Humans will need to communicate with a robot the same way they communicate with one another. This brings us a little closer to that future.
Read More: Meet Iorek, the Robot That Communicates In a Remarkable Way
KILL IT WITH FIRE. Also, preserve and celebrate it for its remarkably superior form.
Read More: Humans Are Getting Scarily Good At Creating Bipedal Beasts
(Source: Wired)
This is Robot Restaurant, a 10 billion yen creation in the Kabukicho section of Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood. Kabukicho is the city’s red light district, where the narrow, car-less streets are flanked by a seemingly endless number of towering, multi-colored, brightly backlit signs. It’s famous for its nightclubs, host and hostess clubs, short-stay hotels, and late-night eateries, but Robot Restaurant is a step beyond the usual fare.
Photos: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED
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What is the Deal with Humans?
They’re drone-striking Afghanistan for us. They’re replacing us on the assembly line at the Hostess plant. They’re even cutting into our aortas during life-or-death surgery. But can robots master one of the most mysterious—and quintessentially human—skills of them all: making people laugh? Meet Data, the world’s first stand-up-comedy bot.
All the lulz.
Robot finger can tell what it touches
Life-sized robotic finger called BioTac has an elastic ‘skin’ and could be the future of prosthetic hands for amputees.
Wow.
Michael Salter - Styrobot, 2008 - 22 feet of styrofoam packing material
Bet you wish you thought of this.
(Source: Wired, via escapeintolife-blog-blog)
Table fighting is so hawt right now.
Photo: Emily Berl/Wired
Prototype robotic fish scanning for pollution on the European coast
The fish design is meant to both improve movement and let the robots blend into the environment; they were recently tested in the port of Gijon, Spain.
ROBO FISH.
(via theverge)
