It isn’t easy being green, unless you are a robot with a green thumb. The cohosts prepare to welcome their new, green robotic overlords in this episode, starting off with Iron Ox and a story about how they have created an autonomous farm. Continuing on the robotic theme, the pair marvel at HRP-5P, a humanoid robot that is adept at installing drywall and imagine how such a robot could be exceptionally useful for installing drywall in the ceiling. It is also interesting that the robot is very human in appearance, with arms & legs for locomotion. Pivoting … Continue reading →
Michael and Michael start this episode with big robots. As in extra huge robots. Like Mecha-sized robots. The articulation of the robot Jeff Bezos piloted was reminiscent of the one that the character Eileen Ripley piloted in the Aliens movies (see video above). Michael R was also reminded of the NASA Valkyrie robot, and it’s mission to go to Mars ahead of humans to set up the environment for human habitation. Walking on two legs, and being roughly human-sized, the form factor is well suited to ensuring that the habitat structure such robots would build would be on the … Continue reading →