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The 10 Best Robots in Pop Culture

Donald Deane — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:24:07 +0000

Sadly, Matt Groening's long-running cartoon 'Futurama' was canceled earlier this week after seven seasons and 140 episodes on two different networks. Yes, we'll miss Fry, Leela and the rest of the crew, but we'll miss Bender, the acerbic, cigar-chomping robot, the most. But it's not all bad news -- Bender has rightfully earned himself a place among the most memorable robots in pop culture.

Jam Out With All-Robot Band 'Compressorhead'

Tom Blunt — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 05:01:34 +0000

The all-robot band Compressorhead makes those Chuck E. Cheese animatrons look like a bunch of clowns! The 78-fingered guitarists are both playing their bolts off, but the four-armed, mohawked drummer robot with is programmed head-nodding steals the show right out from under them. Compressorhead (“the world’s heaviest metal band,” according to their website) can be seen [...]

Watch This Retro Robot Replicate 80s Drum Beats

Mike Moody — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:34:36 +0000

Have you ever wondered what kind of music robots would make? Turns out they can pull off some pretty sick 1980s drum machine beats, as evidenced by this video, which features the MR-808, an electromechanical music robot, emulating some oh-so-80s beats. Moritz Simon Great, a German artist and musician, designed and programmed the MR-808 to [...]

RoboCop in Real Life? Crime Fighting Robots Coming to New Jersey

Eric Walkuski — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:22 +0000

Your childhood fantasy (or fear?) of seeing an officer of the law who is part man/part machine may be coming true soon, thanks to Researchers at Florida International University's Discovery Lab and a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves. These folks are working to build "telepresence robots," which would patrol the streets while being controlled by disabled police officers and military vets. Let's pause to allow the awesomeness sink in.

10 Sexiest Android Babes

Mike Moody — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:00:41 +0000

‘Prometheus’ opens this tomorrow, marking director Ridely Scott’s return to the ‘Alien’ franchise, and the return of one of the hottest women on the planet, Charlize Theron, to the multiplex. Theron is rumored to be playing a villainous android in ‘Prometheus, billed as a prequel of sorts to Scott’s 1979 classic space-set thriller ‘Alien.’