iDiots: Japanese Toy Robots Animated to Make Fun of Us

by Reno Tibke

23 November 2013

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Big Lazy Robot’s newest video, in really the nicest way, animates some Japanese robots to make fun of our smartphone technolust.#JAPAN #ROBOTS #BIGLAZYROBOT
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Reno Tibke Reno J. Tibke is a generalist researcher and commentator on robotics, cybernetics, and nonbiological intelligence. He is the founder of Anthrobotic.com, a contributor at Robohub.org, editor at AkihabaraNews.com, and co-founder of Tokyo-based multimedia production firm DigitalHub.JP.

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