January 2012
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chattin robots at CES
December 2011
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Watch a fleet of flying robots assemble a 20-foot indoor tower
On December 2 in Orléans, France, a crew of four quadrocopters assembled a six-meter-tall tower using 1,500 foam blocks as part of the FRAC Centre’s “Flight Assembled Architecture” exhibit. The
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it is decidedly unnerving and exciting to watch.
October 2011
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September 2011
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Adrenalin junkies, step aside: a new base-jumping robot can climb up buildings before deploying a paraglider to fly back down to earth. It is also equipped with an on-board video camera to film the jump.
The robot – named Paraswift – is a collaboration between Disney Research and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, and was initially built for entertainment purposes....
August 2011
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This is how robots will eventually take over. Just imagine what, let’s say, a million of these could do working together. Yup. They could steal a million books.
An army of flying, rolling, and climbing robots have been taught to work together to find and snatch a book from a high shelf.
June 2011
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May 2011
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When robots talk to each other, they’re not generally using language as we think...
– Robots Invent Their Own Spoken Language HUMAN YUMMY. (via redking)
a hug can become a squeeze can become a death grip.
just sayin’.
Telenoid robot attempts emotions
April 2011
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March 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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August 2010
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