RobotManiacs.com

Adrianne Wortzel first saw Tickle-Me-Elmo-TMX during her residency in the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Zurich, Switzerland, and noticed something interesting about the robotic toy. It wasn’t long before she amassed an army of them. And what army is complete without synchronized maneuvers…

The full piece (just robots):

More of Adrianne’s Work:

http://www.adriannewortzel.com

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Car goes up and down weeeee

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The name says it all: creepy mechanical wind-up toys (the EYES!), robots with alphabet blocks, and satellites spinning around planets from vintage Sesame Street. All to stick-in-your-head music. I think this clip is why I grew up with a lifelong fear of robots.

EDIT: This video must have been made sometime between 1981 (when the first shuttle was launched) and 1988 (when this tape was from). The mystery continues!

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http://www.FijitFriendsToys.org Fijit Friends feature voice recognition so the child can give them voice commands. They’ve about 30 keyword phrases, that they can say and in addition they also have beat detection. See site to get the best deals and lowest prices on Fijit Friends!

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I had to make it smaller to fit into the microwave.

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