Robot-overlords | The Simian Downtime Analyst

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to ride your own Battle Mammoth? Using your magnificent steed’s tusks to gore and rip at those who oppose you? Those who would fight truth, justice, fairness and the vagabond way? Well dream no more my friend, for RIKEN, a genetics lab in Japan, is having great [...]

Autonomous Robot, Ready for You Sarah Connor

May 23 2008 / 11:45 am Was written by Amber View Comments

It is called “Flame” via

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Grand Guardian Tokyo

May 14 2008 / 8:45 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Stumbled across this weird commercial for a giant robot hotel.

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Robot Insurance

May 7 2008 / 1:40 am Was written by Amber View Comments

Just in case Insuring the Aging American Population is priority ONE!

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Modular Robot Toys or Robot Overlords

Apr 29 2008 / 4:43 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Some silly kids have decided to build modular robots which reassemble themselves. Have there not been enough robots are going to kill us themed movies and tv shows for them to get the point? via

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It Starts With the Children

Mar 26 2008 / 3:58 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Aeon Co. has dropped off this lovely robot babysitter in a Japanese mall. Now robots do look cool, but it bothers me that this robot has a camera and projector for eyes which read a special badge given to the child and project ads. The company states the babysitter is designed so that the kids [...]

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