(Video Link) Whether it's stabbing meat or punching humans, robots play to win. And thanks to human collaborators at the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory, robots will always prevail at games of rock, paper, scissors. It has...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/27/robot-always-wins-at-rock-paper-scissors-because-it-cheats/(Video Link) Robots are increasingly active in human medical care, from stabbing us with knives, to rescuing us from scene of the stabbing, to handling triage, drawing blood and providing nursing care at the hospital...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/08/robotic-chaplain-comforts-the-dying/In order to control its population of rebellious human prisoners, South Korea's Ministry of Justice plans to test robot prison guards: The robots are designed to patrol the corridors of corrective institutions, monito...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/26/south-korea-builds-robot-prison-guards/(Video Link) "Hey, let's build a robot modeled after a giant snake from the age of the dinosaurs!" Brilliant idea. Next: give it artificial intelligence and the ability to refuel from biomass. That's what the team b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/17/giant-robotic-snake-chases-a-man/(Video Link) I know the skeptics among you probably think that this is a bad idea, but you also scoffed when they made a robot that could feed off human flesh. And that's turned out okay so far, right? So: no wo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/15/surely-there-could-be-no-negative-unintended-consequences-with-teaching-a-robot-to-punch-humans/(Video Link) Until recently, robots have been unable to replace human workers at the task of deboning meat due to the differences between individual pieces of meat. But the HAMDAS-R built by Mayekawa Electric can now...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/06/knife-wielding-robot-taught-to-repeatedly-stab-meat/(Video Link) If you were hoping that, after t... ...Video Link) If you were hoping that, after the Robopocalypse , you could earn your soylent green by flipping pa...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/24/robot-learns-how-to-flip-pancakes/(YouTube Link) Emerging YouTube star Rachel Z... ...Which is a reckless response to the inevitable Robopocalypse . But Zylstra does give sound relationship advice...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/10/advice-columnistsinger/Christmas is all about awkward moments at family gatherings. Le Trung, inventor of the robotic woman substitute Aiko, took that principle to a whole new level when he decided that he should celebrate Christmas with both...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/28/man-brings-fembot-home-at-christmas-to-meet-his-parents/Image: Brian Kappel Artist Brian Kappel creates art from an alternate universe where robot aesthetic needs are respected. Beyond obvious propaganda posters like the one above, you can find advertisements catering to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/20/the-robot-art-of-brian-kappel/
