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British scientists will today take the first steps in an astonishing project to create the first real-life Transformers - the science fiction robots which can change shape at will. The £4.6million experiment will attempt to build swarms of tiny robots, each the size of a sugar cube, that move around on their own and connect together to form larger, intelligent machines. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago tags transformers robots british shape-changing |
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Robots have long been the fascination of people throughout the world. Movies have stretched the imagination and science and technology have made some robots a reality. Following are ten high technology robots that may change the world. picked by prinks 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Awesome new pics of some of our favorite Transformers! 9 comments edit related share plime.comPretty cool stuff and nice to see a fully formed non-CGI Transformer! picked by mysterio 2 years ago |
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Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, picked by bjk1903 1 month ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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It may not be lasers and explosions like Transformers or Terminator, but Robots are doing battle against autism using bubbles! picked by icepigs 4 weeks ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Robots from about 30 firms took part in three-day event which began on Friday. They were pitted against each other in football matches and a variety of other contests. Also on display was "Karfe Lady" a humanoid robot from Japan's Nippon Engineering College. "She" was able to take on passers-by in games of "rock-paper-scissors". picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals. High speed robots would make testing faster, cheaper, and more effective, while leaving animals unharmed. picked by mahler87 6 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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If robots are made to exhibit characteristics of the human psyche, then this research explains that they must also exhibit psychopathic tendencies. picked by snood 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. At the root of this uncanny demo is a deep inquiry into the nature of how humans and living beings learn and evolve, and how we might harness these processes to make things that learn and evolve. picked by fogowar 10 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Humans revel in touch. Touch-spoiled babies grow up healthier; lovers can't keep their hands off each other; and people who master the subtle touch are perceived as friendlier; and THAT could also be key to making robots accepted by humans as social peers, scientists say. (Is it me, or does that demonstrative pic just look 'wrong') picked by DrNothing 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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One sixth the size of an amoeba and weighing no more than a few hundred nanograms, the robots play on a field the size of a grain of rice. It's all happening at the RoboCup at Georgia Tech. picked by hisidea 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share science |
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Russian Railways want tiny robots to replace humans in difficult maintenance work, and they want Russian-made androids that can dance and talk. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Mr. Woo has no formal training in mechanical engineering, none whatsoever, but he goes ahead and makes robots anyway, 24 hours a day. It drives his wife nuts but he just can’t seem to help himself. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Robots reenacting the 'Say what again' scene from Pulp Fiction. picked by Chez 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
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"For our policemen, we created a race of robots... In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us... At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor." picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Robots. As pets. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Some kill people. Some try really hard to look cute and human-like, but are all the scarier for it. Why are some robots scary, and some not? You may have a theory, but these robots will likely give even the most rational among us a spook this Halloween. picked by snood 10 months ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Humans will be marrying and having sex with robots by 2050, an artificial intelligence researcher has claimed. picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share sex |
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Robots are our friends. They really are. You know it is true. Have you hugged a robot lately? picked by dOntEAtpOOp 1 month ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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With authorities promising tighter borders, some farmers who rely on immigrant labor are eyeing an emerging generation of fruit-picking robots and high-tech tractors to do everything from pluck premium wine grapes to clean and core lettuce. picked by DrNothing 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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A new thesis, entitled ““Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners”, speculates that robots will come to be accepted as suitable marriage partners. picked by fogowar 10 months ago 12 comments edit related share weird |