The future is in the hair

Straight outta Vatican

DETROIT

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MOBILE SUIT GAY

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GIANT ROBOT SPIDER

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Robo-Shūchishin

A pair of Robonova-1 kit robots teamed up with “Chi” (Naoki Nokubo) of the defunct pop-idol trio Shūchishin for a special performance on Fuji TV’s “The Best House 1-2-3″ variety show last night.

[Shuchishin (羞恥心 ,Shūchishin^?) is a Japanese idol vocal group formed as part of the variety show Quiz! Hexagon II produced by Fuji Television Network Incorporated]

The new trio — named “Robo-Shūchishin” — performed “Shūchishin,” the original group’s self-titled hit single. Although the robot replacements sang off-key and sounded rather robotic, one of the little guys pulled off a surprise by taking its pre-show “break a leg” instructions literally



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TWEENBOTS

Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.

www.tweenbots.com

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A-Pod hexapod robot

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Cyberdyne Robo-Suit

October 7th, 2008

Paralyzed individuals may be able to walk again with aid from the Cyberdyne suit out of Japan. Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at Tsukuba University near Tokyo, introduced the robotic suit at a news conference today. The suit is like a powered exoskeleton, granting new movement to its wearers.
The robot suit receives signals from the brain that move over the skin with the anticipation of muscle movement—the signals are translated to robo-movement as Cyberdyne does its thing. Sankai refuses that his robotic suit technology be used for military purposes, saying “I believe technology becomes useful only when it works for people.” Future implementation of the technology could be used to help construction workers and others who have to lift heavy loads, making a hundred pounds feel like much less. Cyberdyne will be leasing 500 of the battery-operated suits this week.

POLE DANCING STRIPPER ROBOTS

MURATA BOY, IL ROBOT CHE SA PEDALARE

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