Junk bot made from scrap materials is both terrifying and environmentally responsible!
(via Boing Boing)
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A restaurant in China staffed by robots: This is how your local Applebee’s will look in the near future.
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“Young people aren’t willing to do such dirty, tiring work. So not only in sliced-noodle restaurants, but also in many other regards, we’ll extend our technological development - and there will be many, many machines that can replace human labour.”
inventor Cui Runguan (via South China Morning Post)
Creepy robots in the year 2000.
(via plasticpals, h/t @reggiewatts)
Chinese roboticists get serious about defeating Forrest Gump.
We won’t stand a chance against the robots if this is their leader.
Worst RoboCop Ever
“Standing at attention, the near two meter tall sentries are not man-machine hybrids or even pure autonomous robots. They are instead camera equipped emergency call towers. The robots called “Smart Swat” (“智能特警”) are worth about 20,000 RMB (US $3,170) a piece. They also just…stand there. Not only do they stop crimes, but recently, they’re also the victims of them.”
Are we sure it’s really the Year of the Dragon? Looks like the Year of the Robots to me.
