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  Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

  Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum. A pizza-sized AirRobot helicopter used for military operations in Iraq, and six toy radio controlled ...

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  Roomba Pacman - Boing Boing

  The Roomba Pac Man uses indoor location sensors and Unmanned Aerial System software to create a playable (albeit slow) PacMan built on repurposed autonomous vacuum cleaners.

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  Robotic Devices Providing Home-Care Rehabilitation (w/ Video)

  A group of researchers, at Northeastern University, have developed several portable robotic devices to aid in the rehabilitation process of stroke victims. These devices are small enough for patients to continue rehabilitation at home, thereby cutting down on the number of visits to the rehab center....

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  Engineers Will Create Planetary Rover From Retinal Implant Test Robot

  Cyclops is an all-wheel-drive platform that could enhance the design of visual prostheses and be adapted for autonomous planetary exploration. Before going extraterrestrial, however, a self-maneuvering rover would be tested as an enhancement to the existing application for blind people. If ...

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  We should let robots take over the world, expert says | DVICE

  Dr. J. Storrs Hall is an expert on molecular nanotechnology and the head of the Foresight Nanotech Institute (which raises awareness about the very same). That means he spends a lot of time thinking about robots. Or, to be specific, the kind of robots that will take over the world. In a piece ...

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