Now…this shit’s just cool:

Ryker XL has an eye for awesome shit. But this? This may be the most awesome EVAR.

Hilarious and true.

Every wonder about that day when we create something that may eventually turn on us? Some may think in terms of Terminator but others know that the eventual destruction of the world by advanced technology will come in a much more..sinister manner.

Well, ever vigilant reader Matt has discovered a video that may signal the beginning of the end. It’s funiture that is designed to destroy household pests. But, really, can it be that long before these things evolve to destroy other household pests? Namely….HUMANITY!

I think not. Read and fear.

It’s amazing what you find on a Friday, eh? Here’s a video of a delightfully creepy snake robot. Originally, I thought this might be CGI, until I followed the link provided on the YouTube page to this guy’s website. The creator of these apparently real Snake Robots is Dr. Gavin Miller and his obsession seems to have no end when it comes to creating the ultimate snake-like robot.

The version you see in the video is the S3 version of the robot. On the website you can see the more intimidating and downright scary S8. While the S3 slithers like a regular serpent, the S8 seems able to track heat, find objects and swallow you whole before taking a nap in your basement.

I have seen the future and it scares the piss out of me. Why did it have to be snakes?

I’m sure you’ve noticed that we love robots around here. They’re just so damn cool and if you build a big enough one, it gives you delusions of grandeur. But we also love dinosaurs, as any red-blooded child should. Now, if you combine those two you’re simply getting into all sorts of combinations that lead to awesome.

Astute and bad-ass reader Damon has submitted what very well may be the most awesome Flash based game we’ve ever come across. Not because the gameplay is very revolutionary or the graphics mind blowing. No, it rules because you control a ROBOT DINOSAUR THAT SHOOTS LAZERS WHEN IT ROARS.!

You heard me.

It’s basically a horizontal shmup with a flying robot dino as your ship. It’s nothing spectacular on the face of it, but there’s just something so damn satisfying about hearing that roar and laying waste to everything on the screen. Very nice.

You can find the awesome Robot Dinosaurs by clicking here.

We live in an AWESOME world, no?

This story and video comes to us from the always excellent Gizmodo.com and falls squarely into our “Robot News Must Be Published” rule.

Tisch School of the Arts student, Kacie Kinzer, created a cute little robot to run down the streets of New York City as an interesting social experiment. Now, normally I don’t care about this kind of thing but this experiment has a robot in it. Therefore, it’s cool. Kacie explains her idea like this:

I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to interact with what we find in it? More importantly, how could our actions be seen within a larger context of human connection that emerges from the complexity of the city itself? To answer these questions, I built robots.

Over-intellectualized purpose aside, damn it’s cool to see some robot love out there. It might make PanicBot 5000 think twice about enslaving our race.

Maybe.

We’re called Robot Panic. We have a podcast called Drunken Gamers Radio. While those may seem to be two disparate enterprises, there are things in this world that show just how connected they can be. This video, brought to us by the lovely people over at Gizmodo.com, shows us what has to be one of the world’s greatest inventions: BaR2D2.

I don’t know about you, but from now on NOTHING makes a party like this guy. I just don’t think I’ll ever be satisfied at a get together unless I’ve been served a kick ass Sailor and Coke by a neon lit robot.

It’s like the Jetson’s only more kick ass.

Here’s another entry in the oobject.com list of top 14 toy robot commercials. This one I’m sure many of you remember. Hell, I’d bet money that a good number of you owned this watch. What cracks me up is just how hard they’re pimping the whole time travel element when it’s obviously a really cheap Transformer/Gobot’s knock off.

As I was watching this particular commercial, I started to remember an article that one of our favorite sites did on this 80′s robot travesty. Sure enough, you can find a great article on Kronoforms over at Retro Thing.

Enjoy the nostalgia!

The site Worth 1000 is running a Photoshop contest where users submit their ideas for Transformers that got rejected for not being cool enough. Our blind devotion to robots means we have to post this information so that you can check them out as well.

I have to say, as both a kid and an adult, I’d buy that grocery cart one.

You can check out all the submissions here

Creativity is an amazing thing. I’m continually blown away by what we humans are capable of. The ability to drive cars that can fly, live on the moon and breathe under water are all possible with the imaginations and hard work of the human race. The sky is the limit and the possibilities are truly endless.

And it all starts here, my friends. With Bickford. This robot was constructed from 800 disposable Bic Razors. That’s right, you heard me. You can check out the video up there and see all the magic happening.

Next thing you know, we’ll be landing on the moon.