The Future Is Coming, and It Looks Like a Giant Lego Pulling a Rickshaw
Mar 05, 2009
Yesterday The Big Picture put up a collection of photos of robots, and it was awesome. Here are some of my favorites.
Evidently this is a robot showing off its ability to manipulate delicate objects, but I thought it was just the villain from Inspector Gadget preparing to enjoy a cold beverage.
This is an underwater robot called RoboLobster. It was
designed to perform the highly complex task of reminding you that
RoboLobster is the coolest word ever.
This robot will eat your brains.
I
love that there is a robot that can shoot nets to capture robbers.
Like the scientists were thinking, "I know! Let's make a
state-of-the-art, futuristic device that employs law-enforcement
techniques inspired by those 1920s movie bank robbers who stole those
big dollar-sign sacks!"
"Farmer
Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by a his self-made walking robot
near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing January 8, 2009."
I want a giant Lego Man FarmBot. Now.
"The 350,000 yen (US$3,480) Paro, a cooing baby
harp seal robot fitted with sensors beneath its fur and whiskers, is
developed by Japan's Intelligent System Co, to soothe patients in
hospitals and nursing homes."
This may be the best invention of all time.
I think those seals are going to eat my brains, too, but I won't mind because they are so cute
Posted by: James Buchanan | Mar 06, 2009 at 06:35 AM