25 May
Automower Solar Hybrid is world's first fully automatic solar lawn mower

Normally the idea of a solar-powered robot with deadly blades would be enough to launch James Cameron to the laptop for a re-write, but Husqvarna‘s Automower Solar Hybrid is a robot of good, not evil. This no emission, self-propelled, low energy consumption, weather-proof, nearly silent lawn mower can only handle lawns of half-acre or smaller, […]


20 Apr
Don't trust the robots, they seek world domination

Armed with an Android phone and an olive branch in one hand and a teeny ray gun in the other, these little robots are bent on world domination. They’ve already lulled our friends over at Google into a false sense of grandeur, poor bastards. And what’s worse, the robots have tricked artist and toy designer […]


Spike Jonze premiered his new film I’m Here at Sundance last Thursday, and the trailer of it is below. The 35-minute film follows the life of 2 robots in “a futuristic fable rooted in the universal emotions of first love, ruminating on youth, identity, autonomy and loss.” It’s no secret we love our robots here […]


14 Jan
Japan + Robots + Breakdancing = Shoulda seen it coming

In our brave quest to cover all things robot and Japanese, may I present you with Japanese Breakdancing Robot. How can we be shocked? Let’s see, we’ve seen the Japanese invent robot bears to carry the incontinently wasted, they erect giant robots to defend themselves from really slow aliens, and then they enslave the clumsy […]


Attention bartenders: speed up your slacker game or get replaced by a robotic barman.