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[Armok]

I usualy try to avoid this area, but i just had to post this link:

http://singularityhub.com/2011/01/04/a-review-of-the-best-robots-of-2010/
((Here are some more vids of the quadcopters if you want:  ))

These are absolutely amazing! The future, it is now.

[Eugenitor]

Aww fuck, where's my crowbar?

[Sowelu]

Armok reads singularityhub?  Respect++

That is one sweet article right there.

[Armok]

I read all sorts of RESPECT-y things. And yea, it is.

[Itnetlolor]

Of all the awesome machines in that list, the Rubik's Cube solver caught my interest the most. You can see the thing analyze the cube in less than 2 seconds, and solve it in the next 2-10 seconds.

The fact it was constructed with LEGO (Mindstorms possibly) as well is further impressive.

[Sowelu]

Man I want that exosuit so I can punch through wooden boards (1:35).

The Actroid-F transcends the uncanny valley near the end.  Yeah early on she looks like Terri Schaivo, but at 1:55 she looks creepy not because she's a robot, but because she's ax-crazy.

I want that last movie SO MUCH.

[alway]

Man I want that exosuit so I can punch through wooden boards (1:35).

Punch boards? You, sir, think too small. Get 2 of them, add armor plating to the outside and have mech fights.
According to this, the price point would be something like $150k, so for half a million you could probably get some mech fights going. Although granted that isn't a quote, and I can't seem to find any official price listing yet. And they probably aren't going to be offering to sell any exo-suits until XOS-3 at the earliest.

[ein]

The Actroid-F transcends the uncanny valley near the end.  Yeah early on she looks like Terri Schaivo, but at 1:55 she looks creepy not because she's a robot, but because she's ax-crazy.

I do not find her creepy at all.
Quite the opposite, in fact.
Dr Ishiguro is a genius.