Watch a paralyzed teen in a mind-controlled robot suit make the inaugural kick at the World Cup
The World Cup was won on the first kick.
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Watch the Usain Bolt of robots outrun a moving car
Why is it that a robot must always look terrifying to perform an impressive feat? Don’t they have any friendly, safe, innocuous looking robots? Maybe it’s just my active imagination envisioning the legs welded with knife blades, but there’s something inherently unsettling about watching the lightnin
UN considers ban on killer robots, puts damper on our dream of owning a T-1000
The topic of banning deadly, autonomous robots is on the table in Geneva, meaning that Kill Screen’s plan for world conquest is temporarily on hold. Foiled again. But seriously, this is important stuff. The UN convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (read: killer robots) is a preliminary step on
One in four people would get it on with a robot, survey finds
One question more than any other will define the course of modern society: Would a sensible human being shag a robot? You know, possibly like this one. Well, 25 percent of people across the pond in the UK would. It turns out that one in four survey-takers wouldn’t mind have sex with a human-like ma
Help these students create a real-life mecha (sort of)
Like any normal person, I think about piloting a giant robot a lot. I’ve seen Pacific Rim… more than a few times. Titanfall helped me to do that too and for the privilege, I am grateful. However, the University of Minnesota’s Video Game Development Club has something a little more ambitious. Their 6