Tag: ICUB

Humanoid robots are supposed to make us feel more comfortable. Many seem to think they're cute (although your writer thinks they're usually nightmare inducing), but don't be fooled; it's all just a ploy. They want you to trust them. That's when they put on the headdress, break out the bow and arrow, and take you out like the inferior life form that you are. Don't believe us? Just watch the video ...

At first glance this seems like a terrible idea: putting an iPad front and center in an airplane cockpit. You wouldn't put one at the fingertips of a driver, so it would make sense to keep the app-running, Web-browsing device out of view when careening several thousand feet above ground. But, surprise, that's one of the key features of the Zlin iCub, a new recreational aircraft being shown off at ...