Gizmodo: monty

Robot Enslaves Another Robot, Humans Next

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:17:00 EDT

After a 24-hour Galactica marathon, robots are gettings robots to follow the orders they were supposed to. Like Monty here, seen in the following video opening his new Roomba, ready to subjugate it into the tedious chore of cleaning the carpet.

Now seriously, can't engineers stop doing their...engineering or whatever they do at their secret underwater lairs, and watch some sci-fi movies or TV series or at least Pigs In Space? What are they going to do when Monty's wife starts taking out the inhibitors from all the Roombas at the White House and they steal the launch codes? One word, people: Cylons. Or worse: Bender. [Anybots via BotJunkie]

Google Street View Invades Cat's Privacy

Louis Ramirez — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:12:01 EDT

It's only been out for a day, yet Google's new Street View feature is already causing havoc, invading the privacy of Mary Kalin-Casey, whose cat Monty is shown in the above photo outside her home. Personally, I can barely make out a cat in that photo. What do you guys think? Is this an invasion of privacy—should Google take the image down? – Louis Ramirez

Google Photos Stir Debate Over Privacy [NYT]

Anybot's Humanoids Designed to Bully Other Bots and Not Trip

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:33:05 EST

Ok, so they may not look like the Terminator, but still, there's something remotely disturbing about watching these robots "learn" to walk and shove. Developed by Anybots, the humanoids are being designed to help with industrial and household tasks and they're made in such a way that they won't tip over and fall flat on their face. Which puts them one step closer to taking over the world. – Louis Ramirez

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