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robots.net - Robot news and Robotics InfoCant get away from the CMU snake.
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World's Largest Truck Goes RoboticA 700-ton mining truck gets a hi-tech upgrade thanks to a DARPA-sponsored challenge.
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Flying robots based on birds and insectsA team of engineers at the University of Maryland specializing in flight and navigation, is turning to biology for inspiration to protect troops as the military's role in international dealings has increased.
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Robot helicopter takes flight navigation to a new low - tech - 10 November 2008 - New ScientistMost UAVs do not have the capacity to sense and avoid obstacles at all - a significant barrier to their being allowed to fly in civilian airspace. But now engineers at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, have modified a commercial civilian UAV helicopter made by Yamaha to be able to see ...
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Dancing Hexapod Robot Bops to the MamboA zany 6-legged robot with a large human-like head that's been programmed to dance, strutted its stuff on stage to the tune of the Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega, putting a whole new meaning on doing 'the splits' and winning the 2008 Hexapod Championships.
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Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane? No It’s SupercopterUnmanned helicopters could soon be a key part of emergency relief operations, as well as bringing a new dimension to filmmaking, thanks to some innovative work done by European researchers.
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DVICE: The Scarab, a robotic rover that will explore the dark craters of the MoonCarnegie Mellon University loves robots and, more than that, a challenge: How do you get at possible minerals around the Moon's crater-studded south pole where there's no light for energy, or to see what you're doing? The CMU team's solution is the Scarab, a fully autonomous prospector 'bot, ...
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WowWee's Rovio gets reviewed: it's one awesome robotic sentry - EngadgetWowWee goes out of its way to make one thing very clear about the Rovio: "this is not a toy." That being said, it doesn't make the patrolling sentry any less fantastic, as critics over at Robots-Dreams proclaimed that it was "intuitive and a pleasure to use from the moment you first open the ...
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Scientists developing small robotic drones to become part of Air Force's arsenalIt may look like a futuristic arcade game, but it's a scene from an official Air Force animated video: Bad guys of indiscernible origin being shadowed, from a careful distance, by small robotic drones designed to resemble birds and insects.
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Dean Kamen's Full Bionic Luke Arm Video from All Things DWe showed you some of the video from Dean Kamen's appearance at the All Things D: D6 conference back in May and it included some demos of the amazing Luke Arm prosthetic limb. Now All Things D has made the three-part entire interview available, and it includes detailed explanations from Kamen ...
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