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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 …
How Do You Clean Up A Nuclear Plant? Mind-Controlled Robots!
A real-life Terminator (sort of) lives in Japan! As part of Robot Week in Japan, researchers and engineers at Japan’s …
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A Robotic Wheelchair That Can Climb Stairs
For a long time, folks confined to wheelchairs had the same problem as Doctor Who’s Daleks: stairs were a serious …
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Flying Robots Having A Catch
This is yet another step towards our inevitable doom as a species. Watch this trio of quadrocopters, small flying robots, …
Robot Snakes Could Help Fight Cancer
For many people the thought of snakes slithering around their innards is the stuff of nightmares. But scientists are hoping …
British Scientists Are Working On Developing A Robotic Honey Bee
Could humanity begin replacing animals in the biosphere that have gone extinct or are endangered? If so, it might happen …
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Los Angeles Artist Turns To Kickstarter To Help Fund His SteamPunk Robot Illustrated Book
Barry McWilliams, a Los Angeles creative director and designer, has created a delightful story about a steampunk robot flower-delivery company from …
Celebrate Famous Robots With A Snazzy Poster
We here at GFR like robots. Especially the giant variety, but we’ve still got plenty of love for the smaller …
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Is Thom Yorke Secretly A Robot-Fighting Badass?
Thom Yorke is best known as the front man of the band Radiohead, those critical darlings of the alt rock …
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Marines Develop A Robotic Pack Mule
The robot wars are coming! The military has been working with robotics companies and scientists for years to develop combat-ready …
This Cheetah Robot Is Faster Than Usain Bolt, Now You’ll Never Escape
No lie, this is both completely fascinating, and more than a little terrifying. Cheetah Robot, a new robotic quadruped created …
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Yale University Students Developing A Self-Aware Robot
The promise of a self-aware robot is almost a reality. Justin Hart and Brian Scassellati, PhD students from Yale University, …
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Vote For 2012 Inductees Into The Robot Hall Of Fame
Yes, there really is a Robot Hall of Fame. It’s an actual thing that actually exists. Quite frankly, that news …
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Noodle-Making Robots Take Over China’s Restaurants
This is Chef Cui. He’s a noodle-making robot from China. His maker, Cui Runquan was frustrated with making and shaving …
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Japanese Engineers Develop A Made-To-Order 13-Foot Mech Suit
Leave it up to the Japanese to make all our sci-fi dreams come true. It seems like the entire country …
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Researchers Have Developed A Robotic Maid
Our lives in 2012 have come along way from what we thought our lives would be 50 years ago. Today, …
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Dubstep Is The Sound Of Four Robots Fighting
I’m generally pretty open-minded when it comes to my musical tastes. Even if it’s outside my comfort zone or preferred …
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This Robot Hand Will Beat You At Rock-Paper-Scissors Every. Single. Time.
What a time we live in when funding goes into research and development for willfully making robots superior to humans. …
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Robot Wine Rack Allows You To Flaunt Both Your Nerdiness And Wine Snobbery
It’s the age-old dilemma. You love to drink wine, but you don’t have the room for a wine cellar. What’s …
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If You’re In Seattle, Check Out The Rayguns & Robots Art Show
Heads up, Seattle GFR readers (or those of you willing to drive there): if you’re looking for something interesting to …
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Clothbot: A Robot For Flexible Clothes Climbing
I honestly have no idea what the practical applications for this could be, but researchers at China’s Shenzhen Institute of …
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Robots Take Next Step In Slow World Take Over: Stairs
If you aren’t prepared to be ruled by a race of government-produced super-robots, I have some news for you. It’s …
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Robots Form A Band And Play Beatles Songs
We’re a long way away from robots being able to actual write their own music, but apparently artificial technology has …
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Swarm Of Flying Robots Bust Out The James Bond Theme
A couple of months ago we got our first look at a synchronized swarm of flying quadrotor robots that both …
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Flying Robots Built A Tower, Bring On The Robopocalypse
As you might guess, we’re big fans of robots here at GFR. Big robots, little robots, real robots, fantastical robots. …
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A New Kind Of Robot: Soft-Bots
Robots may most readily be associated with images like Forbidden Planet‘s Robbie the Robot and The Terminator, but George M …
Transformers 4 And 5 Coming, Shia LaBeouf Replaced By Jason Statham?
In another ridiculous, confounding, and, yet, completely unsurprising case of “money talks”, Michael Bay’s big screen, explosion laden Transformers franchise …
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The 10 Best Robot Friends In Movies, Buddies Made Of Real Steel
Robots may one day rise up and destroy mankind, but if it does happen at least we’ll have a few good robot buddies on our side.
Glen Larson To Battlestar Galactica Fans: Drop Dead
It’s no secret that Glen Larson, one of the minds behind the original, cheesy, 80s version of Battlestar Galactica hates …
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