Miko was at last month’s Gen Con showing off its AI-powered chessboard, the Miko Chess – Grand, which features self-moving pieces for solo or online play.
Scientists have made “smiling” robot face from live human cells
Do you know the phrase: “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should?” Well, apparently scientists led by Michio Kawai of the University of Tokyo and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University are less aware of it. The video of this creepy smiling face made from live human cells is more than […]
How will this end? USA challenges Japan to a giant robot duel
Megabots make giant piloted robots. They put them to fight in an arena for entertainment and science. The plan? To be the future of sports. The Megabots.com website asks for your email to stay up to date with the grand plans and in the mean time they’ve challenged Japan to a duel. Do you think […]
Short film: Death and the Robot
A stop-motion animation in which a bored robot and an equally bored Death are the last two people left on the world. There are plants, here and there, but Death has the habit of killing them off. Fate brings the two together. Death and the Robot was directed and animated by Austin Taylor, written and […]
Robot Sphero gets new friend. Say hello Ollie!
Do you remember the Sphero? It was a ball that combined with a robot. The result? A ball you could control like a robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2IOSdXvMQ The Ollie, unlike Sphero, is a tube. This gives it very different maneuverability. The Sphero company clearly have this one pegged as a more ruggard and perhaps outdoor toy. That […]
Do you want? Dyson’s 360 Eye
I’ll put my hands up. I want this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OadhuICDAjk There have been iRobot’s Roomba cleaners around for a while. I’ve always wanted one. My tiny Leith flat has wooden mini-steps between each room and the hallway so I’ve never got one. My assumption is that the little Roomba had no chance of making it from […]
Robot is a film you must not let your GM watch
Okay, it may be Geek Native’s fault if your GM even knows about Robot. Back in September we posted the Robot trailer. Now we’ve got about 10 minutes of pure action goodness. Well. Of sorts! As some background, Robot aka Enthiran, is the most expensive movie ever made India. Want to suggest where it might […]
Robot trailer
This is a trailer for Robot. It’s an Indian film which should become clear just a few seconds into this impressively over the top trailer. Isn’t this why you subscribe to Geek Native’s RSS feed? You know you’re not going to get cra gems like this from anywhere else? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXHveyzUvY Well? What did you think? […]
Mini robot helicopter
This short video showcases a rather funky little robot helicopter. It rather stumbles around – except flying – learning when it bashes into a wall, noticing when it’s knocked to the ground but trying always to keep the twin blades whirling so it can keep on flying (or take off again). The idea is simple; […]
So Cyute! Tea robot
This was very nearly an impulse buy! Just not sure where to put it in our tiny flat. It’ll be even harder if you’re in Bristol as Forbidden Planet are doing a special event with Matt Jones and the “Special Tea Tour”. Actually, the FP website keeps on calling him “Matt JOnes” with the capital […]
