Eighty-one Minnesota teams competed in a robotics event this weekend, signaling that robots are becoming news in the Twin Cities. There are robots at the University. The city is full of robotics hobbyists and more robotics hobbyists. Here’s a robot from artist Adam Turman; from Sean Tubridy; from Ryan Kelly; from Kelly Newcomer; from Coco Mault.
Any I’m missing?
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17 Reader Comments
8:46 am
Can the robocalypse be far off? I don’t think so!
9:18 am
Everyone worries about Zombies but it’s the robots we need to fear. They’re everywhere! Everywhere!!!
9:56 am
I am a bit partial since my brother did lots of artwork for the game but I think the biggest news regarding bots is the 4/20 release for the wii of the game ExciteBots by Northfields own Monster Games.
If you have a Wii you should run out and get it to support minnesota game development.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69T5KY3I1k
11:10 am
Yes, robots are troublemakers. We Zombies are mild-mannered rule-followers (whistles innocently).
11:58 am
Don’t worry Douglas. We’ll take care of the robots in the Butlerian Jihad.
12:07 pm
But David then we have to worry about worms! Giant killer worms! Giant killer worms that poop stuff that allow you to see into the future!
12:25 pm
Strange, this is the 2nd time today killer worms have been mentioned.
12:25 pm
Just stay out of the desert, Douglas.
12:41 pm
Happy 2nd birthday, Robot Boy!
1:07 pm
Clearly, Japan is going to be the first to go when the robocalypse comes.
1:25 pm
Finally my career as a robot abolitionist is starting to gain some traction. Robots are people too. Johnny Five is alive.
1:25 pm
Boy, Japan just can’t win, can they? It’s either Robots or giant, prehistoric lizards, or zombie banks.
1:30 pm
@DouglasG: Who’s to say they all haven’t already undergone robotomies?
Banzai!
1:57 pm
Michele Bachmann? Look, there’s no way that woman’s not a robot.
2:01 pm
If you thought Robot Boy was frightening, just wait until you read this about a runaway Hoveround! [BBC via Gizmodo]
I’m tellin’ you now, they’re just waiting for us to go to sleep!
2:19 pm
Not to leave the topic of the robocalypse, but Nemo Gould makes some cool robotic stuff.
2:51 pm
Another robot artist is Roxie Speth. I heart the Say Anything robot.