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HOW YOU LIKE THEM: IN PICTURES

So many good ones at Nemomatic

Robot Hall of Fame

Metal Monster Mix-Up

I Don't See Why I Should Ever Stop With The JEEG

Robot Turtle, We Love You

Everyone loves JEEG Robot!

The Italian nation is united in its love for JEEG.

Here is a gallery featuring more Sassy Italian Robots!

Goldorak!

Bennet Robotworks

yellow robot boyfriend

Wired Magazine's The 50 Best Robots Ever

Number 1 should have been MOBOT! It's the best robot ever made by anyone and will not be topped, nor stopped.

For more about Mobots

Robots Of Olde And Of Newe

Robots have been clunking about and hitting things for profit since Time Immemorial - which was some time around St. Patrick's Day last year. That's all I have for the introduction to this robot update to my site.

Do you recall this speciman? The very first robot to grace the presence of Russia, Reggor was a great impersonator and would often fool judges with its rendition of Dean Martin when mumbling.

If you listen closely, you can still hear Reggor's tinny Dean Martin mumbles. A huge hit at the bars of Krakow, it was recorded during Regg's All-Starzzz Tour of Poland and the countries to the south of Poland (if there are any).

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This is a picture from a very long time ago of robots crossing the street.

Would I lie? It really is.

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This is the famous robot masseur. Its favorite clients were cowboys with too many hats with a distaste for physical therapy of any kind. The chair that the robot masseur employed was also a robot chair. And my theory is that the two were lovers and life partners. I don't judge them because I think they did a great service alleviating the pain and tension of all those cowboys with too many hats. Lord bless them.

Notice the photo on the dresser? That's Cate Blanchett! I think. Or like Marylin Monroe! One of those kinds of ladies.

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In San Diego in 1930 some nudists and someone dressed as a robot posed for photographs.

What more can be said? See the other picture from the same momentous day here.

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Tramydenneine is still working its magic. Sort of like a giraffe except still a robot, Tramydenneine is one of the best robots hands-down. No one knows why. No one cares why. When Tramydenneine is in town, the people of the town are drawn to it like a magnet, wherever it goes. Maybe that's because Tramydenneine is made of solid magnet. And maybe comes from planet Magnet? I'll ask it the next time we chill at the Roxie Club. Yes, I do "hang" with Tramy... when I feel like it. We're tight. The Tramster can be a little bit clingy though, you know? And NO, it's not just because it's made of magnets. It is Tramydenneine that is clinging to me, not the other way around, and last I checked I only got the one magnet... Yes, the One Magnet... of fabled lore.

Insider's Scoop: Tramydenneine is actually pretty down-to-earth after it's bought you a few round of drinks.

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Who was this robot? The man is clearly Ted Danson. Is this a still from Cheers? Was there a robot on Cheers? I don't think so. Huh. So bizarre.

Definitely Cheers, but I can't think of when that would have been? Did Norm become a robot at any point?

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Those were some notable robots of the Great Past. But what does the future hold for our dear unorganicals?

This a sampling of the next generation. Our hopes and fears are so suffocating to them. Let's give them some room to breathe and grow. Let's keep them in pens and let them fight each other so that only the strongest survive to wear the defeated robots' scraps as armor for the next altercation in the Battle Arena. Let's charge admission to the Battle Arena. Tomorrow's robots are gonna be pretty ultra special.

When Robots Attack, a clever panorama-scrolling flash music video.

Return of Robot Update

Yeah.

This robot has been specifically programmed to ride a bicycle. What will they think of next?

This is Albert Hubo, a robot with Albert Einstein's head.

Look who he recently got to meet!

Robots

We are defined by our relationships to robots.

Around the world, the best and the brightest work toward these developments. Then there are those world entities that harbor robots but no relationships. These countries are nothing on the map. It's as if there was only empty ocean in that space.

Maybe during our personal pre-adolescent phase we should start the process of fostering.

If we can get one child to shake hands with a robot or even just stare thoughtfully at one, will our nation ever divide? What if a child exchanged obligitories, and then at a later date, recognized a robot and addressed it by name, creating feelings of amity within the electromechanical thing. Cartographers rejoice! The maps will need no major overhauls.

I'm just thinking out loud.

Japan's first robot served tea
Robots for every Korean household next year
Book about defending one's self against robots

ROBOTS GONNA GIT YOU!

I would like to talk about robots in the present tense. They perform numerous confrontations.

Scientists have to study them, and they use a process called anatomisizing. Then they put them in front of children and program them to speak.

They say things in Japanese. They are so very fluent.

There are numerous incarnations, and I am only required to speak about one.

Bobot the Robot.

What do you suppose a bride and groom are doing with a robot? Let the couple have a modicum of privacy.

Robots occupy spaces and obey laws of perspective.

This is incredible, and I'm going to leave you with the final image : A ROBOTIC PLATYPUS

Today's 'Robot Update' is short but sweet.

The serious men and their robots.

ROBOTS AGAIN!

Today I'd like to talk a little more about my thoughts on robots. I have attracted many robot pictures to myself utilizing the privileges of a quite robust internet connection and superior content gathering skills, and now you, my readers, will reap the benefits.

Click on this fella to see the Big Zoom. It's quite a ginormotron. I really don't know if this picture is real. Now-todays, they have so many fine and liveried things with which to deceive and delude. Did you know that you can take a photo of a man and then later erase his head? I've seen it myself. The man was most unmistakenly decapitated. And not by natural means, as God intended. No guillotine graced that man's neck. No, 'twas some devilry of modernism what made a man's cabesa vanish. Stetson and all.

Robots interact with human beings in a friendly fashion. We know all this because of the imagery on T.V. But why? There should be more animosity between the two groups. When have we ever gotten along? I mean, really. Like never. Let's show some spite! We have angry fists. We should shake them at each other, as God intended.

Are these for real? What if I were to tell you that the robots are real but the child is not? Would you believe I would be lying? Excellent. You are learning not to trust. Mission accomplished.

This gentleman has turned himself into a robot with the use of exosthetics (i just made that word up).

This is the robot whose name I forgot. I give it a B-. I think I like my robots with symmetrical eyes. It looks a little too "Igor-ish" to me. What do you think?

Now we're talking! This is the kind of robot I want: a MACHINE OF WAR/DEATH that will drill VIOLENTLY into things and GROAN with thunderous menace.

(there's some unintended innuendo in that last sentence, isn't there?)

FIN!

Bio-Robots Build Themselves

LorDy! LorDy! DO We Got LotTa RoButs For You ToDay

Let us begin with no qualms.

I have decided to categorize all the Bot Folk for you.

These are the Sleeky Bots. They have big heads, but also, bug heads. And no legs. There are 4 varieties. Here are 3. In Picture One, you can see that the Sleeky Bot has flowers. A lot of people employ Sleeky Bot in Picture One to give flowers. It is unclear to me why. Would you accept flowers from Sleeky Bot in Picture One? I wish I knew how to set up polls for then I would find out the general consensus.

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These bots go by many names. The most popular are Squat-bots and Beepee Bots (B.P. or Battery Powered). They are kind to kids and will do things like store your coinage, blend raw materials into edible slushes, emit pleasing tones, and move to music. They are generally amiable unless cornered. Then they will vainly attempt self-defense. The most comedic potential can be mined by provoking a Squat-Bot into desperate resistance. You'll laugh yourself silly.

Tips: Click on the first Squat-bot and notice that it looks like a monkey.

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Beau Bots look like men but act like boys. They were named after their inventor's boyfriend.

Tips: These are the types that appear in the movies.

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With one exception, the War Bots were bred for war, hence the name. Picture Two shows one with a camera for a head. Don't expect to fight this kind of War Bot without getting filmed and highlighted on reality television shows. If you're not feeling particulary photogenic or exploitable, think about surrendering. War Bots can turn into 20th century boom-boxes.

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Quiz Time

Can you identify the Bots in these pictures?

Answers: 1) Beau Bot & Squat-bot, 2) Sleeky Bots, 3) War Bot (in mid-transmogrification)

Tips: Look for distinguishing physical characteristics.

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Next time on Robot Update:

..............Robot Dogs!

The time is here.

R O B O T D O G S

Robot Rhapsodies:
Robot Love Poetry
ROBO-poems

Robot Joke:
A robot walks into a bar and lays down a bill. The bartender says, �We don�t serve robots.� The robot replies, �Some day you will.�

Robot Pun:
"When He Told Me The Robot Joke, I Laughed My Asimov"

Robo-choreography:
Robot dancing made easy
On a hoodie: "Somebody Please Teach Me How To Do The Robot"

Robot History:

London schoolboys interested in, and perhaps a little quizzical about, a wonderful model spaceman robot, 'Mr Robotham', which really walks.

Cartoon of a �gas monster�, 1880-1900

Robot History

From the wikipedia entry:

In classical mythology, the deformed god of metalwork (Vulcan or Hephaestus) created mechanical servants, ranging from intelligent, golden handmaidens to more utilitarian three-legged tables that could move about under their own power.

The earliest ideas that could be related to the robotics of today was in 350 B.C. by the Greek mathematician Archytas of Tarentum. He created a mechanical bird he called �The Pigeon.� The bird was propelled by steam.

Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci was the first to invent a robot?! This is the sort of thing I would have expected someone to tell me about.

From same time-line as above images:

In approximately 1495, before he began work on the Last Supper, Leonardo designed and possibly built the first humanoid robot in Western civilization. The robot, an outgrowth of his earliest anatomy and kinesiology studies recorded in the Codex Huygens, was designed according to the Vitruvian canon. This armored robot knight was designed to sit up, wave its arms, and move its head via a flexible neck while opening and closing its anatomically correct jaw. It may have made sounds to the accompaniment of automated drums. On the outside, the robot is dressed in a typical German-Italian suit of armor of the late fifteenth century. This robot would influence his later anatomical studies in which he modeled the human limbs with cords to simulate the tendons and muscles.

More about the Da Vinci-bot
Second question in interview about 3D reconstruction

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Article: Robots are "bookish" and a disappointment

Robots Halt the Flow of TIME!

Don't believe me? Ask these freaks:

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This is ISAMU.

He is a Japanese robot. Most robots are Japanese in origin. What do you think about that? Why are the Japanese making all the robots? This is something our children should learn about in the schools. I am taking our Americans to task. If you are in the audience, raise your hand and we will mark your hands with a scent that is only smellable by dogs trained to smell it. The dogs will bark at you and alert men with nets that will capture you and resell you to the other countries. Oh yeah, back to ISAMU...

I can't leave you today without pointing out this digitally created image:

Robots Is Super

Before You Consult the Robots, Consult ME For I Know Much More Than Them

One of the above three robots is a Master of Deception. Which one would you vote for as Robot President?
I know the correct choice.

When children play with robots, or build them, does that mean robots are our future?
I can tell you the answer; all you have to do is ask.

What about the popular media?
What about it? See? I know what questions to ask in response to people in order to get clarification. This is the kind of specialized knowledge I possess.

Are robots menacing? Do I have anything to fear from them? For example, death by metal claw?
This is the sort of question you don't want to be asking a robot. Ask a third party. And by third party, I of course mean me, aka Mr. Third Party.

So come on down to Mr. Third Party's Robot Answers, where hotdogs are always free!

Or check out some robot toys

Let us discuss the...

Mechanical Devices That Sometimes Resemble Humans

They can be programmed in advance to perform on command.

One of the commands is [DANCE]. Another is [PRANCE].

Their repertoire boasts a striking variety of complex human tasks.

Examples include: floating, saluting, breakfasting (in the Continental style), schmoozing, cave-inhabiting, and envisioning (all sorts).

The word robot means slave labor.

Calling a robot a slave is like saying a piece of fruit is the savior of mankind.*

A robot's primary function right now is to spray paint on cars.

Eventually robots will transform into cars and they will spray paint on each other, and it will be kind of kinky.

It is my belief that robots and guacamole share a common destiny.

I don't know how or why. All I know is that robots and guacamole will converge in some dramatic fashion. Maybe it will be a guacamole-dispensing robot, it's hard to say. But something's gonna happen!

* I've done just that on at least 5 separate (and glorious) occasions.

"The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster."

-- Adam Smith

"When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis."

--Chris Evert

"Just because it happened in a fictional movie about a robot policeman doesn't mean it's right."

--Daniel Friedman

"Playing a robot is possibly the most difficult role you can have as an actor, because you have to take all your innate emotional responses and completely suppress them. Even the way you walk is affected."

--Kristanna Loken

For Those Inclined, It's Robot Time

Robots have been with us for as long as I can remember.

And at the time of this writing, they have accomplished many things, and we humans have enjoyed the ride.

Yes, even robot gorillas can count themselves among the greatest and latest.

In fact, when they made the new Transformers that turn into animals, they made it so that the leader of the good guys was a robot gorilla. His name is Optimus Primal.

I am reluctant, but I will give credit to the cyborg gorillas. Fine. Whatever. Just don't make a big deal about it.

So what's next for the robots? I don't know. You tell me, robots. We humans just have to sit and wait. The robots' continued ascension is up to them, not us. But what do I see robots doing these days? Loafing!, that's what. Seize the day, robots. I won't deny I am frustrated with your lackadaisical attitudes and slothful minds.

Still, some of you are advancing the species:

Walking Robots Can Be Energy Efficient!

Yeah, but this robot has spines on its toes to help it walk up walls!

Robot Reminder

These are some robots. And now let's take a look at what is going on in Robots today.

This Earthman and this Robot are battling it out over a table. Who will get the table? It is the spoils of war. All's fair in Table Fighting.

Now another Man is singing to a robot. Is it an effort to console the Metal Beast? Or is he madly in love [the Man], and this is his form of expressing such Man-like emotion? What do you suppose he is crooning? "You are the Sunshine of my Life"?

What? This photo makes no sense.

Robot Link X 3

RoboCompetitions

Pino is a robot pop star. He has a long nose like Pinnochio, and back in 2001, the company that made him predicted he would become an "essential lifestyle accessory". Pino retails for $65,00 but you can buy a miniaturized version with far fewer capabilities for $45.

BIG LOO, the happiest robot in town!

Roaches and robots hate each other and are mortal enemies of one another. When they battle it out for the dominion of the environment, we will have to pick sides. The choice is clear when you realize how "pesty" the roaches are, and how ugly, despicable, unkind, disgusting, rotten, violent, piggish, bothersome, sexist, and corpulent they are, too. Robots, on the other hand, aren't perfect but at least they are easygoing. As a robot-apologist, I am happy that some humans have already aided the robots' pursuit of victory by developing technologies for them so that they might better infiltrate the roach world and sabotage it from within.

Read the recent news story about it

But I have also heard rumors that humans are inspired by the roach to make robots, and even model them after them. They do this so that the robots can enter mine shafts and investigate earthquake rubble. Robots in mimicry of roaches?! Could it be that one day we will not be able to distinguish one from the other except for a silvery metallic sheen?

I was quite shocked to read about what is going on

But thinking it over for a couple of days in October 2003, I have come to the conclusion that this is a good thing. As long as robots keep their likable temperament, and roaches don't suddenly become nice guys overnight, I will keep my allegiance with the robotkind. I have made a flag with a symbol of a silver roach on it (since this is what all robots will look like in the future). I will wave it every time a robot encroaches on roaches.

Here is a rundown of the ways that they are better than the brown versions of themselves.

The BROWN vs. the GRAY

Point:
Roaches have 18 knees.
Counterpoint:
Robots can have any number of freaking knees they want. They can even start having "nano-knees".

Point:
Roaches remove waste and recycle nutrients back into the soil for plants.
Counterpoint:
Robots can employ weapons like lasers and little baby-grenades.

Point:
Roaches have survived for millions and millions of years.
Counterpoint:
Robots are cool with whatever and never uptight.

Point:
Roaches inspire fear and take center-stage in nightmares.
Counterpoint:
Robots are the principal objects of fantasy and symbolize rebirth.

And finally...

Point:
Roaches are copycats and snitches, and also act as fences, which are receivers of stolen goods. That means they are criminals. Don't let them break the law anywhere near you. Police say that the nearer you are to law-breakers, the likelier you will be held accountable for the broken law.
Counterpoint:
Robots frequent romantic beach locales. Snuggle up to a robot for easy-loving.

In the future, I may get asked to visit schoolchildren and discuss the subject of robots. This means I need to do heavy amounts of research in preparation. I have already begun. While pursuing my in-depth investigations, I ask myself the following questions:

What sort of interesting photos are there of robots?

Are the photos funny?

Is the design of the robots in the photos unique, or interesting, in some way?

Would you give bonus points to the photo for being from an older, perhaps more quaint, era?

Is the photo too big or too small to post on your web-site?

In Google Image Search, will I get something good if I put another word in besides 'robot'? Examples include 'funny' or 'head' or 'kid'. What about 'robotoid'? 'Robo'? Does 'cyborg' yield anything?

I will say this. It is nice to have the opportunity to involve myself in an area in which I feel I have talents above the average person. Contributing to the betterment of the world I live in is nice, but really the monetary rewards are such that I am able to purchase those things considered essential and the luxuries of life I wish. Finally, being regarded as a person of high intellectual prowess or as one who is an acknowledged "expert" in a given field is another reason why I do what I do.

And now the products of my labor and rigor:

And here are some links having to do with robots. They will not be on the pop quiz...

KIBERTRON
Antique Robot Toys
The Tornados perform 'Robot', vintage music video

The Tornados perform 'Robot', vintage music video

I don't mean to be so ominous but...
It is the time for Robot Update

Robots on Camels! You know it was coming...

These robot jockeys replace children. Amen for the robots.

Did you know that there is a ROBOT SMURF?

Yep. And I'm sorry, but he kind of beats you up.

Look at this Robot. My God! He is a Superior Defender.

Children from all world cultures enjoy the company of this particular robot, known by his trainers as Asimo. Look at the many other things he does besides mingle with international children. Incredible! He's fast becoming America's darling.

"Robots! Move out!"

I sent out this command about a year ago and so far can report no significant mass robot mobilizations. But this doesn't change my prediction that the time will come when robots will get the message. They will overpower the earth, and I will have to check with them on this, but I believe there will be some taking of names. Wait for it, everybody, because it's going to be a second Industrial Robolution.

Today is a robot update!

These robots will serve as your servoids. My favorite is the one in the middle. I named it D.O.D.O. after the extinct bird.

This android is a huge success, and everyone is just delighted by its charms. 'I never met a robot I didn't like' is the attitude of this robot.

Edward R. Home-Gall knows many things - many more things than you or I know. One of them is "The Human Bat V The Robot Gangster" (see above). I personally believe one of them will be victorious, although even the winner will be horrificly scarred for 2-3 months. What do you think?

The Human Robot
"CLARIFICATIONS: The Human Robot should not be confused with: The Human Robot, Gammus, an alien who placed his mind in a robot, @ Tales Of Suspense I#5"

The Aztec Mummy vs. the Human Robot
Nor should it be confused with Robot Humano! Who grapples with La Momia Azteca!

The Robo Baby
"...will crawl his way into your little one's heart... responds to sound, light, movement... his moods change... gives Mommy kisses... He crawls to you when you clap... Robo Baby needs to be played with..."

Robot Report
So many important photographs of early robots.

Garco and Miss Honeywell
Miss Honeywell will terrify you. Many more proto-robots on the site.

Rats and Robots Go Great Together

I only post pictures of robots here because I know how much you guys love them.

Robots and Drums...
Two things that have always always ALWAYS!!!!!! gone well together.

If you ever want your band to be a success, put a robot on drums.

yep.

Finally, a Robot Update...

Before we begin, a few words on where we stand on the issue.
For the record I believe...

Robots are overplayed.

There is still, however, something kind of funny about them, or maybe it's just the word robot.

Finding photos of robots online is a remedy for malaise.

Kids are awesome when they dress up as them for Halloween.

Androids will never be a part of our daily lives, this I predict.

Now on with the photo show...

I hope you enjoyed these robots.

Five Questions to Verify if an Entity is a Robot

Let it not be said: Robots can drum, and they can lift a backpack.

According to a recent Harvard study, people give more to charity if they are being watched by robots!!!

Let's all watch the robots before they watch us and manipulate us into providing for the needy.

Sculptures of Kenji Yanobe

The Robot Bastard movie's fairly rad

Tiny robots self-powered by rat muscles? It's the marriage of biotechnology and nanotechnology!

Robots will win the World Cup in 2050! I'm with the Japanese robotics experts on this one.

If you buy this for me, I will name it after you. I will also personally train it in soccer and become its personal coach. It will make the 2050 team and will become an international superstar. Basically, if you buy this thing for me, I will put your name in lights. Everyone will know you as the intergalactic robotic soccer champ.

For here are robot heads as indubitable as i do perchance imagine

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots

The Fly Eating Robot Powers Itself!

This shocking photo proves that the Queen of Denmark met a robot.

What is 'Robot Performing'?

The concept covers two disciplines:

Moving with a mechanical motion.

Standing motionless for long periods of time.

The Second Discipline refers to people who act like mannequins or living statues. But what I want to focus on are those that follow the First Discipline. Here's some attributes:

They wear costumes that look like robots, such as silver overalls or custom-made armored suits.

Their face is typically not visible.

At events, they walk about, interact with the audience, and use gestures and pre-recorded sound effects in their act.

They sometimes incorporate the skills of the Second Discipline, standing perfectly still until someone interacts with them, and then they start doing the Robot, much to everyone's delight.

Examples include:

Electra, Primo, and then Primo again

Arbie, Ant-E-Statik, and then Ant-E-Statik again

Mr. Silver, The Thing, and Zios

Look out for them entertaining the masses on the street! Or be proactive and book them for your party or social gathering, exhibition, or event!

Robotronix has a home-page that is worth checking out.

I don't know what Robo Force is, but I like some of the robots from here. Click and at least look at them pictures. Funny stuff.

Steam-Men! Steam-Men! Steam-Men!

Forget robots.

Check out these diving suits!

Apparently Leonardo Da Vinci invented a diving apparatus that looks like one of the Sand People or something. Anyway...

Actually, let's not forget robots
And say we did!

Even though they aren't technically animals, they are, technologically, PARTY animals.

If robots have a middle name, the ONLY middle name they could have is FUN.

There was a Gilligan's Island episode with a robot! Crazy!

Speaking of robots, how about this little qtime movie of a man who claims to be a robot?

Recently I revealed to you our glorious robotic future in a piece I wrote for this web page (see below or click here). And some of you took exception, sending me letters telling me that I am a buffoon and a roustabout. I've thrown all of them away because they offended me, but three of them I kept. I actually think the authors of these letters make some decent points. I've included their names though so you could look them up and soundly beat them with an instrument of violence of your choosing. I recommend the chijiriki, a Japanese spear and chain combo. I tolerate no transgressions in matters of decorum. My followers know this. Now on with the reader feedback.

It's the 22nd Century (or near-abouts) and that means it's time for robots to start becoming more involved with our everyday lives, just like people predicted back in the Eighties!

Want to surf the Internet? Well, with robots, you won't have to.
A robot will surf the Internet for you.

Want to listen to your cds, but don't want to have to switch them out each time?
A robot will act as your personal D.J., selecting the cds (and even individual songs) of your choice to play on the stereo and speakers that you provide.

Do you ever get lost while driving? With a robot next to you, you'll get where you want to go (more often than not).
A robot especially designed for this purpose will sit in the passenger seat of your car and will print out your whereabouts on bio-degradable paper (yes, we have the technology!).

Want to record your spoken words, but don't want to write them down and pay an actor to read them off the page? You won't have to with the next generation of robots in our lives.
A robot will play sounds that are similar to the words you have chosen, and one day soon even in the order that you specify.

Want a pet, but don't want it to act much like a real animal, but still want it to move its legs some and emit beeps and make yourself look trendy as a result of your ownership of such a thingamabob, I mean "companion"?
A robot, or facsimile there-of, will mimic a pet in-so-far as it will be shaped such that it is reminiscent of one.

This is your future! And the future... is tomorrow!

Remember: All robots are uni-functional! This means each robot of the future will be specifically tailored for each individual task. If you're a rich person, you can have tons of robots all over the place. Even if you're poor, expect a robot at the grocery store to provide sodas for you when you insert coins or dollar bills into its mouth or cavity somewhere in the vicinity of its shins. Expect a robot to turn on a light when you flick a switch. Expect one in your closet that will rotate through your ties so that the one you want for that day is accessible. Oh, sorry, don't expect that last one if you're poor. That's for the wealthy, my bad.

Say hello to the new world that we all (or most of us anyway) deserve!

Sleek fighting robot designs pretty darn scary to me.

Steam Wars -- the ultimate steampunk movie is a dream movie project of the guy who did Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. I pray he gets to make it. It's totally awesome!

If you're going to crash the Renaissance Festival, why not do it in style?... ROBOT style!
Courtesy of yakkette.

Have you guys heard of the Robonaut? He's being refined by NASA as we speak. He's got a "space leg". Here is an interesting quote from the article:

"The next step is developing a spaceworthy robonaut for flight tests, either aboard the space shuttle or the ISS, Ambrose said, adding that human-robot cooperation can play an important role in space exploration."

Hear that? If we humans can just get along with robots, find some way to work together, maybe we'll finally be able to map some moons. Am I right or what?

Look at Robonaut here with these ladies.

He even has his own action figure.

Jealous of the Robonaut? Don't be. Robonaut leads a troubled life.

Stay tuned for my upcoming interview with the King of Space, where I ask him what he thinks about Robonaut entering his domain! The answer(s) might surprise you(s).

Some fine samplings...

Tobor is Robot backwards.

I so like it.

A lovely couple

My goal is to eventually challenge and defeat the Japanese robots at kung fu.
Part of my training outside the dojo will involve elevating my mind into dangerously high levels of extreme hatred for all robotkind.

I have a ways to go. Right now the most I can muster is a slight uneasy feeling towards IG-88.

I'm having a real hard time with "Twiki", the robot boy from Buck Rogers. He's just so hard not to like!

Maybe it's because I know that deep down, underneath that evil metal suit, he's played by human actor Felix Silla.

Sucks to be the Eiffel Tower (see photograph directly below this caption). Am I right, folks?

This is the Mechanical Monster Robot from the 1939 serial "The Phantom Creeps".
It is just one of the deadly inventions created by Dr. Alex Zorka, who, driven mad by his wife�s death, invents deadly things in order to destroy and/or conquer mankind.

Let's take a look at some other robots from the famous British television science fiction programme...

All these Robots are evil characters on Dr. Show. They are EVIL ROBOTS GONE BAD. Death to the Robots! Die, Robots, Die! May God Smite Thy Circuitry! You Rot in Hellfire, Robotronicons! (...sorry, I'm just brainstorming potential autobiography titles here. I'll stop.)

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