Tomotaka Takahashi, of ROBO-GARAGE, has released preliminary glimpses of his newest addition to the robot family – the ROPID.
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Archive for October, 2009
Oct
28
2009
Robot Space Army Under Development
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Researchers think that it’s a good idea to build a fleet of autonomous Space Robots to Explore Mars with “squadrons of wheeled rovers and floating robot boats” that would scour Mar’s surface for scientific evidence of water and other incites into Mar’s environment. That sounds like a good idea until the robot’s get fed up with taking orders from Earth, develop their own destructive agenda and turn on their previous masters.
Oct
26
2009
Petman Robot Walks Upright
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Boston Dynamics has created an upright bipedal robot to test protective clothing used by the US Army. Not only does the robot walk like a human but it can balance and adjust it’s movement when pushed; as well as simulating other human functions such as body temperature and sweating.
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Oct
26
2009
Robot Whiskers
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Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield are working on giving robots the ability to touch through the aid of sensors that mimic how animal whiskers function.
Oct
20
2009
LHC Suffers More Setbacks
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The Large Hadron Colliders has had a very lackluster career since it’s opening in September of last year with constant delays and maintenance. Recently two noted physicists have released papers proposing that LHC might be sabotaged from the future.
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