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Bored auto factory worker + assembly robot = new amusement park ride

Despite being told this video was shot in a Ford factory, we're not exactly sure which company claims ownership of the reassigned assembly line robot. Whoever owns the building, they might be surprised to learn what their employees have been doing on their lunch hour. Take one giant robotic arm, a seat with strong seatbelts, a swivel (gotta have a swivel) and one thrill-seeking programmer. The result is what would be the star attraction at Six Flags Detroit if there were a Six Flags Detroit. We're pretty sure this wasn't a one-time joyride ... Read more →

The return of full-service? Gas pumping robot Jonathon Ramsey

Dutch inventors might have ushered in the return of the full-service station. Yet like so many other things being taken out of the hands of flesh and blood people, the new full-service could be an ...

Honda's ASIMO goes to Disneyland Jonathon Ramsey

ASIMO, Honda's increasingly uncanny humanoid robot, has finally impressed enough Hollywood producers to get his own show. The running, walking, talking, stair-climbing Advanced Step in Innovative ...

Toyota's tour-guide robot seeks peace... and total surrender of mankind Alex Nunez

Click image to enlarge var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/hardware/Toyota_s_tour_guide_robot_seeks_peace_and_total_surrender_of_mankind'; Not content with its ever-tightening grip on the global ...

Holden drops 600 workers from Commodore assembly plant Frank Filipponio

Looks like the sometimes-suicidally-prone manufacturing robots at General Motors are taking jobs away from some real people. The Australian is reporting that up to 600 Holden employees will be ...

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NYC trying its luck with first robotic parking garage 2 years ago on Autoblog

Robotic parking garages haven't caught on in the U.S. like they have in other developed countries. Perhaps that's because we're not as strapped for open space as other nations, or maybe its because the only robotic parking garage in the U.S. has dropped both a Cadillac Deville and a Jeep several ...

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