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robots.net - Robots: Active TouchAs reported in some previous posts, whiskers are a great sensing device for autonomous robots, because they allow to detect and categorize objects and surface textures while only lightly touching them. The latest episode of the Robots podcast takes a closer look at using Active Touch in robotic ...
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Tech.view: Machines in control | The EconomistHOLLYWOOD has made at least half a dozen films based on Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece—mindless travesties all of them, even the Kenneth Branagh version released in 1994. That is a pity because the parable of the Genevan protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, deserves wider appreciation, ...
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iBOTZThe iBotz line of educational robot kits are an ideal introduction for children ages 8 and up wanting to investigate the fascinating world of electronics and intelligent machines. Developed with the help of the Open University in the United Kingdom, these kits have a strong focus on teaching not ...
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Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics: Robots: Soft MachinesIn this episode we interview Richard Jones, Professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield in the UK, on the future nanorobots inspired from biology: Soft Machines. After listening in, be sure to let us know if you think the frontier between robots and living systems will be inexistent in ...
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robots.net - Robots: Soft MachinesAt the nanoscale, our intuitions for what makes a good engineering solution and what not quickly break down - turns out everything is a lot less rigid and a lot more sticky than you'd think. The latest episode of the Robots podcast interviews Richard Jones, Professor of Physics at the University ...
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Robot scientist makes discovery - Discovery.com- msnbc.comThe discovery of 12 new functions for genes in one of the most studied organisms in the world wouldn't be news, except that scientists didn't discover them. A robot named Adam designed, carried out and discovered the new gene functions. "Our goal is to make science more efficient," said Ross ...
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Chaos filter helps robots make sense of the world - tech - 24 February 2009 - New ScientistGiving mobile robots the ability to remember sites they have previously visited is crucial if they are to build accurate maps. Now robots built in the UK are using a human-like trick to build maps of journeys up to 1000 kilometres long - the largest robot maps yet produced. Robots equipped with ...
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IEEE Spectrum: Robocopters Unite!Robocopters Unite! By Michael Dumiak The meter-long helicopters lined up under the fluorescent lab lights at the Berlin Technical University might look like overgrown toys, but they’ve got a little more under the hood. These are flying robots. They take off, land, and scout terrain autonomously ...
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Prototype Of Machine That Copies Itself Goes On ShowA UK researcher who oversees a global effort to develop an open-source machine that 'prints' three-dimensional objects is celebrating after the prototype machine succeeded in making a set of its own printed parts. The machine, named RepRap, works a bit like a printer, but, rather than squirting ...
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A robotic Cyberknife to fight cancerThe Cyberknife is not a real knife. This is a robot radiotherapy machine which works with great accuracy during treatment, thanks to its robotic arm which moves around a patient when he breathes. According to BBC News, the first Cyberknife will be operational in February 2009 in London, UK. But ...
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