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Robot Pops, Delivers Corn: order sent via Twitter
On the way home recently, I used an iPod Touch and Twitter to send a command to my robot to pop corn and ready the DVD for movie time. Here’s a reenactment. Oh, if you want to follow this robot on Twitter, he is http://twitter.com/CoppaRobot For a bit more information regarding this video please visit…
Constrictor (Robot Wars Battles)
Competitor robot “Constrictor” in some of its battles of Series 7 of Robot Wars. Duration : 0:8:24
Robots with a mind of their own
Scientists are now building a new kind of robot capable of self-assembly and doing tasks too difficult or too dangerous for human beings. Duration : 0:1:38
Roboexotica: robots that serve booze. (Boing Boing Video)
Boing Boing Video online: http://www.boingboing.net/boing-boing-video/ Robots that serve alcoholic beverages, in creative, sexy, or outrageous fashion. Tech developers converge on Vienna once a year for this odd festival of ‘bots and booze, and hiinks ensue. Monochrom’s Johannes Grenzfurthner hosts. Shot by Eddie Codel for Boing Boing Video. Duration : 0:2:21
Who’s Newton? SynPet VHS Promo, 1989
My uncle was CEO/owner of SynPet back in the 80s/90s and gave us a VHS copy of the promo those ages ago. I remember taking it to school and getting permission to show it to my 6th grade classmates. Hard to believe anything like that could have run on an IMB XT, much less with…