I for one welcome our new Robot Overlords
Seriously though is anyone else a little freaked out by these things? That and I also have a huge urge to blast away at one of these while it is dressed like a deer
Con
Well, I'd like one (in 30 years- or so) to help me out at home (you know, change my diaper, etc.) and keep me out of a nursing home!
I'd get the one like in that Frank Langella film, Robot & Frank.
I'll take 2, one with a saddle, the other with pulsed plasma rifle in the 30kW range. Oh, add bumper sticker "I'll be back!"
If the Daleks had hired these guys their plans for world domination would have gotten a serious lift
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I submit!!! 8)
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Quote from: Steelgrave on February 10, 2015, 05:56:41 PM
I submit!!! 8)
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I would totally sell the rest of you out for a run at that.
Quote from: mirth on February 10, 2015, 06:11:36 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 10, 2015, 05:56:41 PM
I submit!!! 8)
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I would totally sell the rest of you out for a run at that.
Good thing we're not worth anything then.
I'd be happy for the chance to plug her in every night, her being a robot and all. Get yer minds out of the gutter!!! ::)
It's amazing to me how something can be both cool and creepy.
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 10, 2015, 06:22:18 PM
Get yer minds out of the gutter!!! ::)
But some of us live there... :'(
Japanese hotel staffed by robots.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/8/8000665/robot-hotel-japan-huis-ten-bosch
Robot vacuum eats owner's hair while sleeping.
http://newsfeed.gawker.com/rogue-robot-vacuum-eats-womans-hair-while-she-sleeps-1684783826
USMC using one of those as a pack animal. Reminds me of Metal Gear.
Quote from: jomni on February 20, 2015, 12:02:01 AM
USMC using one of those as a pack animal. Reminds me of Metal Gear.
It kinda looks like a small BBQ smoker with legs.
Now that I think about it, that should totally be a thing.
Quote from: Centurion40 on February 10, 2015, 02:33:10 PM
Well, I'd like one (in 30 years- or so) to help me out at home (you know, change my diaper, etc.) and keep me out of a nursing home!
...it probably won't look like >:D (...sigh...)
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...but more like :( http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/japan-meet-robear-robot-bear-nurse-that-can-lift-patients-into-wheelchairs-1489337
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