“Clanker.” You’ve probably heard the term online a lot lately, as growing wariness of the acceptance of generative AI has led to an almost science-fictional world of anti-robot sentiment. It’s become an increasingly common derogatory term, growing beyond the constraints of referring to chatbots and image generators to refer to any kind of non-human robotic […]
Disney’s Got a Star Wars Droid to Sell You…for $3,000
Star Wars Day means new merch to buy, and if Jar-Jar and new Lego sets weren’t enough for you, Disney’s got a little droid up for sale. Developed by robotics company Piaggo Fast Foward, the G1T4-M1N1 droid is a “dependable and eager-to-please” limited edition version of its gitamini cargo robot. Inspired by R2-D2, it features […]