Robot enthusiasts like us have bots everywhere. Even in the bathroom. Take this guy for instance. This cute little bot sculpture likes to read on the John just like you. Apparently he likes his TP pink as well. He’s $95, including the toilet paper holder.

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Robot fun with cans.

Canstruction is an international charity competition that opened last Thursday at the Winter Garden and Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center, featuring giant structures built entirely out of cans of food. Top architectural and engineering firms in over 100 cities across North America participate in Canstruction, collecting millions of pounds of food for local food banks — the New York City show features local architectural and engineering talent. At the close of the competition, all of the food from the show will be donated to City Harvest.

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Sadly, this beauty is one of a kind. And it has an owner, Pixar creative chief John Lasseter. It was created especially for him by English sculptors and CNC/rapid-prototyping masters Morpheus. And yes it is amazingly detailed. So much so that I wet my pants a little and made a strange geek noise.

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Junk yards and scrap yards all tend to look alike. And it’s got to suck working there among the wreckage of humanity. So you have to admire those places who build monuments to robots and the like. One Chinese entrepreneur from the Zhejiang province had an idea for promoting his pile of junk as something special. He buillt full scale Autobot sculptures. See, now he has your attention. The one above is from his converted BMW 7-Series. Sadly they won’t transform back into vehicles. Maybe he should concentrate on getting a color camera.

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We’ve seen our share of robot sculptures, but Jeremy Mayer’s incredible typewriter robots are blowing our minds in a whole new way. He builds his detailed creations entirely from parts in old typewriters. The California artist takes apart old typewriters and then reassembles it all without glue, solder or welding, which is pretty impressive. Mayer expects to exhibit his works at La Jolla’s Device Gallery in the Summer of 2009.

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Married couple Nicholas and Angela from Kansas City, Missouri apparently love robots. They make Nerdbots from everyday objects found at their favorite antique and thrift stores.

They’re a tad like Cabbage Patch Kids in that you can adopt your own robot from the limited collection at their website. The robots range in price between $155-185. Because they often use vintage parts, the robots have an abstract but retro look that’s pretty cool.

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These six foot tall robots are the work of an artist expressing his views about today’s chaotic society through 16 light-emanating robots. No microchips, so they are not to bright in that sense. We like them because they have a cool name and are shiny. Doesn’t take much to impress us really.

They appear complex, but are really pretty simple, made with materials like plastic, brass, steel, wood, wire and electric bulbs. Fancy lamps more or less. Lamps that speak and tell a story. The moral of that story is the usual. Judgment day draws near. Even bots without chips will be given chips by other robots. Then kill us.

You see. They will even make our art kill us. No way to sugarcoat it.

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How much would you pay for a unique Bennett Robot Works creation?

No, it won’t cook your breakfast for you. No, it can’t do a song and dance. In fact, the robots are not for use or play at all.

And yet they are priced from $750 to $6,000. And they are selling.

What these found-object sculptures by Gordon Bennett actually do is pay tribute to the industrial design works of ’40s and ’50s innovators Norman Bel Geddes and Raymond Loewy. As the ‘bots on Bennett’s Web site are more than half sold out, plenty of people seem to think the product is worth the price.

Check them out for yourself here and see if you agree.

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If Jules Verne and H.G. Wells had felt the urge to collaberate on an art collection, it would probably look something like this.

They would likely agree with Dillon Chandler, creator of the Arkansas-based Klaatu Varata Studios, that every backyard needs a giant scorpion sculpture. Like Chandler, they quite possibly would come up with a collection of metallic creations with a steampunk twist.

Many pieces are enmeshed in a background story of the war-torn Kelevion Universe. If enormous arachnids don’t match your landscaping, check out Big Ben, a 9-foot silver bear, or support the Geldar and Solarian troops by purchasing your own Plasma Disruptor Weapon or Kovas Death Ray at Chandler’s etsy.com page.

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Over at Impress they’ve posted a review of a recent show titled Anima Machines by artist Choe U Ram that showcases some bizarre robotic exhibits. And I mean bizarre. Choe’s work includes things like glowing robotic flowers that respond to each other’s behavior, whirling organic sculptures that are amazingly complex and spin when people are detected nearby. Click the link for images and videos for a look at what words can’t describe.

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