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Only 9% Are Honest Enough to Admit They’d Do It with a Sex Robot

Only 9% Are Honest Enough to Admit They’d Do It with a Sex Robot

By Josh Wolford April 11, 2013 | 5 Comments

Over the past few years, humanoid robot technology has gotten better and better at, well, making robots seem more human. We’re talking the look, the feel, the movements, and the AI. And this technology is only going to get better …

Folding Battery Developed By KAIST Researchers Folding Battery Developed By KAIST Researchers
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Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a flexible battery, which is capturing some media attention, and could be used to make electronic devices more bendable. The important thing to note is that when …

This Enormous Robot Comes With Twin Gatling Guns This Enormous Robot Comes With Twin Gatling Guns
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Japan’s Suidobashi Heavy Industry has created this monster. It’s a 13-foot tall robot that shoots water bottles like rockets, comes with twin BB-shooting gatling guns, runs on gasoline and a diesel engine, and can be controlled with a phone or …

Oh, Joy: A Robot That Swims Like A Person Oh, Joy: A Robot That Swims Like A Person

I no longer feel the need to preface anything about robots with the phrase “it’s my belief that,” because it’s now a mathematical certainty that humans are slowly but surely engineering our violent and imminent overthrow by continuing to make …

The Future Is Rather Scary In "Sight" The Future Is Rather Scary In "Sight"
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Much of the talk around the tech world recently has been focused on Project Glass – aka Google Glasses – the wearable heads of display that many think could revolutionize the way we interact with apps, photos, video, and really …

Robot Trashcan Will Catch Your Wayward Tosses Robot Trashcan Will Catch Your Wayward Tosses

Is it necessary? No. Wildly inventive? Yes. Do you wish that you had one? Absolutely. That Q&A session is indicative of many products we see that are created in the minds of the Japanese. And now, those crazy innovators have …

The Most Amazing Pair Of Robot Legs You'll See Today The Most Amazing Pair Of Robot Legs You'll See Today

Engineers are getting better at robot building every day, it seems. Check out what LiveScience calls the “first pair of biologically accurate robot legs,” that “mimic how babies walk.” Before we go any further, just look: These legs are a …

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