Dubstep Dispute

Dubstep Dispute from Fluxel Media on Vimeo.

(vimeo link) Dubstep robots have a disagreement and express it in their own way. This is probably the most appropriate use of dubstep music. For laughs, it ranks up there with the turkeys! This short film is by Fluxel Media with music by Nostalgia. Link -Via: Metafilter, Via: Neatorama

Animusic

Animusic. 2011. LINK: Youtube

Robot Furniture Assembles Itself

Presenting the Roombots - a series of small robotic modules that can self-assemble into furniture. LINK: Youtube

Chrome-plated Universe

Recently astronomers used the Suzaku orbiting X-ray observatory, operated jointly by NASA and the Japanese space agency, to discover the largest known reservoir of rare metals in the universe. Suzaku detected the elements chromium and manganese while observing the central region of the Perseus galaxy cluster. The metallic atoms are part of the hot gas, or "intergalactic medium," that lies between galaxies.

Thumbnail: "The Robot (3) 20102007 Inspired by Hajime Sorayama by Emile Noordeloos."

Exploding stars, or supernovas, forge the heavy elements. The supernovas also create vast outflows, called superwinds. These galactic gusts transport heavy elements into the intergalactic void.

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Track Robots

Mobile robotic video playback system created for a video post production company in NYC back in 2000. Robots were powered and traveled on a cieling mounted track. We used a busway from Universal Electric Corp. This is an analog to digital conversion as the only digital copy got corrupted. LINK: Youtube

TOP 10 SCULPTURES MADE FROM HUBCAPS

“Hubcaps as art is not a brand new concept. But these hubcap sculptures by Ptolemy Elrington are definitely something different. These bad ass metal sculptures look like deadly robots built by other robots to create a giant robot army meant to destroy the human race. Ptolemy gets hubcaps from the side of the road, friends and family and even strangers.” w/ photos. LINK

LIL’ DANCING ROBOTS

Aldebaran Robotics Nao Robot Show in France Pavilion Shanghai Expo 2010. LINK, Via: Youtube

Monster Chess

A very large chess game using LEGO MINDSTORMS(R) robots for EACH piece. LINK: Youtube

Synchronized Robot Christmas Dance

I like the Santa Claus is coming to town one. Just think, Christmas is right around the corner. LINK

ABB FlexPicker Robots

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The FlexPicker is already infiltrating our manufacturing lines, picking and flexing its way to faster production methods and more efficient packaging efforts. And the writing has been on the wall for quite a while: the robot is replacing human hands on the factory floor. It’s a sad thought, especially in this economy, that people would be forced out of jobs to make way for a robot that doesn’t necessarily have to put food on the table for its family. That twinge of sympathy for the man who spent a myriad of years on an assembly line, learning every nuance and quirk of the assembly process, makes the FlexPicker and its brethren a bittersweet testimonial to human engineering and shrewd capitalism.

But however the industrial robot is viewed, be it efficient and cost effective or a mechanical embodiment of corporate greed, it is a triumph of accomplishment and a technological marvel. Robots like the FlexPicker have come and they are here to stay. And if that stunning realization doesn’t cheer you up, perhaps this video would. Aren’t those little pancakes just adorable? LINK


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Yoichiro Kawaguchi's fanciful squids

These 3-D models of professor/computer graphic artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi's computer graphics are Woodring-esque mind blowers. According to Pink Tentacle, Kawaguchi and his team of researchers are "developing robots designed to imitate primitive life forms. Mockups have been put on display at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, and working versions of the robots are scheduled for completion in two years." LINK

Unicorn Chaser: Diesel Sweeties Laser Robots

Happy Hols from Boing Boing tv! In this week's Friday Unicorn Chaser episode, Sculptor Chris Yates creates laser-cut robots for the holidays, based on the Diesel Sweeties webcomic by R. Stevens. LINK

Ann P. Smith's Robots

Ann P. Smith spends her days making little robotic-like figurines from broken electronics and machine parts. The sculptures are sold in stores and galleries throughout the US and have been published as illustrations in magazines and brochures. LINK

Linkwasher's awesome junk robots

Flickr user Lockwasher collected a bunch of junk to make rayguns out of, and then decided to use the leftover junk to make a stunning collection of junk robots. Link, Via: Boingboing

Dancing Sony Robots

Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. Very impressive. Via: Youtube

Doll Face

A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future