Engadget RSS Feed http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2013 AOL Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/ <![CDATA[Universal robot gripper sinks shots, throws darts, makes us feel inadequate (video)]]> http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/universal-robot-gripper-sinks-shots-throws-darts-makes-us-feel/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/universal-robot-gripper-sinks-shots-throws-darts-makes-us-feel/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/15/universal-robot-gripper-sinks-shots-throws-darts-makes-us-feel/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget#comments Universal GripperSoon there will be little left for us puny humans. Robots have long since replaced us at most menial tasks, now they're looking to claim our lucrative professional sports contracts. They've already proven their mettle at baseball, basketball and hockey. Now researchers at the University of Chicago and Cornell are getting their coffee-filled balloon bot in on the action -- albeit with slightly less ambitious prey in its sights. Dorm room stoners proficient in NERF basketball, drunken dart fanatics and school yard marble hustlers may all be answering to this mechanical party favor soon enough. Don't believe us? Check out the video after the break. Just hope this guy is on your team in the next round of beer pong.

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