robotics

Simone Giertz, Queen of Shtty Robots, Shows Off Her Shtty Robots to Stephen Colbert

September 4, 2016

cbs, diy, late show, robotics, robots, simone giertz, stephen colbert, sweden

Sweden’s Simone Giertz has made a career out of making robots that are seemingly designed to do a singular function, but are really made to only kind of do that one function in the quest to bring joy to all.

Giertz has a very popular YouTube channel where you can see a drone try to cut hair, a robot that can argue with the Internet, and more.

This week, she got to show off her wares to Stephen Colbert and The Late Show and it was a whole bunch of fun.

You’ll also be surprised to know that CBS censors curse words in foreign languages.

For Some Reason, Scientists Are Still Trying to Build a Robot That Can Do Stand Up

November 25, 2013

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engineering, robot, robotics, stand up

For Some Reason, Scientists Are Still Trying to Build a Robot That Can Do Stand Up

Apparently, robots that perform micro surgery, manufacturing, and offer challenges to chess grandmasters have been perfected since robotics developers have kept on trying to come up with a reliable stand up comedian robot.

Little do they know that broken animatronic robots (a closer approximation to the human condition, perhaps?) are way funnier that a robot programmed to tell jokes.

robotics

Simone Giertz, Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Shows Off Her Sh*tty Robots to Stephen Colbert

For Some Reason, Scientists Are Still Trying to Build a Robot That Can Do Stand Up

Simone Giertz, Queen of Shtty Robots, Shows Off Her Shtty Robots to Stephen Colbert