Much like how people who watch TV or sports love seeing the outtakes at the end of an episode or a sporting event, it appears so do lovers of robots. Watching someone mess up at a thing they're professionally known for is hilarious; it makes them human.
An amazing robot shows remarkable proficiency at rock-paper-scissors by winning the game 100% of the time. So, how does it do it? Simple, it cheats. What, you thought only humans were capable of gaming the system?
There are certain things we take for granted. But for Cathy Hutchinson (pictured above), a task as simple as reaching out for a glass of water seemed like an impossibility due to her paralysis. Until now.
If you're one of those people frightened by the possibility of a zombie attack, you can rest easy because there's new evidence that suggests we are more likely to witness a robot uprising. You may be giggling to yourself, but that wasn't a joke. We might actually have to survive a mass robot attack in our lifetime.
One day we will all have to report to our robot overlords. For some prisoners in South Korea, that day is now.
These days, 'Rushmore' helmer Wes Anderson is as much of a commercial director as he is one for feature films. The latest in the increasing list of products the auteur has made a spot for is Sony's Xperia's smartphone. And Anderson's latest ad just might be his cutest yet.
When the inevitable robot uprising begins, it might just start with ping pong. Two expert, robot ping pong players were built to paddle any foe into the ground.
There's a reason Disney World is called "magical" -- aside from the normal assortment of characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck that are brought to life in the park every day, the trash cans also talk. The remote-controlled receptacles follow people around while a hidden witty person is in control of what they do and say.
And in the video below, you'll see one particular trash can using its own special brand of peer pressure to prompt a guy to ask his longtime girlfriend to marry him.
If you were blind, do you think you would trust a robot to be your guide?
Japanese company NSK has developed a robot-dog designed around Microsoft's Kinect video game accessory to replace seeing eye dogs.
The latest Honda ASIMO humanoid robot can run about 6 mph, push a cart, hop on one foot, open containers and has all sorts of new artificial intelligence features. The entire presentation of this new technology puts a lot of things in perspective, like how close we are to reaching a future where a 'Terminator'-like scenario is an actual possibility. Watch this amazingly lifelike robot in action below.