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Collaborative Robot Assists Workers, Rather Than Replacing Them
As robotic technology becomes a staple in the manufacturing industry, many workers fear that they could lose their jobs to …
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Man Shoots Police Robot, Man Loses
The days of cops risking their lives in dangerous situations involving armed suspects could see an end in the distant …
Propaganda Posters For The Impending Robot Takeover
If we learned anything from the fiasco that followed Orson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of <I>The War of the Worlds</I>, …
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Boston Dynamic’s Latest Robot Can Throw Cinder Blocks Farther Than You
Meet BigDog. BigDog may very well give you nightmares, or at least further your paranoia that, day by day, robots …
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A Swarm Of Robots Builds A Bridge In A Swimming Pool
We’ve all been there: stranded, needing to get across a random body of water, but alas, there’s not a bridge …
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Stop The Killer Robots Campaign Hopes To, Well, Stop The Killer Robots
It only took decades upon decades of stories, movies, TV shows, and video games for humans to take a stand …
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The Walking Ostrich Robot: Russia’s Gift To The World
Not every robot in the world needs to be sleek, shiny, and full of gun turrets in order to be …
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Robot Makes Schooling Possible For Homebound Second Grader
While I freely profess the damnation and death of all humans will come at the bionic hands of robots, I …
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Shh! This Robot Uses Your Noise As Its Disguise
The Human Advantage going into the unavoidable future war with the robots is well on its way to extinction, thanks …
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Bionic Robot Makes Steve Austin Look Like The $6,000 Man
Advancements in robotics, artificial anatomy, and genetics are putting human beings on perilous ground, and we will soon live in …
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A Robot With A Chainsaw Makes Furniture, Not Murder
The amount of common sense that tells a person not to stick a group of spiders in the path of …
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This Robot Will Clean Your Windows Before Taking Over The World
I don’t need an infomercial’s incessant problem-listing to know that cleaning windows can be a son of a bitch. Depending …
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Robot Roaches Inspire Robots Of My Nightmares
Let me get this out of the way right up top. Bugs don’t scare me. As in, “I may shriek …
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This Robotic Spider Dress Will Almost Certainly Kill Us All
As you might expect from our masthead, we like robots here at GFR. But even our love for the most …
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Diego-San Is One Creepy Robot Baby
We would like to apologize in advance for the horrific nightmares this next video will give you. If you would …
Vote For The Robot As One Of Monopoly’s New Game Pieces
I haven’t played Monopoly in years, and I think the last time I did, it was the NFL version. So, …
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Syfy’s Robot Combat League Impresses Robot Afficionado George Lucas
George Lucas likes robots. That seems like an obvious statement, right? Mechanized automatons have figured prominently in many of his …
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All-Robot Heavy Metal Band Kicks Out The Jams
Science fiction has taught us that robots will eventually become sentient, rise up against their human creators, and enslave us …
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DARPA’s New Robot Will Follow You Into The Woods
We’re now one step closer to being mauled by a giant robotic animal controlled by a nerdy warlord. Thanks to …
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Robots Can Now Swim 9,000 Miles Better Than You
Regardless of what kind of swimmer you are, there is a specific kind of accomplished pride that accompanies making a …
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Energy-Efficient Robots Spinning Inspiration From Whirligig Beetle
While the whirligig beetle may not be the most interesting insect to watch for long periods of time, there is …
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Fast Food To Get Gourmet Facelift And Actually Become Fast Again
Working in a fast food restaurant has been a part of millions of Americans’ lives at one point or another. …
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This Amphibious Robot Snake Will Come After You In The Pool
Remember the first time you watched Jaws, and you subsequently refused to go swimming for the entire summer that followed? …
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Syfy Announces Real Steel-Style Robot Fighting Show
Whether you liked Hugh Jackman’s robot-boxing flick Real Steel or not, you have to love the core concept: remote-controlled robots …
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We’re Boned: The Robot Invasion Has Begun
We try to stay on top of all things robotic here at GFR, so this is the sort of story …
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A Young Isaac Asimov Explains The Laws Of Robotics
Even if you’ve never heard them called by name, or even have no idea who Isaac Asimov was, I guarantee …
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DARPA Robot Can Navigate Obstacles, Bringing Us One Step Closer To Our Inevitable Doom
Maybe we’ve all seen too many sci-fi movies, but yep, we’re all going to die at the hands of an …
South Korean Super Gun Can Target You From 3km Away
Who needs snipers anyway? Not South Korea, for one. A new advanced weapons system developed by the defense contractors DoDaam …
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New Details On JJ Abrams’ Futuristic Buddy Cop Pilot Don’t Actually Provide Many Details
Love him or hate him, there’s no question that J.J. Abrams is one of the most powerful movers and shakers …