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A Eye
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
04/30/06 |
| Using the eyes of insects such as dragonflies and houseflies as models, a team of bioengineers at University of California, Berkeley, has created a series of artificial compound eyes. |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Robot
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
01/14/06 |
| Will robots one day rule the world? For decades this notion has both fascinated and terrified humans, our hungry imagination fed by Hollywood blockbusters and sci-fi novels. Now a new generation of robots promises a breakthrough in the world of Artificial Intelligence as they become capable of cognitive thought processes. |
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Trooper Zoë
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
08/14/05 |
| Carnegie Mellon University researchers and their colleagues from NASA's Ames Research Center, the universities of Tennessee, Arizona and Iowa, as well as Chilean researchers at Universidad Catolica del Norte are preparing for the final stage of a three-year project to develop a prototype robotic astrobiologist. |
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Touch-Sensitive Cyborg
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
06/08/05 |
| A ballerina gracefully dances on a small stage. She is followed not by a male partner, but by a robotic arm manipulator that seems to sense her every move. For NASA Goddard technologist Vladimir Lumelsky, the performance shows the future of robotics. |
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Machines That Make-Out
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
05/16/05 |
| One of the dreams of both science fiction writers and practical robot builders has been realized, at least on a simple level: Cornell University researchers have created a machine that can build copies of itself. The fundamental unit of the replication is referred to as a "molecube". |
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Walking Tall Like a Human
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
05/14/05 |
| A machine called RABBIT, which resembles a high-tech Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz," minus the arms, was developed by University of Michigan and French scientists over six years. If you nudge this robot, it steps forward and catches its balance much like a human. |
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Remote Control Insects
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
04/09/05 |
| Yale University School of Medicine researchers have found a way to exercise a little mind control over fruit flies, making the flies jump, beat their wings, and fly on command by triggering genetic remote controls that the scientists designed and installed in the insects' central nervous systems |
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TETWalkers for Swarming Planets
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/31/05 |
| Like new and protective parents, engineers watched as the TETWalker robot successfully traveled across the floor at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Robots of this type will eventually be miniaturized and joined together to form "autonomous nanotechnology swarms" (ANTS) that alter their shape. |
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Unstoppable Creepy Crawlers
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/25/05 |
| Among robot designers, there is a class of challenge problems. Is it easier to build a flyer, swimmer, walker or crawler? A new Michigan design highlights the advantages of being a robotic snake. |
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Robots By Land, Sea, Air
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| Topic: Robotics & A.I. |
03/18/05 |
| There's still a long way to go before today's robots evolve into practical, everyday technologies, but even now, autonomous robotic vehicles are exploring uncharted or hazardous places, and performing household tasks. |
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