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What Robots Do For Christmas

Posted by timothy on from the merry-christmas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Several robotics labs in the US and Europe have decided to make themed Christmas/New Years videos. The subject was left open but in the end it should have had a) something to do with the robotics research in each lab and b) a connection to the holidays. Here's the official announcement on the IEEE Spectrum blog. The videos, including a computer-controlled quadrocopter attempting to play jingle bells on a Yamaha keyboard, are available on the Robotics Podcast YouTube channel. (Disclaimer: I made one of the videos!)"

31 comments

  1. I for one... by rockiams · · Score: 2

    Say Merry Xmas to our new robotic overlords

    1. Re:I for one... by Regnad2k7 · · Score: 0

      typing 'first' is both quicker and easier.
      do u macro?

    2. Re:I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Aw come on - a classic line, and it fits the article's theme. Don't be a scrooge :)

    3. Re:I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      it was a statement of fact.

    4. Re:I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      not very funny though

    5. Re:I for one... by wmanoble · · Score: 1

      Very cute and seems useful. X' Mas and Happy Holidays!

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      http://www.squidoo.com/ipod-headphones-today
  2. Humor tag by Regnad2k7 · · Score: -1

    I love the 'humor' tag on /.
    Y'all got 'penis' tags for your junk?

    Mod unfunny, fuckers.

    1. Re:Humor tag by Regnad2k7 · · Score: 0

      ty
      Merry xmas, all!

  3. Midday Holiday movie by gijoel · · Score: 2

    The Skynet that stole Christmass.

  4. Well duh.... by theNetImp · · Score: 1

    They pose for pictures wearing santa hats! What else do you think they would do?

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5738035&l=4781d09835&id=526589612

  5. Robonica by Cocoshimmy · · Score: 1

    They celebrate Robonica for 6 weeks

    1. Re:Robonica by Regnad2k7 · · Score: 0

      ditto, qed

    2. Re:Robonica by Lije+Baley · · Score: 2

      It's Robanukah, you insensitive meatbag!

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      Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
    3. Re:Robonica by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Chrobonika, you twerp.

  6. What do Indian rockets do for Christmas? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    They explode just after lift off!

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20101225/tsc-indian-satellite-rocket-explodes-aft-0a57eaf.html

  7. Last one. A riddle, and I'm going to wing it. by Regnad2k7 · · Score: -1

    I can't see the future,
    If you shake me hard enough, I will fall over,
    I've never quite been laid, but I am now bald and work in Silicon Valley. Or out of the attic/basement. And/or.
    I dislike Apple, MS, Linux (gasp!) or something similar, with a passion, and I can prove it.
    I almost wrote a Robot Chicken reference, right before I read this.
    I may have just deleted a Robot Chicken reference.
    I'm considering trying to work in a Robot Chicken reference wittily, as I have seen a few episodes and got bored.
    I'm thinking of a witty riposte that would poke fun at the parent author.
    I considered using the word 'auteur' but can't handle alt-ascii keys and was too lazy to open another tab.
    I've never had a Tab, though people have offered them to me.

    "Who am I?"

    Why, I'm the one looking for the Doctor Who link on youtube.
    I'm just not the one who knows which production code belongs to the one with Leela and has the Douglas Adams 'inception of the Krikkit computer" storyline.
    But I could look it up.

    Who am I?

    1. Re:Last one. A riddle, and I'm going to wing it. by Regnad2k7 · · Score: 0

      awesome, ty

    2. Re:Last one. A riddle, and I'm going to wing it. by Regnad2k7 · · Score: -1

      To the off-topic -1.
      http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3517705927_6b311390d6.jpg
      eat it.

  8. Cynical bastards by Regnad2k7 · · Score: 0

    or

    Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

    Tough crowd, tough crowd.

  9. Feels weird by Krigl · · Score: 1

    Maybe I just missed it, but I still can't see the video of antropomorphic robots attaching one of them to a crossed truss with a nailgun. You can't get more Christmas spirit than that.

    Premium warranty (repair and boot up within three days) optional.

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    Troll 2.0 Fear my asocial networking!
    1. Re:Feels weird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      shhhhh.

      10 post rule my ass.

      Chrome, come to papa.

      http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7zpkt_the-face-of-evil-part9_shortfilms
      (3:44)

      Writer Chris Boucher
      Director Pennant Roberts
      Script editor Robert Holmes
      Producer Philip Hinchcliffe
      Executive producer(s) None
      Production code 4Q
      Series Season 14
      Length 4 episodes, 25 minutes each
      Originally broadcast January 1–January 22, 1977

      suck my captcha

    2. Re:Feels weird by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Where to begin.

      "cyborgs" probably woulda cut it, I forget.

      You, on the other hand, know what "lexicon" means, and dream one day of using it in random conversation to get a hook-up (at some place that your friends dragged you to, no doubt).

      Dreamers, the lot of yah.

      Whaddoo I win?

  10. Well, if that robot is Bender ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 1

    ... Christmas would involve booze, cigars and theft. In no particular order. Those happen to be my plans as well ... OK, except the theft.

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    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
    1. Re:Well, if that robot is Bender ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I warmed them up for you.
      Gtg. I think the dog got into "Santa's Cookies".

  11. btw by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    check out tim's profile.
    http://www.monkey.org/~timothy/
    woah.
    when is 2080912 and what does it have to do with (Fri)?
    woah.

  12. Pie! by J.+D.+Swann · · Score: 1

    Here on Chiron Beta Prime I think they made me a pie.

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    My gun is not a tool. I am a tool. My gun is a weapon.
  13. Robots do for Christmas as they do all year -- by splerdu · · Score: 1

    Rock!

  14. Not all robots celebrate Christmas by petitegeek · · Score: 1

    ... but here's a new year's tune from Kyoto University's theremin-playing humanoid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzMmLQmUmRY

    1. Re:Not all robots celebrate Christmas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah! What about Jewbots?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Q9iMNzYAE

  15. Just imagine... by jbatista · · Score: 1

    ...a Beowulf cluster of these...

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    My sig is better than your sig.
  16. disclaimer? by dwater · · Score: 1

    > An anonymous reader writes...
    > ...Disclaimer: I made one of the videos!

    Is that really a disclaimer?

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    Max.