BrainBank: Sockification Edition

Watch that video. If you're not an incredibly mature individual, you're probably sniggering by now. Yes, that was intended to be a completely serious scientific demonstration of a sock-putting-on robot.

Ah, technology.

BrainBank: This Insectobot Is Actually Kind of Cute Edition

Phasma is a tiny robot built for the express purpose of running around. Specifically, its design allows to run in the same fashion as an insect, always having at least three of its legs on the ground in order to keep stable, and obviously employing an insectoid gait.

While it might walk like a cockroach, though, I think they actually managed to make the little Kinex-looking guy look cute. Certainly a far-cry from his robotic descendants that will burrow into peoples' brains and take them over during the inevitable robot uprising.

BrainBank: Move Over Wall-e Edition

Look at it! Isn't it adorable? For a mere seventy bucks plus hundreds of dollars in batteries (this guy eats six AAA per pop), I too could have a personal robot assistant for all of my robotic scooping needs.

Unfortunately, the amusingly-named Roboscooper can only actually lift up to an ounce, which doesn't sound incredibly helpful to me. The robot revolution isn't coming about until my robot can work the TV remote and make me a sandwich.

BrainkBank: Mmm Pancakes Edition

At last, our dreams of wacky breakfast-making machines populating every household are about to come to fruition. Well, this isn't incredibly wacky, but it is a machine, so I'd say that's close enough.

On a serious note, though, this is pretty cool. I couldn't flip a pancake without somehow setting it on fire in midair, so this robot can officially do something that a lot of humans can't; and not an inhuman something, mind you, but a something that is domestic and close to our hearts.