I want one :-)

Check this very cool firefighting quadbot!

Now that I've begun to play with robotics, one of the biggest challenges is the weight of the parts themselves. It's hard to move a robotic arm if it's "hand" is composed of heavy servos.

To get over that hurdle, this team has looke... moreNow that I've begun to play with robotics, one of the biggest challenges is the weight of the parts themselves. It's hard to move a robotic arm if it's "hand" is composed of heavy servos.

To get over that hurdle, this team has looked to human anatomy and made "muscles" of kite string on a light plastic skeleton. Very interesting, and very creepily cool looking in the video below.

This cute little robot is a very simple example of AI - the bot reacts to it's environment and exhibits behaviors accordingly. Built on an ardunio mini pro and breadboard with some servos, we might just have to start building these lit... moreThis cute little robot is a very simple example of AI - the bot reacts to it's environment and exhibits behaviors accordingly. Built on an ardunio mini pro and breadboard with some servos, we might just have to start building these little guys at Resistor!

There's really nothing a specifically designed robot can't do... I've really got to dust off the servos from that robot arm Bre and I put together and see what else we can dream up, especially now that we've got Makerbots that we can print parts on!

I've seen some pretty crazy hexapod robot demos, but there's something so creepily organic and amazing about this one that while watching it I simply said "That's it. Robots are going to kill us all."

I mean, how do you fight someth... moreI've seen some pretty crazy hexapod robot demos, but there's something so creepily organic and amazing about this one that while watching it I simply said "That's it. Robots are going to kill us all."

I mean, how do you fight something like this on a bigger scale? It's precise, fast, smooth and handles that soda like a pro while doing all sorts of other maneuvers.

So, maybe it's a pretty big leap from fetching a drink to world domination, but I don't think I've ever seen a video that evoked such a clear sense of what robots of the future will be able to do. Put some heftier servos in this guy and make it out of metal, and you've got yourself one terrifying all-terrain machine.