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more about #robots more comments → lurkerbynature: It would figure that the most realistic depiction of robotics would be Red Dwarf. They've invented a mobile Talkie Toaster! "Given that God is infi... more » olkin: During Russian peasant days (in linen-farming country near the Volga River, at least), people believed that if you put eyes on something (dolls, for e... more » Crabby Cakes: Finally, a robot out of CMU that doesn't scare the ever-living crap out of me. #robots more » BabyJane: I think I'm in love. BabyJane + Snackbot 4 Eva #robots more » JessickerFletcher: AAAH! I want one! #robots more » Hiroine Protagonist: Obviously I am spending way too much time thinking about potential thesis topics but...isn't it interesting that in the more traditional science ficti... more » Bgirl_Hamster: Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, I need a freaking cupcake. #robots more » MyNameIsChris: Did they purchase this from Rocky? #robots more » Dauphine: I think it's kinda cute, in a WALL-E sort of way. And then I look at the picture too long and think the robot looks sad. #robots more » boxspelunker: It's pretty cute! I know it's silly of me, but I don't like it when robots are just used in the place of people, because they do not get tired or com... more » UrbanAchiever: Just what we all need: A smart snack slave able to monitor my every move, record it, and pass that information along. I think I just lost my appetite ... more » BowlingForDollars: Um, I used to be the snackbot in my first job. I had to take a cart around the company to sell snacks in the afternoons. The only research I did w... more » femme-bot: I already have one. #robots more » mbot says Spock yeah!: My cat is way better. She sometimes lets me use her as a pillow, and she's nowhere near as nightmarish as this thing. more » SharonTaint: oh God I had that dream once. more » -
#mrroboto
"The Snackbot" Delivers Ruffles And Research
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created The Snackbot, a robot that not only delivers delicious snacks to students and faculty members, but also helps them study such things as "behavioral science research on such topics as personalization." [LiveScience] -
#dirtypillows
"Emotional Robot" Girlfriend Inspires One Emotion: Terror
Want to watch an emo guy caress an "emotional robot" (basically a huge amorphous lump of dough) as it breathes, deforms, and crawls into bed with him? Don't say we didn't warn you. [BoingBoing] -
#metropolis
Yes, And We Call Him Hitachi.
1928: "In this happy future, no old maid need look under the bed for a man, in vain." Instead she'll buy a custom robot to warm her bed - which is obviously better than no man at all. [PaleoFuture] -
#weirdscience
The "Orgasm Robot": Educational Or Offensive?
A reader has tipped us to this bizarre contraption, known as "Moaning Lisa," a robotic instrument designed to challenge users to master "the process leading to a female orgasm" using a series of ultrasonic sensors. More » -
#ifyoubuildittheywillcome
The Fembot's Not For Sex... Yet
Le Trung, inventor of that fembot named Aiko says he didn't create it for sex. But: -
