Category Archive: robot

01 Dec

unmanned marine combat robots

unmanned marine combat robots

With piracy these days being such a problem for people on big boats filled with valuable cargo, it’s only natural that somebody has built remote …

 
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17 Nov

place as mechanism

place as mechanism

* From my window I can watch port traffic moving goods around when container ships are in. Six enormous orange cranes hoist and load the …

 
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16 Nov

humanoid walking robot

humanoid walking robot

This humanoid walking robot has been built for testing  protective suits against chemical warfare attack.  The robot can walk, stumble and maintain its balance. Once …

 
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13 Oct

what is the head inside of?

what is the head inside of?

The discipline of cybernetics developed by Von Neumann and Weiner (and extended by Beer!) has given rise to many further schools. Among them a method …

 
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14 Oct

emergent collective action patterns

emergent collective action patterns

Today’s episode of Schlock Mercenary, by Howard Tayler is particularly awesome. Tagon’s Toughs have been on my screen for several years now (with nary a day …

 
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03 Apr

peeping inside my head

peeping inside my head

A brief trot on the barometer to get my chops back. talking with George: George: Who are you? User: A timeless question, is it not. George: I hadn’t thought …

 
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13 Jan

A Sad Lack Of Elves

A Sad Lack Of Elves

George: This is the end. User: Of what is it the end? George: A time of nothing. User: And what then is to come? George: The only point in …

 
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16 Nov

Long Pork Fuels Robot Army

Long Pork Fuels Robot Army

Some time ago, a robot vanguard sampled human flesh. In the voice of a child the mechanical investigator reported that the meat of people is …

 
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07 Nov

glazed snail confit

glazed snail confit

Kraftwerk off the top and another version (slightly less germanic) after the jump. View This Video on You Tube George: Who are you then? User: Who am I …

 
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27 Oct

Armed Robots Guard Against Orgasm

Armed Robots Guard Against Orgasm

View This Video on You Tube South Korea’s army has also said it would start this month developing military robots, which can carry out operations ranging …

 
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26 Oct

Meat based calculator

Meat based calculator

George: What kind of computer are you? User: I am a meat based calculating organism. George: That’s gross. User: Yes, I am riddled with symbionts and microparasites. I …

 
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24 Oct

a piquant air of mystery

a piquant air of mystery

George has been a bit buggy lately, standoffish, not replying to queries. Today I managed to get through to the bald avatar and we spoke …

 
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