In what appears to be an incredibly misguided attempt to wish us all a happier new year, this is a video just released by Boston Dynamics of its army of death-bots all dancing to The Contours’ 1962 banger ‘Do You Love Me’. You really just have to see it to
Mother Nature: she’s wild. I know because we had a brief thing in college before she left me for a bartender. This is a video from a robotic spy penguin built by John Bower Productions of an emperor penguin hatching on its dad’s feet after two months of careful incubation.
In don’t you know staring isn’t polite news, this is a video demonstration of a humanoid robot being developed by Disney Research with the intention of building a robot with as life-like a human gaze as possible. Did they succeed? No clue, it’s so disturbing that I really have a
An ultra-realistic robotic dolphin developed by Edge Innovations (who developed the animatronics for Free Willy, Anaconda, and The Abyss) aims to replace some of the 3,000 actual dolphins in captivity at marine parks and dolphin experiences. Some more info while I’m sad about my captive dolphin friends, but also a
This is a video of the Guinness World Record holder for largest drone light show, with 3,051 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) participating in the high-flying performance. The record was achieved by the Shenzhen Damoda Intelligent Control Technology Company in Zhuhai, China. Is, uh, is anybody else concerned this company has
This is a terrifying video of a malfunctioning dental school practice robot that looks like it’ll bite off anything that comes near it. Obviously, had I been a dental school student and this happened on my day to practice a root canal, there’s no question I would be an accountant
This is a video of Japan’s 59-foot tall Gundam robot during a movement test, successfully kneeling as well as walking a few steps. Apparently the footage has been sped up around 4X though, so he’s not exactly going to win any races. Still, I think we can all agree, this
This is a video of a remote controlled robotic coconut harvester being developed in India as a result of a shortage of current model coconut harvesters, which are actual human beings who climb 50-feet into a coconut tree, then hold on with one hand while hacking off coconut stems with