This is just too cute. I want to take that robot home on do some real nasty things to it. Don't tell me you haven't thought about it. [ via ]

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The Relax Far Infrared Ray Sauna spa treatment doesn't actually use a Snuggie, but in following a similar framework, allows for total arm freedom during while one allegedly burns off “more calories in 15 minutes than a 45-minute cardiovascular workout.” Also, you're a fat robot now. WORTH EVERY PENNY!

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And this, ladies and gentlemen, is exactly the reason why I will never be buying a Roomba.

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Developed by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, these robots have been programmed to kiss for a robot rendition of Phantom of the Opera. I bet kissing one is like kissing a corpse.

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Just because Wifey continues to dress him like a tween doesn't mean we won't notice Larry King's eye patch. Which one's the robot and which one's the dinosaur? Place your bets!

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For a mere $3,500 you can purchase yourself the ultimate pancake machine — ChefStack literally takes all the work (and fun) out of making America's move beloved breakfast food. If it can't do shapes, I can't do robots for pancakes. Sorry, machine.

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A Japanese ramen noodle restaurant has employed two robots to prepare its food AND entertain customers with knife fights.

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1. Meet Japan’s Robot Ramen Chefs
2. Knife Wielding Ramen Robot Chefs
3. Robot Pancake Chef

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/sci...

An article from today's Times lays out a very good argument for why we should end all robot production immediately. First step: Roomba. Second step: Killing machines. Actual quote: Researchers “agreed that robots that can kill autonomously are either already here or will be soon.”

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A Flickr gallery of science-fiction imposed vintage postcards. It's neat, but I have but one thing to say. FAKE!111!!!!

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2. Robots Invading Vintage Postcards
3. SciFi invades vintage Postcards

A walking humanoid robot that is able to use its whole face and body to express emotion was unveiled today. How is this creepy monstrosity going to help the elderly by effectively miming disgust? It's like wanting my toaster to convince me that my toast is cooked with a little T.L.C. Who cares? The Japanese.

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A beautiful, atmospheric point-and-click mouse adventure. You are the last hope for a world of sleeping robots. This is totally engrossing. And when you're done playing this, Scott is probably going to post some trifle that he stole from Kottke , so you have that to look forward to.

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Here's a story about a real life robot who has an epic dance battle with a playa-hating graffiti-based robot. This sort of thing happens all the time in robot world. Enjoy.

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TECH BUZZ: Joonas.net appears to be the home of a depressed web server. A lot of people are searching for it on Google today, and it's gaining traction on Twitter - but this new-found popularity has done nothing for its state of mind. It's just really, really depressed. You can find Joonas.net here . If you know more about what it all means, let us know!

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2. Joonas.net: Web Server Therapy
3. What Is Joonas.net?

Well, your Japanese Variety Show Video of the Day has arrived, and it is a gem. If you are confused, that bodiless baby is crying because his robot-mime-Dad cannot understand his tears.

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1. Thank you as always, Videogum.

Created by Kacie Kinzer as an interactive art project in New York, Tweenbots are “human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.” They roll around the streets with their little flag printed with a destination and a simple message asking passersby to help them get there. They are also, incidentally, the most precious little wonderful things ever invented. And I love them. (Thanks for the tip, Joy !)

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2. NYU Student Conducts Most Adorable Robot Experiment Ever
3. The Robotic Uprising Starts With Hugging

Anything with mechanical legs and enormous pinchers makes me want to die. Luckily, it appears that the Robot Ant has so far only learned to use his deadly jaws to pour his masters a drink…so far.

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This game will only take about five minutes of your time, but it will change your life forever. What the game lacks in, like, having more than one level, it more than makes up for with robots, dinosaurs, and roar-induced beam-shooting. Have at it.

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2. Robot Population Density
3. We Bow to Our Flying Robot Dinosaur Overlords
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SCIENCE BUZZ: A robot named Adam that can form hypotheses and test them has made its first discovery without human help . So far it has only discovered what some genes in yeast do. But that is no reason not to panic. And the team who built Adam is working on an Eve! Great. Just great.

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1. BuzzFeed coverage of the impending robot apocalypse
2. Enter Adam, the Robot Scientist
3. Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge
4. Robot Makes Scientific Discovery All by Itself
5. Robot scientist makes discoveries without human help
6. Scientific Discovery Abandons Scientists
7. Uh-Oh, They Don’t Need Us
8. Robot Makes Scientific Discovery Entirely On Its Own

Dee D. Jackson's 1978 ode to robot-human lovelust will never get tired. If that robot can move like that on the dance floor, imagine what he must be like in the bedroom! (Answer: clunky and awkward.)

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Two dudes attempt to make history by embedding a wireless video camera into a prosthetic eye. And that's the story of how being blind in one eye made someone even cooler.

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