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Dear Friends of #Sport #Robots, 🤖
As you may know, the Oilympics is once again upon us. Who looks forward to competing against robots? At the moment they are little more than #raining aids BUT in the future... World Team v team AI Robot. No cyborgs for near future? :ablobcatpopcorn:

Here are some events I would like to see in Robot Olympics (Robot v Robot):
- Reverse #Jousting (starting with no weapons but moving up through the range to lances) Robot quadrupeds and flying robots allowed? Swarms? mmm... maybe.
- #Synchronised high-diving (preferably from #space). No re-entry slow down devices allowed? That should separate the #automatons from the #unassimilated #Borg.
- #Decathlon with a greatly varied robot-diversity #itinerary

Yep. We don't yet have robots suitable? How soon? :blobcatthx:

"Centuries before audio deepfakes and text-to-speech software, inventors in the eighteenth century constructed androids with swelling lungs, flexible lips, and moving tongues to simulate human speech."

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/early-androids-and-artificial-speech/

#technology #automata #automatons

For thousands of years, ingenieurs of their time dabbled in the making of #automatons that mimic the appearance and motions of life. These were largely gimmicks, public spectacles and one-upmanship between rivals.

Imagine however, if the entire world were fooled by these automatons, and incorporated them as mass replacements for human labor.

When these machines eventually fail to deliver on expectations, the world is outraged and humiliated by their gullibility...

#Helldivers, Menkent needs your support! Fire Tornados have been rampant on the planet since the #Automatons have laid siege to the planet! Consolidate your forces and get everyone to Menkent!

#gaming #videogames #pcgaming #pcgamer #ps5 #ps5gaming #ps5share #steam #steamdeck #Helldivers2 #gamers #pcgamers @pcgaming @pcgamer@mastodon.online

Are the #Automatons about to fall, is the end of socialist robots in sight? #helldivers2

DURGEN 89.5987% 254223 players Super Earth Forces: 5.38% Enemy Forces : -0.50%/hr Rate: 4,889/

⚙️🎷👻 https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/stoccafisso-design-mechanical-tales-wood-automata-toys-video

Italian #woodworker #AmedeoCapelli handcrafts original #automatons of whimsical animals, preoccupied ghosts, magical kites, and majestic heroines. Each scene is set in motion with a variety of cams, axles, cranks, and sliders.

#automata #video #engineering #artisan #artist