How To Survive A Robot Uprising

Watch a fleet of flying robots assemble a 20-foot indoor tower

On December 2 in Orléans, France, a crew of four quadrocopters assembled a six-meter-tall tower using 1,500 foam blocks as part of the FRAC Centre’s “Flight Assembled Architecture” exhibit. The

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it is decidedly unnerving and exciting to watch.

Adrenalin junkies, step aside: a new base-jumping robot can climb up buildings before deploying a paraglider to fly back down to earth. It is also equipped with an on-board video camera to film the jump.

The robot – named Paraswift – is a collaboration between Disney Research and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, and was initially built for entertainment purposes. But as the first compact robot that can both climb and fly, it has practical uses too, such as gathering aerial footage for 3D modelling systems.

…the obvious question being, why is Disney developing advanced robots? I think we know the answer. an all new Hall of Presidents featuring battlebots that kill the audience.

Last fall California-based Berkeley Bionics unveiled a “wearable robot” called eLEGS, an exoskeleton adapted from technology currently being tested for U.S. foot soldiers. Users strap on a backpack containing a battery and microprocessor, then bionic legs with motorized joints at the hips and knees. Sensors in handheld crutches issue instructions to the backpack computer, which relays them to the legs. Walking is simple: Shifting weight to the left crutch, for example, initiates a step forward with the right foot. Trials begin this year. 

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This is how robots will eventually take over. Just imagine what, let’s say, a million of these could do working together. Yup. They could steal a million books.

An army of flying, rolling, and climbing robots have been taught to work together to find and snatch a book from a high shelf.

I wish there was a movie that made Citizen Kane look like Plan 9 From Outer Space.

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Phil Tucker - 1953 - Robot Monster

One of the worst movies of all time - makes Plan 9 from Outer Space look like Citzen Kane.