Yo, C-3PO
Requiem for a 10-40 weight: A California tech company has built a 15-foot tall fighting robot, Mark II, and has challenged a 13-foot tall robot, Kuratas, built by a Japanese company to a fight, date and location to be determined.
OK, but for full entertainment value, we want to see a robot Burgess Meredith in Mark II’s corner, telling him, “You’re gonna (whir, click) eat lightnin’, and you’re (buzz) gonna crap (whistle) thunder.”
—
Can my robot fill out the form? The FAA says that its aerial drone registration requirements should be simple enough that it won’t be necessary to pay a company to complete the form.
But you are going to have to get liability insurance for your giant fighting robot.
—
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1968, NBC outraged football fans when it cut away from the final minutes of the New York Jets and Oakland Raiders game to broadcast the movie “Heidi” as scheduled.
Where was NBC on Sunday night? “Heidi” would have been preferable to watching the Seahawks squander yet another fourth-quarter lead and lose.
—
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
