Her Majesty the Queen has been fitted with a prosthetic robot arm, to aid her in her duties of waving, knighting and ribbon-cutting.
The Queen had used her right arm to wave regally for all of her 88 years, and described it recently as "bloody sor...
The back of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, was removed and transported to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Automotive and Cybornetic Repair as a precaution today, Royal family sources revealed this morning. While details remain unclear about the spe...
British hospitals are currently facing significant cuts and changes to the way they operate. However one hospital has managed the amazing feat of massively cutting costs while still exceeding government targets. I took a tour of Dorking's Idi Amin Hospital where the motto is "doctoring is in our blood".
Instead of expensive human nurses tending to patients' needs, they have robot matrons on all...
SAN DIEGO - Elvis may not be alive now, but if his band has their way, he will be rejoining them by 2014. According to Japanese scientist Yohounddoe Otatiem, a robot that will be indistinguishable from Elvis at a distance of 10 meters will be ready...
After years of internal arguing over who should stand against Obama in the upcoming elections, the Republicans have finally come up with a candidate who should please everyone, but he's certainly not your average Joe.
He's called Republi-bot, and...
WASHINGTON - In a monumental failing of the U.S. Department of Robotics, twelve androids known by insiders as units "XJ1 through XJ12" have been dismantled following an embarrassing episode involving Colombian prostitutes.
The unfortunate mishap...
New York, NY-- The Apple Company will unveil its newest product in just a few weeks--the iRobot. The robot is based on the writings of Isaac Asimov and is a science-fiction dream come true. The new product is expected to revolutionize the world.
CAMBRIDGE, MA--The NBA's newest rising star, Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks, is turning heads around the league with his impressive playmaking abilities and incredibly lifelike exoskeleton. Lin, who was activated on August 23, 1988, is the first A...
A priest has come forward to talk about his recent sexual abuse at the "inhuman" hands of the Catholic Church. The Church has been trying to modernise itself to get away from its medieval practices and poor reputation. To do this, it recently ordered a million robot nuns to help out at churches throughout the world.
The priest agreed to talk to me on the grounds that he remain anonymous. His na...
After 30 years of good service inventing the news that we read every day, the NewsBot has begun to show its age. Strange stories have been appearing recently, but today's story about "Bert and Ernie will not marry" has stretched the public's belief t...
Professor Robert De Bild likes robots - a lot! So much so that he has twice been arrested for having sex with the robots he creates. But he has managed to control his lust for long enough to build a robot which recently won the International Robotic Tea-making Contest in Tokyo, Japan.
He explained, "It is one of the greatest challenges of modern robotics to build a robot which can make a cup of...
"RoboCup 2011", the football World Cup for robots, is being held in Istanbul this month. Geeks and nerds from all over the world have gathered here to watch mechanical contraptions try to kick a ball with all the skill of the human Scotland team.
Hollywood, CA-- The two robots from the 'Star Wars' epic are getting married next month in a spectacular Hollywood wedding! C3PO popped the question to his little friend R2D2, and the robot said 'sssppllloop'.
The wedding will be held on direct...
ED-209, the futuristic police Enforcement Droid designed and operated by OCP, today went berserk and killed a high ranking company executive.
The board meeting was going well, when Senior President Dick Jones demonstrated his latest creation, the...
(Published 2016) LONDON URBEM - After the Great Media Crash of 2012, many studios are cutting back.
ITV's Britain's Got Talent is no different. This year, the show will replace the judges on the panel with Panasonic JudgeBots, running Google's A...
It had to happen. With robots now in education, medicine, space exploration, science, manufacturing, and many other fields, it was only a matter of time before they invaded professional sports. And the time is now!
Okay, okay, the debut of a r...
(Published 2015) LONDON - The world looked to Britain to see the results of the 2015 prime minsterial elections, where relative newcomer Presitron was elected.
Representing the robot/machine class of the nation - from factory workers to Roombas.
The wire services are reporting today that a robot will be the GOP nominee for president in 2012!
The Koch brothers, long known as the principal backers of the conservatives in the GOP, have contracted with IBM to develop a robot similar to Watso...