match for me.” Yes, he brings his lunch pail to word, he’s no-nonsense and he’s Mr. Blue Collar. Why, he’s Dav
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TMSUK sends a robot to do the shopping
July 14th, 2008 — blog, irobot
At the Izutsuya department store in Kitakyushu, Japan, robot developer TMSUK, whose lofty objective is to create a “safe and comfortable society in which people and robots can coexist”, has demonstrated a remote-control robot that promises a new way for homebodies to shop from the comfort of home. The prototype telerobotic shopper is a modified version of the company’s TMSUK-4 humanoid robot that incorporates a variety of mobile phone communications technology… Related Articles: Super 350cm
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Chem-Sniffing Robots Prepped for Iraq, A-Stan
July 14th, 2008 — blog, irobot
The Army’s older bomb-spotting robots are a little too flimsy, and too hard to control, to use in Iraq any more. So the military has given the ‘bots new chemical-sniffing gear — and a new mission: to help clean up hazardous sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. The CUGV (”Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Unmanned Ground Vehicle”) detects “ammonia, chlorine, carbon monoxide, oxygen levels, lower explosive limits, volatile organic compounds, gamma radiation rate and dose rate, temperatur
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But Could it Take a Roomba?
July 14th, 2008 — blog, irobot
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Drat. LEGO Robotics Summer Day Camp is in Palo Alto, California, and is almost full.
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