THE INEVITABLE ROBOT APOCALYPSE! You have been warned!

[PapaBear]

It almost looks like it Tebowed.
Just because furie was late, is no reason to steal my line! I see what you did there, though.

[furie]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6380994/groundbreaking-new-robot-will-change-life-as-we-know-it

[furie]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-10/robotic-venus-flytraps-could-trap-bugs-and-eat-them-fuel

how long before we're the fuel?

[furie]

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[cougarjake13]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-10/robotic-venus-flytraps-could-trap-bugs-and-eat-them-fuel

how long before we're the fuel?



50 years

[furie]

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[hanso]

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[sailor]

more robots (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2011/12/09/domestic_robots_and_other_great_bot_videos.html)


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[Furtherman]

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[Furtherman]

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[CountryBob]

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So fucking cool! I almost went into robotics when I was choosing a degree at Virgina Tech.

[sailor]

Military funded robotic cheetah broke 1989 speed record by running 18 mph yesterday.

[CountryBob]

Military funded robotic cheetah broke 1989 speed record by running 18 mph yesterday.

Jus a matter of time before we have robotic cheetah type killing machines in war.

Kinda like the AMEE robot from Red Planet

[cougarjake13]

It all seems so innocent and cute now but soon we will realize that we didn't heed the warning

[PapaBear]

I had no family in 1940.

The truth has be revealed!:surrender:

[Furtherman]

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[Furtherman]

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[furie]

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already better than a dalek

[StanUpshaw]

Now let's see it without the tether. It'll fall on its shiny metal ass just like Asimo.

[spe5150]

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[A.J.]

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Resistance is futile.

[CountryBob]

Im just waiting on the robot sex doll to be a mainstream thing.

You chicks have your vibrators - I want a robot sex vixen!

[Furtherman]

already better than a dalek

Nope, they levitate now.

LEVITATE! LEVITATE!

[Furtherman]

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GIA Robot: 'Gestural Interactive Automation' Sculpture Watches You And Reacts (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/gia-robot-gestural-interactive-automation_n_1500033.html?ref=technology)

[sailor]

Baxter


http://dvice.com/archives/2012/09/baxter-is-the-h.php

Pleas link.

And furtherman posted the first comment under his pseudonym.

[jennysmurf]

Baxter


http://dvice.com/archives/2012/09/baxter-is-the-h.php

Pleas link.

And furtherman posted the first comment under his pseudonym.

Is "Eat Shit" your pseudonym?

[Furtherman]

I TOLD YOU.

Rash of robot sightings could be a sign of the impending robopocalypse (http://io9.com/5961807/rash-of-robot-sightings-could-be-a-sign-of-the-impending-robopocalypse--or-an-elaborate-hoax)

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[sailor]

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[furie]

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now they're courting our closet ally

[sailor]

http://i.minus.com/iRPf9WIGfXCdi.gif

now they're courting our closet ally

Gay dog!

[Furtherman]

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[Judge Smails]

For the past two weeks, in the woods of central Virginia around Fort Pickett, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) four-legged robot has been showing off its capabilities during field testing. Working with the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL), researchers from DARPA’s LS3 program demonstrated new advances in the robot’s control, stability and maneuverability, including "Leader Follow" decision making, enhanced roll recovery, exact foot placement over rough terrain, the ability to maneuver in an urban environment, and verbal command capability.

The LS3 program seeks to demonstrate that a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot can carry 400 lbs of a squad’s equipment, follow squad members through rugged terrain and interact with troops in a natural way similar to a trained animal with its handler. The robot could also be able to maneuver at night and serve as a mobile auxiliary power source to the squad, so troops can recharge batteries for radios and handheld devices while on patrol.



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[A.J.]

This is obviously the kind of wasteful DoD spending that wrestlingfan has repeatedly warned us about.

[Snoogans]

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http://gawker.com/5973831/injuries-reported-after-path-station-escalator-does-an-abrupt-about+face

[Judge Smails]

Sure, this egghead Marine is all business. But once these get out to the grunts in the field you know they're going to be purposely sending these things off of cliffs just for shits and giggles. As soon as these things become self-aware they'll make their move against our troops and then eventually all of us.

[hanso]

Drones & robots .. war from the desktop

[spoon]

This is obviously the kind of wasteful DoD spending that wrestlingfan has repeatedly warned us about.

it's a fucking robotic horse that walks like it's drunk and costs a shit load more

[A.J.]

it's a fucking robotic horse that walks like it's drunk and costs a shit load more

Yeah...NOW. But wait until it's perfected!

[spoon]

Spoken like a true contractor! ; )

[A.J.]

You WANT me on that wall! You NEED me on that wall!

[spoon]

You WANT me on that wall! You NEED me on that wall!

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[spe5150]

At least our dark overlords will rock!

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[RADIO-SHARK]

[quote=spe5150;3037747]At least our dark overlords will rock!

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[Judge Smails]

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[sailor]

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Dummy

[hanso]

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:surrender:

[sailor]

Crap, too late.

[furie]

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:surrender:

why would they teach it that?!

[furie]

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18hh67w4o335lgif/original.gif

[hanso]

why would they teach it that?!

BigDog is a rough
-terrain robot that walks, runs, climbs and carries heavy loads.

[sailor]

http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/6-ways-you-know-the-robots-are-revolting-130416.htm

[furie]

That’s Right, Japan Has Created A Real Life 4 Ton Mech Robot (http://singularityhub.com/2012/08/04/thats-right-japan-has-created-a-real-life-4-ton-mech-robot/)

[spoon]

wtf

smile!!

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[PapaBear]

Google buys military robot-maker Boston Dynamics (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25395989)

I don't know how I feel about this. On the one hand, there will probably be unlimited funding for making robots. On the other hand, the robots will probably be used to provide Google Mingle View in bars and shit.