Built by inventor James Bruton, BinBot 9000 (apparently the 8000 model was total…garbage) is an autonomous trash receptacle that can come to you, that way you don’t miss trying to throw a banana peel in basketball style. The robot uses vision-assisted guidance and printed targets to identify its location and

This is a video of CNBC journalist Ray Parisi highlighting a robotic parking garage below the 121 East 22nd building in Manhattan where spots cost $300,000+ to own. An RFID tag lets the system know which car pallet to retrieve, then either brings you your car, or the empty pallet

Because how are robots going to overthrow humanity if we don’t make them tough, harbingers of the apocalypse IHMC Robotics has conspired with Boardwalk Robotics to develop a Nadia humanoid robot capable of maintaining its balance after getting shoved on a treadmill. Yeah, make it resilient then piss it off!

Currently an already funded Kickstarter campaign, Moonwalkers are $1,100+ motorized shoes that can increase a person’s walking speed up to 250%, from around 2.5MPH to 6 or 7MPH. Each strap-on shoe has eight wheels (so there’s no need to balance), which provide an extra glide after each step. Some more

Because everybody’s dream is different, this is a video documenting Youtuber Electrosync’s quest to build the world’s fastest Roomba. For reference, a stock Roomba has a top speed of about 1.1MPH, but after the addition of some high performance motors and other R/C car electronics, Electrosync’s Roomba can hit 35MPH.

These are several videos of an impressively made “>Optimus Prime toy from Robosen Robotics ($1000!) that not only fully transforms from tractor trailer to humanoid (and back again) by itself, but also takes vocal commands. Honestly, I hate robots with a passion and it still made its way to the

Because soon all sports will be played entirely by robots, this is a video of Google’s i-S2R ping pong playing robot completing a 4-minute, 340-shot rally with a human before it nets a ball because clearly there’s still work to be done. That’s cool, but why did they name it

Hopefully named Johnny 5 Appleseed or its creators completely blew it, this is a video of a robotic apple harvester picking about 30 apples in a minute, using the latest in apple-identifying technology and its six suction-cupped hands to get the job done. That’s cool. For reference, I’ve never actually