Kids love video games, and kids love dogs, so Sega Toys and Activision Publishing have combined the two in Wappy Dog, a virtual pet game for the Nintendo DS that’s a little less virtual, thanks to the bundled dog robot. More »
Video: Robot throws first pitch Hmm. This isn’t technically about video games. How can I introduce this… Erm – Portal 2 has robots and now, so does Baseball as this little dude, who could actually be Johnny 5 from Short Circuit, has been granted the honour of throwing the first pitch at a baseball game. More »
We’ve been ridiculously excited for the Tamil science fiction blockbuster Enthiran once we heard that it was totally bonkers. And indeed, these clips prove that the movie delivers scads o’ madness. Robotic orb of machine gun death = total delight. More »
Morphing cars, dancing Tiger Lillies? They’ve got nothing on this AC/DC-loving robot. More »
Using Microsoft’s Kinect to control a modified Roomba is impressive. Using it to get a kit-built humanoid robot to mimic your actions is pretty damn amazing. More »
Friend of the site Matt Hawkins spotted this unbelievable R2D2 unit at PAX Prime earlier this month. More »
These science posts at Kotaku give me an opportunity to talk about something near and dear to my heart: the robot menace. A Japanese couple being married by a robot? What if it misinterprets “til death do us part?” More »
