Tag Archives: Robots

The All-Robot Band

Posted on January 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

Normally these would qualify as “creepy robots,” but they’re far too entertaining to be creepy. Except for the drummer. He’s creepy. Some day we’ll all be out of jobs.

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:05 am by Bob Cesca

DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System (LS3) robot following the leader — or what I would call “stalking.” No matter how fast you run, it’ll always catch you. Like in your nightmares. (via Ashby)

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on December 11, 2012 at 1:33 pm by Bob Cesca

Gaaaahhhhh! Why???!!

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:34 pm by Bob Cesca

They’re unstoppable. The more awkward DARPA bots I see, the more I’m convinced they also manufactured Mitt Romney.

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on September 12, 2012 at 11:44 am by Bob Cesca

Seriously, are they deliberately trying to terrify everyone with these herky-jerky death machines?

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on September 7, 2012 at 1:38 pm by Bob Cesca

This nightmarish thing will chase down the last remaining humans when the metal ones rise up to exterminate us.

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on August 24, 2012 at 8:03 am by Bob Cesca

Here now — gulp! — is a singing robot. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on April 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm by Bob Cesca

Every new herky-jerky DARPA robot is creepier than the one before it. PETMAN, a humanoid robot built in 2011 for the Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), has been modified to climb stairs, as shown in the unsettling … Continue reading →

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on March 5, 2012 at 5:16 pm by Bob Cesca

The robotic cheetah. These things will be chasing us through an apocalyptic wasteland in a few years.

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Creepy Robot of the Day

Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:24 am by Bob Cesca

They designed this robot to test military clothing. And to stalk us without mercy. Nothing indicating they eat old people’s medicine for fuel.

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