Cardboard Drones Are Here: Japan Just Dropped a $2,000 Swarm of “IKEA for Warfare” That Costs Less Than Your Gaming Rig
Listen up, gadget nerds. While you’re debating whether that new RTX 5090 is worth selling a kidney for, Japan has been quietly building the ultimate budget build: a cardboard drone that flies, fights (sort of), and costs a measly $2,000. That’s right—cheaper than a high-end gaming PC, and it doesn’t even need RGB lighting to […]
AceMate: The AI Tennis Robot That Actually Rallies Back – No More Boring Solo Drills
Tennis players know the drill all too well: you show up to the court, feed balls from a machine that spits them out like a malfunctioning vending machine, chase them down, and repeat until your arm falls off. It’s effective for practice, but it feels… lifeless. Enter AceMate, the world’s first tennis robot designed for […]
HullSkater Robot Brushes Barnacles Of Ship Hulls
Things in the water tend to get algae, barnacles, mussels, etc… growing on them. With boats, this biofouling is a problem because it makes ships less efficient. A less efficient boat goes slower, uses more fuel, and expels more exhaust. Not good. Additionally, some of these hitchhiking organisms end up traveling with the boat to […]
China Sells Lethal Autonomous Drones To The Middle East
Imagine that, China selling anything to make a buck. In this case, China is selling fully autonomous weaponized drones to the Middle East. These drones, including the Blowfish A3, are capable of conducting swarm style lethal-attacks on targets. These drones are made by Zhuhai Ziyan of Guangdong, check them out in the video after the […]
Autonomous Dog Poop Robot
Too far away from April Fools to be a joke and way to elaborate. This yard robot autonomously patrols the yard looking for dog poop piles to scoop up. About time! This cool robot is from Beetl Robotics and looks like a little green and white tractor. The Beetl Poop Robot uses computer vision and […]
Boston Dynamics Robots Fight Back
You have likely seen the Boston Dynamics robotic videos on the interwebs. They are getting better at performing all kinds of tasks. There are videos of them being kicked while walking to show off their stability and adaptability. Pretty amazing stuff. Well, it was only a matter of time before another spoof video made its way […]
All New Sony AIBO Robotic Dog
Remember the 2006 Sony Aibo Robotic Dog? Yeah, me either. Well, Sony has doubled down on this cute little robot dog and released an all-new version today. The AIBO Robotic Dog will set you back $2,899 and it comes with three years of Sony’s AI Cloud service. This service is necessary for the robotic dog […]
Someone Actually Reinvented The Wheel
The smart kids at Carnegie Mellon Universities National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU NREC) have reinvented the wheel. They totally went agains the grain and made a circular wheel that can convert to a triangular track. Video of this crazy shape-shifting tire after the break.
Google Assistant Making Appointment Phone Calls On Your Behalf = Woah
This video from Google’s I/O 2018 developer conference shows off how far the AI voice assistant has come. The AI piece is impressive and works well in these samples, but I am more impressed with the realistic voice and speak disfluencies. Have a listen after the break and prepare to have your mind blown.
Trailer Valet RVR – RV Parking Robot Tank
Imagine never having to back up your RV trailer (or any trailer up to 9,000-pounds for that matter) again. Some people make quick work of it while others can’t back a trailer to save their lives. The Trailer Valet RVR makes backing trailers a snap. This robotic tank track RV parking machine is basically a […]