More Uncanny Valley
	"Based on a real five-year-old Japanese girl, this machine was built to look just like a human. " [link] By Dave Lester  - Oct 7 - 1 new of 1 message

	Robot Parade
	Here's a video of kids having a robot parade - music by They Might Be Giants: [link] I'm interested in how people 'play' robot. People dance and 'do the robot.' Kids dress up like robots as seen in this film and 'act like a robot' - I wonder if its through these imitations.. the act of... more » By Dave Lester  - Jul 25 - 1 new of 1 message

The Economist says: "their time has almost come"

The Economist is reporting that robots have "nothing to lose but their chains" in a recent article. The article also gives a working definition of what a robot IS -- a subject we have yet to breech in this group. Here goes: "A robot is defined not by its appearance, but by how it is controlled. The more automated it is and the more it can determine its... more » By Dave Lester  - Jun 20 - 1 new of 1 message

	Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts
	[link] From the article: "Two monkeys with tiny sensors in their brains have learned to control a prosthetic arm with only their thoughts, using it to reach for and grab food and even to adjust for the size and stickiness of morsels when necessary, scientists reported Wednesday.... more » By Jim Safley  - May 28 - 2 new of 2 messages

	RuBot II - The Rubik's cube solving robot
	This menacing robot can solve the rubiks cube.. [link] Apparently other robots have been built to do this as well: [link] [link] Not all rubik's cube solving robots are humanoid bots though! The... more » By Dave Lester  - May 21 - 1 new of 1 message

	"Will Robots Make People Obsolete?" - Paleofuture
	Matt at Paleofuture posted a link to a great article published in Parade Magazine in 1959, "Will Robots Make People Obselete?" [link] Here's an excerpt: "Consider the Joneses, who in a robotized world, have lost their usefulness:... more » By Dave Lester  - May 20 - 1 new of 1 message

	A Little Robot Fun by Mozilla
	By Jim Safley  - May 8 - 1 new of 1 message

	More Elektro
	Our illustrious founder had a great post on his blog a month or so back about Elektro, the Westinghouse robot that smoked at the 1939 World's Fair: [link] But Dave neglected to mention that Elektro had a starring role in the 1960... more » By Rob MacDougall  - May 6 - 3 new of 3 messages

	Warren Ellis' Three Laws of Robotics
	This has been around for a while, but I thought it might be interesting to post here for discussion. Here are Warren Ellis' Three Laws of Robotics: 1. Robots couldn’t really give a fuck if you live or die. Seriously. I mean, what are you thinking? “Ooh, I must protect the bag of meat at all costs because I couldn’t possibly plug in the charger... more » By sheribomb  - May 5 - 4 new of 4 messages

	Bike Storage Robot?
	Although it's not anthropomorphic, does this Japanese bicycle storage machine count as a robot? It certainly uses robotics. And, well, it's just awesome: [link] btw, the video is not in English, so you may want to read the description on the page before or while watching.... more » By sheribomb  - May 2 - 1 new of 1 message