Robots

Experience giant mechanical animals and hands-on exhibits at The Robot Zoo at the Grand Rapids Public Museum through Sept. 22, 2024.

Technology isn't all that it's cracked up to be. I doesn't always make our lives easier. Sometimes, technology can be a big pain in the _ _ _ _!

Boxing fans have waited years to see Grand Rapids native Floyd Mayweather, Jr., fight Manny Pacquiao. On May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas it will finally happen. But you don't have to wait until May to find out who wins. Robots have already determined the winner of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.

The future is here, folks. And the future is ROBOTS!

The all-robot band Compressorhead makes those Chuck E. Cheese animatrons look like a bunch of clowns!

This is my "video-find" of the week. This is the 'Bird Buggy.'  Not only is the bird cool, and smart...I mean, what a way to get around, but the buggy isn't bad either.

This amazing video makes us wonder -- is there some sort of psychological evaluation before somebody is given a robot-Terminator arm, or do doctors just cross their fingers and hope for the best? It seems like that could go really wrong.

I was watching a show online yesterday and the host said to a panel of women, "If your boyfriend or husband cheated on you with a robot prostitute would that be considered cheating to you?"  Not surprisingly, the women on the panel, thought it was not only cheating but pretty gross.  By the way, these prostitutes will be available in the male and female form. Brace yourself, because all

Technology is moving fast. There's usually no longer any need to talk to an actual human when you go to the bank or grocery store, and the automation trend is not slowing down. Robots don't get bored or fatigued, they work long hours while making hardly any mistakes, and they never ask for a raise...

Taiwan isn’t exactly a basketball power, but that could all change if the rules of the game are amended to allow giant robot seals onto the court. For some reason, Taiwanese engineers have constructed a robotic seal that can throw a basketball through a hoop with 99 percent accuracy from ten feet out...