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8 Reasons Why Sending Robots To the Moon Will Be Disastrous

June 1st, 2010 :: 6 Comments

Robots up to no good on the moon. ::via JAXA::

It’s official – robots will have a base of operations on the moon in which they will have the ability attack all of humankind. Japan is planning on sending a robot to the moon in 2015 to do scientific research and video recording. This seems innocent enough, but if everything goes according to plan that same robot will begin building a base on the moon for other robots by 2020. Giving robots a quiet place to plan their domination of Earth away from the prying eyes of humans is a terrible idea, and here are some reasons why. Some of them don’t even involve robots. Thats how serious this could become.

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Tony Stark is the new Chuck Norris

May 14th, 2010 :: 2 Comments

Hopefully someone as awesome as Iron Man will be fighting on our side when the robots attack.

::via tony stark = new chuck norris::

Cyborgs in Movies and TV – Infographic

May 11th, 2010 :: 2 Comments

::via Online Schools::

Robots Fighting Robots – RoboGames 2010 Highlights

May 8th, 2010 :: 1 Comment

I’ve often wondered what the best way to fight back during the Robot Armageddon would be. Unfortunately, the answer may be other robots. The idea of trusting robots to fight their brethren and not join them could be unsettling, but it may also be one of the few answers available. Luckily for us, robot vs robot fighting can be pretty cool looking. Take for instance the video below from the 2010 RoboGames. While these robots probably aren’t going to start a revolution against humans, they still have some pretty sick weapons. Plus the footage is presented in super slow motion, which is always a plus.

There was also a truly terrifying portion of the competition called Mech Warfare. A small scale model city is set up and robot operators attempt to guide their creations through the streets to victory over other robots. The people controlling the robots are only allowed to see what their robot sees as they try to shoot pellets at other robots. This video is much scarier than the first one, since it is easy to imagine those robots wreaking havoc in your hometown.

Study these videos to try to learn how robots fight and what their weaknesses might be. This information could be invaluable.

And for some more information on what the RoboGames are all about, visit their website or watch the video after the break.

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Robot Zombies in Space – and Possibly Earth!

May 7th, 2010 :: 0 Comments

This is the worst case scenario.

In early April a large solar storm partially knocked out a communications satellite, Intelsat’s Galaxy 15, disabling its ability to communicate with Earth. Solar storms often completely disable satellites, creating so called “zombiesats”, but in this case everything was intact except the ability to receive commands. As the partially functional satellite drifts through its current orbit, a possibility exists where the zombified satellite will steal the signal of nearby satellites since it is not receiving a standard control signal from Earth. This makes the Galaxy 15 even more like a zombie than the normally disabled zombiesats since it wants to eat other satellite’s brains (signals). While this whole situation is relatively benign- unless you control communications satellites that could have their brains eaten- the situation could be a precursor to events on Earth as more and more robots make their way into everyday life and solar storms intensify.

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The Wild World of Robots

May 5th, 2010 :: 2 Comments

::via Online Schools::

History Lesson – Anniversary of the First Human Death by Robot

January 25th, 2010 :: 6 Comments

This robot could be a killer

On January 25, 1979 Robert Williams, a Ford Motors employee, was killed by an industrial robot in the first documented case of a robot killing a human. A robot built to gather supplies from a storage room slammed its arm into Williams, killing him instantly. Although the situation seems nefarious, the unfortunate death of Mr. Williams was not caused by the robot suddenly turning Skynet on but rather due to a lack of safeguards in the storage facility.

By the way, you can buy your own industrial robots from an old Chrysler factory in Delaware if you feel like risking your life or if you want to create a makeshift thrill ride of death (below).

You can try this at home! (Please don't)

::from Wired via Botjunkie::

Guest Post – Hollywood’s Harmless Robots?

January 19th, 2010 :: 5 Comments

Guest blog written by Rob Marsh, webcomic publisher (December Sun) and robot take-over paranoid.

Do you trust this robot?

Hollywood has a long and sordid reputation of promoting amoral values and twisted worldviews, but perhaps the worst propaganda introduced from the land of cinema is the pernicious lie of the robot as harmless, loving companion. Although Hollywood occasionally puts up the false front that robots are evil (‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’, the ‘Terminator’ films, etc) robots are, for the most part, depicted in movies and television as loyal, faithful, trustworthy companions (and even in regards to films such as the Terminator, Hollywood presents a warped depiction that killer robots that can be conveniently reprogrammed to be loyal friends that wear leather jokes and make amusing quips when they cause destruction.)

But of all of the pro-robot propaganda to come out of Hollywood, one of the most disturbing trends (for this writer in particularly) is the nefarious inclusion of large, loveable bubble-headed robots and presenting these mechanical deviations as “companion and friend” to the character of the TV show or movie.

The Sico II is one such model of deceptively adorable robotics (as an aside, let us debate the potentialpronunciation of this robot. Is that pronounced “Sicko”, as in, a demented, perverted individual, or instead pronounced “psycho”, as in Anthony Perkens killing people?).

Per TVArces, the Sico II model robot has made a number of appearances in films and television, including but not limited to:

NBC’s “Days of Our Lives”
NBC’s “BENSON” series
Dick Clark’s “Inside America”
MTV’s Punk’d MTV with Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank

Most pernicious to this writer, and perhaps the most scarring personally, was the appearance of the Sico II in the motion picture ‘Rocky IV’, where the Sico II was introduced as Uncle Pauly’s robot “companion”. While so many watching the film were caught up in the boxing struggle of an Italian-American vs. a steroid-addled Soviet muscleman and the fragile balance of democracy in the nuclear cold war Reagan era, I was instead disturbed by the creepy robotic companion that Rocky had purchased for his friend Pauly, with eerie large glowing eyes, like a freakish metallic insect. While Rocky was off training in the Soviet mountains with Pauly, he had actually left the Sico II at home with his unprotected family! What if the Sico II went berserk and started on a human-killing rampage? Had Rocky been home, I’m pretty sure he’d be fast enough and strong enough to destroy the Sico II, but he wasn’t there, leaving his family vulnerable to the potential malfunction and destructive rampage of Pauly’s robot “friend”.

Rocky IV left me troubled and disturbed. Yes, Rocky had single-handedly defeated the soviet menace and ended his 12-rounds of massive head injuries with an articulate and well-formulated message of global unity and friendship, but back in America, at the Rocky mansion, a super-intelligent robotic entity was calculating and scheming its next course of action…

And seriously, how could a doughy, mostly-inert guy like Pauly hope to stand a chance against a Sico II killing machine if and when it’s circuitry went haywire and instead of bringing beer to Pauly, it instead decided to bring him death?

For more information about the Sico II and the potential world domination by these malicious machines, check out the International Robotic’s site devoted to these innocent-looking machines. While they might seem harmless and peaceful now, don’t be surprised if one day the world has been taken over by armies of Sico II’s!

And if you MUST train for a boxing match in the mountainous countryside of the Soviet Union, by all means, do NOT leave your robot servant unattended at home with your wife and children!