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Navy Enlisting CHARLI’s Little Bro SAFFiR as a Robot Fire Fighter

Posted on March 9, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

The Office of Naval Research has announced that they're developing SAFFiR, a humanoid firefighting robot designed to operate aboard ships that looks not entirely unlike the robot in the picture above. And as you've probably already guessed from the rAnDoMLy weIRD caPITaLIZAtiON, it's going to be developed in partnership with Virginia Tech's RoMeLa, already famous (at least, around here) for their CHARLI humanoid.

BeetleCam Robotic Camera Meets the Lions of Masai Mara

Posted on March 8, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Erico Guizzo

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How did William Burrard-Lucas, a U.K. wildlife photographer, get this close-up shot and survive to tell the story? Using a remote-controlled robotic camera, of course!Continue reading >>

HDT’s MK2 Manipulators Can Outfit PackBots with Arms and Hands

Posted on March 7, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

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HDT Global has just introduced some new robotic limbs to give explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots like PackBots and Talons [pictured above] a helping hand (or two) when it comes to complex and delicate tasks like defusing bombs. This is a very…

iRobot: Major Restructuring, Ava Goes Shopping, and the Army Gets FirstLooks

Posted on March 6, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

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We're going 100 percent iRobot with today's post, 'cause they have a bunch of robotics news that all seemed to happen within the last week or so, and we want to make sure you're up to date: in addition to reorganization of the entir…

Beep Boop: Teaching Robots to Communicate Like R2-D2

Posted on March 5, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

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It's easy to argue that R2-D2 from Star Wars has more personality than many robots twice its size, but without a face or limbs to speak of, where does it all come from? The answer, of course, is sound. Now U.K. researchers are trying to do…

Video: Boston Dynamics’ Cheetah Robot Gallops at 18 mph

Posted on March 5, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

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Boston Dynamics and DARPA have just released video of their prototype "Cheetah" robot galloping at 18 mph (nearly 30 kph), setting a new land speed record for legged robots.Continue reading >>

Video Friday: A Robot With Bird Legs, DARPA Manipulation Demo, and Darwin-OP’s Dance Moves

Posted on March 2, 2012 in Robotics, Uncategorized by Evan Ackerman

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See this? It's a robot with bird legs. Genius. This, plus a manipulation arm from DARPA and a Darwin-OP humanoid getting learning to play Dance Dance Revolution, in this edition of our more or less reliable (it's less) video-filled Friday p…

Quadrotors Play Bond Theme, Are Clearly Working for Evil Masterminds

Posted on March 1, 2012 in Robotics by Evan Ackerman

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We'd always had an inkling that those cackling one-eyed cat lovers over at University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab were nefarious geniuses bent on world domination, and now we have proof.Continue reading >>

Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal

Posted on February 28, 2012 in Robotics by dulce303

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Researcher says he has created living cells made of metal instead of carbon — and they may be evolving. By Bryan Nelson — Fri, Sep 16 2011 at 12:38 AM EST Scientists trying to create artificial life generally work under the assumption that life must be carbon-based, but what if a living thing could be…

Power Felt gives a charge

Posted on February 28, 2012 in Grids, Mixed Reality by dulce303

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New technology from Center of Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials holds promise in thermoelectrics When Wake Forest graduate student Corey Hewitt (Ph.D. ’13) touches a two-inch square of black fabric, a meter goes berserk. Simply by touching a small piece of Power Felt – a promising new thermoelectric device developed by a team of researchers in…