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Bugged Bugs
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
11/26/11 |
| New research may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. |
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A Robot Biologist
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
10/17/11 |
| Scientists recently demonstrated one of the most complex scientific modeling problems ever solved by a computer. |
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A.I. in a Test Tube
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
07/26/11 |
| Researchers have taken a major step toward creating artificial intelligence - not in a robot, but in a test tube. The team created an artificial neural network out of DNA that, like a brain, is able to recall memories based on incomplete patterns. |
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Justin, the Remote-Controlled Space Android
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
07/03/11 |
| An experimental android named Justin is preparing for a stay on the International Space Station, where it will help astronauts test technologies like 'telepresence' for future missions on the Moon, Mars and beyond. |
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Sensitive Skin for Robots
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
07/01/11 |
| Scientists are developing an artificial skin for robots that will improve the 'perceptions' of robots. The science could have applications in the future of robotic space exploration. |
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Building a DNA Computer
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
06/03/11 |
| Researchers have built the most complex biochemical circuit ever created from scratch, made with DNA-based devices in a test tube that are analogous to the electronic transistors on a computer chip. |
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New Android More Life-Like than Star Trek's Data
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/12/11 |
| Scientists have developed an incredibly life-like android, dubbed Geminoid DK. such technology could eventually have applications for the future of space exploration. |
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AstrobioBot: The Story Begins
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/07/11 |
| Astrobiology Magazine introduces our first comic series, The Amazing Adventures of AstrobioBot. This digital version of a Sunday comic will follow the journeys of a little robot as he builds himself into a full-fledged astrobiology explorer. |
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Building Biological Computers
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/05/11 |
| New research shows that genetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits. The study is a groundbreaking step toward building complex systems where the body's own cells can help to keep us healthy. |
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For Robust Robots, Let Them Be Babies First
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
02/09/11 |
| Scientists have taken a page from nature when designing tough new robots. Like tadpoles turning into frogs, the new robots change their body forms while learning how to walk. The study might be able to help in developing mobile robots for future exploration missions to locations of interest for astrobiology. |
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