Episode 364 – Slimy Bots | Games At Work dot Biz

purple slime — Photo by Triana Nana on Unsplash

All things bots with @PiaggioFastFwd Gitamini, @flytrexcom burrito delivery, @BostonDynamics Spot & @Spotify, custard consistency slime bot and @dyson Zone

Michael, Andy and Michael start off this week’s episode by announcing that Games at Work, the podcast is not being cancelled. Unlike E3. Then, they move quickly into all things bot. Robots such as Piaggio’s Gitamini get attention from a WSJ review. And the co-hosts speculate on the usefulness of a robotic follower that can carry objects for you, although is limited by stairs. Then the Flytrex drones, which are delivering food in Holly Springs, NC get some attention.

Andy and Michael M express their excitement for Jane McGonigal’s new book Imaginable and then switch gears to consider a robot made of magnetic slime and it’s potential uses in the future. Check out the video from the embedded tweet below to get an idea for how this innovative material could be used. Not to be outdone by flying, rolling and oozing bots, the co-hosts discuss a new pairing of Boston Dynamics Spot with a drone to patrol Pompeii.

Wrapping things up for this week, the cohosts consider the Overcast podcast client redesign, Spotify’s new delivery feed, how LinkedIn profiles may be AI-created images and the new Dyson Zone headphones with an air filter that just seems like it must be an April Fools joke.

What would you like delivered by drone? How would you deploy a slimebot? Is the Dyson Zone an April Fools joke? Let us know over at @gamesatwork_biz !

Thanks for listening!

Selected Article Links

The Verge article: E3 2022 is canceled

The Wall Street Journal article: This Robot Promises to Make the Backpack Obsolete

Games at Work episode 340 — Tiny Grand Ideas

Piaggio’s mygita.com

Axios article: Axios What’s Next

Flytrex

Imaginable by Jane McGonigal

A robot made of magnetic slime could be deployed inside the body to perform tasks such as retrieving objects swallowed by accident.https://t.co/EYpnx56vNO pic.twitter.com/zA3hMO80xQ
— New Scientist (@newscientist) March 31, 2022