Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

It'll take more than having its fingers chopped off to stop this robot hand

With four legs but no back or front, ALPHRED 2 can run, jump, and punch through boards in any direction

New drone standard for remote ID submitted for approval

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

The creators of Kiki believe they can build an emotionally engaging social home robot that is also "completely useless"

Job postings from a NASA contractor suggest that a new humanoid robot is under development

A startup led by robotics veterans is announcing a pre-seed funding round with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund and iRobot Ventures

A military exercise in Australia demonstrates how small drones can airdrop critical medical supplies to soldiers in combat

Blue Frog Robotics CEO Rodolphe Hasselvander on the future of Buddy

Shannon's said: “OCRO HLI RGWR NMIELWIS”

Experts discuss technological inequality and the “reskilling” problem at an MIT conference

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

A new contest aims to help first responders leverage computer vision algorithms and drone imagery during a search

Whether for maintenance or augmentation, robots that can use tools on themselves are more independent and capable

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“I didn’t ‘sell out’ by making my dreams come true.”

Hindsight is 20/20, even if you’re smizing.

This is a video of the result of Youtuber Lil'Alien [Agentalex9 Alt.] feeding Rick Astley's rickrolling classic 'Never Gonna Give You Up' into the Jukebox neural network developed by OpenAI to create more song lyrics for the song. The music video consists of AI upscaled gifs from the original video. If you're really interested in the technology utilized and just what the hell is going on, there are a bunch of links on the video's Youtube page HERE. I just managed to watch the whole video and I can attest that, uh, that was really something. "Something good?" Haha, now let's not get ahead of ourselves. Keep going for whatever this is.

This is a video from Russia's Zapad-2017 military exercises where a KA-52 Alligator helicopter accidentally fired two missiles towards a group of journalists covering the event (allegedly as a result of a short-circuit in the helicopter's electric system according to the Russian military *eyebarrelroll*). Three of the journalists were injured in the incident (amazingly not critically either), including the one seen strolling along the highway to the danger zone the video. Man, those missiles come QUICK. If you think you're gonna outrun one of those things like a tarantula in Animal Crossing, think again. I mean sure The Flash could do it, but he could also pleasure himself infinitely in the time it took you to read this article. "Huh?" How his penis doesn't catch fire is beyond me, there must be other superpowers at play too. Keep going for a couple versions of the video (the second with slow-mos), as well as a news report which includes the copter's gun view.

This is a terrifying elevator cam gif from Korea of an elevator that begins ascending before a man enters, tripping him and almost creating a classic horror movie death scene in real life. Thankfully he was able to escape. And this is exactly why I don't take elevators -- or escalators. "So you're a stair guy?" Please *jiggling belly* jetpack or grappling gun only. Thanks to PK, who agrees they always say use the stairs in case of emergency, and what's 2020 if not a nonstop emergency? Besides, how do you social distance in an elevator? I mean if somebody farts everyone smells it.

This is the Popcorn Popping Lid with Butter Vents available from Uncommon Goods ($11). You just fill a microwave-safe 10-inch bowl with your choice of popping corn, set the lid on top, add a pat of butter to each of the lid's butter vents, and let the microwaving begin! Of course if you're anything like me you'll balance as much butter as you can atop each of those vents because, I don't know if you knew this about me, but I love butter. I don't really like it cold but *microwave beeping* sometimes when I'm really feeling down I'll just melt two sticks and drink it. Keep going for a couple more shots because they exist.

स्मार्टफोन निर्माता कंपनी एलजी (LG) ने अपने बहुचर्चित डिवाइस वेलवेट (LG Velvet) को स्टायलस के साथ दक्षिण कोरिया में लॉन्च कर दिया है। यूजर्स को इस स्मार्टफोन में ओएलईडी डिस्प्ले, 4,300 एमएएच की बैटरी और तीन कैमरे का सपोर्ट मिला है।

कोरोना संक्रमण के कारण पूरे देश में लॉकडाउन लगा हुआ है और यह कब खत्म होगा इसका अंदाजा लगाया जाना मुश्किल है। ऐसे में आप भी हर महीने मोबाइल नंबर रिचार्ज करा कर परेशान हो गए हैं, तो यह खबर आपके लिए है।

शाओमी ने भारत में अपना Mi True Wireless Earphones  2 पेश कर दिया है जिसकी ग्लोबल वर्जन Mi AirDots Pro 2 है और इसे पिछले साल सितंबर में चीन में लॉन्च किया गया था। एमआई ट्रू वायरलेस ईयरफोन 2 में ब्लूटूथ 5.0 दिया गया है।

भारत की दिग्गज टेलीकॉम कंपनी एयरटेल ने अपने ग्राहकों को फायदा पहुंचाने के लिए तीन नए प्री-पेड प्लान लॉन्च किए हैं। इन तीनों प्लान की कीमत 99 रुपये, 129 रुपये और 199 रुपये है।

टेक कंपनी शाओमी ने एमआई 10 5जी स्मार्टफोन और एमआई ट्रू वायरलेस ईयरफोन 2 के अलावा एमआई 30W वायरसलेस चार्जर को लॉन्च कर दिया है। इस वायरलेस चार्जर में बिल्ट-इन कूलिंग फेन का सपोर्ट दिया गया है।

Skimming system tripled previous best effort at oil collection.

Cheap, printable photovoltaics might finally live up to their early promise.

The makers of Blair Witch, Observer and Layers of Fear today announced a new psychological horror game - The Medium.

Codemasters next racing game, DIRT 5 has been announced.

Chorus: Rise as One is a new space-combat shooter, revealed during Inside Xbox. Here's everything you need to know.

Where is Xur? The Destiny 2 exotic gear merchant's location changes every week. So here's everything you need to know including the latest from Bungie ahead of his arrival on May 8.

A public disagreement between a trusted games journalist and the GTA community is showing Rockstar just how eager people are for a GTA 6 announcement

FIFA 20 Team Of The Season So Far continues this week, hopefully with the release of the Bundesliga FUT Squad. Here some predictions on who might be included, plus when they'll be announced.

We discover the most appropriate analogy for the current handheld market. Jon decides he’s ready to import a 3DS. Square Enix and Nintendo demonstrate how...

RPG Cast is back from its short hiatus with a couple hours of RPG related fun! CES brought us new gadgets to be cynical about....

We remember Andrew Long. We’ll miss you, buddy. But the show must go on and we talk about Happy Meals, luminescent children, Kemco games, and...

Alice writes nice notes to people in EVE Online. Anna Marie visits an Adventure Bar. Chris spends time Dancing All Night. Then we all get...

Alice and Chris are stranded on a lonely planet, sharing nothing in common but their plight. Meanwhile Anna opens a hole to the meat dimension...

Chris gets 100 fisted by a tarutaru. Alice finds a new pastime in countryside lifepod touring. Anna Marie pushes things to the limit. And Alex...

XSEED and Natsume make up. Chris rubs his sore feet. Emmanuel’s ear drums get blown out by a Shenmue fan. Alex is STILL posting stories....

As Anna prepares her statement, Alice introduces us to a new form of missile delivery. Chris plays really old games instead of the other old...

Ken Staples joins the show and teaches Chris everything he’s doing wrong in The Division. Alice gets back into EVE and explains World War Bee...

Alex and Anna had to rescue Chris from the Rift to do this week’s show. After their daring efforts, Alex tells about his deep love...

Kelley watches over her shoulder. Anna Marie starts a musical act. Alice takes some turns at ruling a space empire. And Chris totally hammers out...

Big show this week as we go over our PAX experience. We’ve also got our Extra Life plans, legion impressions, and Persona 5 jealousy. Now...

We’re jumping onto the bandwagon of folks looking for a Vita version of that new Digimon game. We’re also checking our TGS info cards to...

RPGCast is surprisingly current this week. That’s right, besides the expected Super Robot Wars V, Zelda, and Horizon: Zero Dawn impressions, we have info on...

I’ll be honest with you. I’m pretty sick and I don’t remember what happened on this episode. I think I eventually complained about Mass Effect...