Posts tagged "robot overlords"

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Kevin Drum has an interesting piece at Mother Jones about the rapidly advancing state of robotics technology, but I’m even more fascinated by these accompanying illustrations by Roberto Parada.

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Our robot overlords shall subdue us with a rubber chicken!
(via @heatherknight)

Our robot overlords shall subdue us with a rubber chicken!

(via @heatherknight)

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plasticpals:

Stupid Roomba can’t detect that there’s a cat right in front of it.

Cats + robots + gif = TUMBLRGASM!

plasticpals:

Stupid Roomba can’t detect that there’s a cat right in front of it.

Cats + robots + gif = TUMBLRGASM!

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Meet you new robot overlords, in giant nightlight form. 
(Xinhua via Kotaku)

Meet you new robot overlords, in giant nightlight form. 

(Xinhua via Kotaku)

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Japanese security company SECOM will soon be renting out this surveillance robot that can patrol an area and take photos of any intruders. Wondering if they’ll call it RoboMallCop. 

Japanese security company SECOM will soon be renting out this surveillance robot that can patrol an area and take photos of any intruders. Wondering if they’ll call it RoboMallCop. 

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It’s almost 2013, so prepare to welcome your new robot yoga instructor overlords. 

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I wonder if our new robot overlords ever look at Reagan-era pictures and think to themselves, “Why did we ever think that look was cool?”
(reblogged from revterryfastfood)

I wonder if our new robot overlords ever look at Reagan-era pictures and think to themselves, “Why did we ever think that look was cool?”

(reblogged from revterryfastfood)

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Having mastered the act of picking up a cup of coffee, our robot overlords are ready to waste countless hours in a Starbucks working on their great American novel. 

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arstechnica:

Teaching tiny drones how to fly themselves

Our tiny robot overlords are learning how to hunt us down.

arstechnica:

Teaching tiny drones how to fly themselves

Our tiny robot overlords are learning how to hunt us down.

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HEARBO is a robot being developed by HONDA to test systems for robot hearing. Next, they’ll teach it to read lips and we’ll never be able to plot against our robot overlords!
(via HEARBO Robot Has Superhearing - IEEE Spectrum)

HEARBO is a robot being developed by HONDA to test systems for robot hearing. Next, they’ll teach it to read lips and we’ll never be able to plot against our robot overlords!

(via HEARBO Robot Has Superhearing - IEEE Spectrum)