In an effort to highlight the advances in Chinese robotics, over 20 humanoid robots competed in the recent Beijing Half Marathon (13.1-miles) to see how they stack up against humans. Many didn’t finish, but several did, with the fastest, a robot named Tiangong Ultra, finishing with a time of 2

This is a video of the latest ‘ultra high efficiency’ dishwasher modded by Youtubers PlumberJohn and STS_3D. It can jump up and down on its legs (an important feature), quick-dry dishes with a flamethrower, and launch the dish racks out of the washer when a cycle is complete. Now that

This is a video created by Joseph of Joseph’s Machines (previously) in collaboration with Dr. Squatch hand soaps of the automatic hand washing machine he constructed (not actually a Rube Goldberg machine because it’s powered). Does it look like a medieval torture device? Kind of. I especially liked the stuffed

Previously seen letting mushrooms play a keyboard, Youtuber BionicandtheWires is back with another video, this time allowing a colony of oyster mushrooms to paint a picture. The mushrooms’ natural fluctuations in electrical activity is transformed into brush movement via attached solenoids. That painting, wow — way better than anything my

Because what good will future robots be if we can’t ride them into battle against other robots, Kawasaki has released a video of its conceptual hydrogen-electric CORLEO. CORLEO is a large quadruped robot that could be ridden by one or two people like a giant dire wolf. It looks like

This is a vintage safety style video created by Youtuber Hoog highlighting ways you can protect yourself from the eventual armies of killer robotic dogs that will be prowling the streets. Granted, there wasn’t anything presented that I didn’t already know, but I don’t subscribe to Robot Apocalypse Digest just

Constructed by Joseph of Joseph’s Machines in partnership with LEGO (heck yeah, get that LEGO money!), this is a video of a Rube Goldberg machine featuring a LEGO Mario Kart race. Who wins in the end? We do, because that was delightful. But also Mario, because Mario always wins. Unless

This is a video highlighting the pinball machine collection of Rob Berk, the current Guinness World Record holder for most pinball machines. The official record is 1,041, but Rob says he’s up to around 1,150 since the count. Damn! Rob has been involved in the pinball community for quite some