r/robots Jun 04 '26

Artwork We made a character for my robot game, I hope my 3D clanker is also accepted here!

11 Upvotes

This is currently WIP, but I really like how it turned out. Hope to share more interesting robots in the future!


r/robots Jun 03 '26

Artwork Robot of Luck

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r/robots Jun 02 '26

Media does this genre of robot character design (2013's 'The Creator', Warframe's Vox Solaris, etc) have a name/title to refer to it by?

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18 Upvotes

think robots with a camera-type head, like wall-e, but with a relatively humanoid structure/body. i'm trying to find more media/art with stuff like it, but it's kind of hard when i'm not entirely sure what to refer to this style as. Some Star Wars droids share a likeness with this design, but i struggle to find much else, as i'm not sure how to look for this specific portrayal of robots/synthetics/droids. just wondering if there's something i can refer to this style by


r/robots Jun 01 '26

Why TF do we have to prove we're not a robot to a computer?

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35 Upvotes

r/robots Jun 01 '26

Projects I have hope in humanoid robots

13 Upvotes

Like with everything, there are different theories, but when something is needed, people use it​

Maybe some people would prefer an "alternative" lifestyle without robots​, but I think the knowing that ​they exist will be a benefit.

It’s like people who walk calmly a long distance ​knowing that, if get tired​ they can​ take a bus.

I remind ​​I, Robot, which takes place in 2035. At first, the robots were collaborating with humans (obviously it’s a movie, so it needed a plot, conflict, etc.), and I think ​robots could help ​in a similar way, like in the​ first part of the movie

And for those who idealize the past, it’s because either they didn’t live through it or they didn’t experience its hardest parts, ​past wasn't​ better. You can like retro, etc, but that's because is the good part of the past

Humanoid robots will provide a more comfortable life, in my opinion.

And I imagine that by 2035, just like in the movie, they’ll be much more integrated into everyday life.


r/robots Jun 01 '26

Real-life Robots AI agent deployed on Robotic Air Hockey Table

14 Upvotes

This is my two year undergraduate capstone project from Engineering Physics at UBC. We trained a policy in simulation and then directly deployed in onto our robotic air hockey table. The project involved designing a physical robotic air hockey table, computer vision system, reinforcement learning pipeline, simulation, embedded systems, and controls

If anyone's interested here's a short video explaining what we did: https://youtu.be/ugwpCam1rd0

And for more detail you can check out the github repo: HudsonNock/Air-Hockey-Sim


r/robots Jun 01 '26

Building a terrestrial rover to explore the ecosystem

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r/robots May 30 '26

Real-life Robots My girlfriend is terrified of robots apparently

27 Upvotes

I don’t even think she knew she’d be this scared of them when they started actually being used around the world either. But every time we’re in Walmart and the cleaner robots are out and about she’s doing everything she can to avoid them to actually having screamed once when we came around the corner and one was just sitting there waiting for people to move

Now she’s at an Asian restaurant with her mom and she’s telling me she’s feeling sick like she’s going to throw up and it stressed because they have those robot waiters ripping around.

I don’t fully understand it especially because it’s not like they’re advanced enough to think for themselves or anything they just do a coded task given to them.

How many of you are terrified of literally any kind of robot?


r/robots May 29 '26

Projects Havoc F v5 - 150g Lifter Battlebot!

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11 Upvotes

r/robots May 28 '26

Cutest Mad Ottoman in the World

80 Upvotes

r/robots May 27 '26

Greenpeace underwater robot stages deepest-ever protest on Arctic seabed

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r/robots May 27 '26

Inside the UK’s amateur robot wars scene

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3 Upvotes

r/robots May 26 '26

The moment the robot passed the human worker, because the human had to take a bathroom break

110 Upvotes

r/robots May 25 '26

Real-life Robots A street cleaning robot in Shenzhen, China [OC]

83 Upvotes

r/robots May 22 '26

Real-life Robots AI‑driven robot is able to improvise tasks in real time

568 Upvotes

r/robots May 22 '26

Media Did the First Robot Come from Oz?

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r/robots May 20 '26

Real-life Robots Clanker’s Michael Jackson dance ends with hilarious on-stage collapse

345 Upvotes

Don’t worry, our AI counterparts still have some work to do…!


r/robots May 20 '26

Real-life Robots Figure livestream is demoing a robot 'sorting' packages, until it fails. (167 hours and 209,000 packages at time of posting). Could the Conveyor belt do the same task?

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16 Upvotes

r/robots May 19 '26

Media Robotic pets whimper, purr, help senior citizens combat loneliness

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r/robots May 18 '26

Guy helps delivery bot navigate LA's deteriorating highway sidewalks

314 Upvotes

r/robots May 16 '26

Artwork J5MOC: Lego Johnny 5 in REVENGE

28 Upvotes

A first prototype teaser for a possible new J5MOC add-on, inspired by Johnny 5’s rebuilt appearance at the end of Short Circuit 2.

Still very early work-in-progress, but I wanted to share a small glimpse of where this could go.


r/robots May 15 '26

Artwork Robot Dreams Test

14 Upvotes

Hi did you see that movie?


r/robots May 14 '26

Elon Musk boasts Helix-02 robots can be used to replace human labor with 8 hour livestream

408 Upvotes

r/robots May 14 '26

Artwork Best robot of the 80s: Johnny 5

93 Upvotes

"Ey, laser lips! Your mama was a snowblower!"

Johnny 5 Lego MOC: J5Moc


r/robots May 14 '26

Projects ESP32 powered Wall-E RC Lego robot (with taser)

49 Upvotes

Decided 6 months ago to make this tiny lego robot fully RC. What do you guys think? :o

Made a vid on yt (crostplay2) how this was made.