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Weekly Robot Roundup - Robot Carnage
0 Comments Published June 8th, 2007 in Robot News, Weekly RoundupOur top story this week begins in Denmark. Police had trouble contacting a man holding out in a cottage, so they sent in their robot Rullemarie. The man did not like this and shot the poor robot and then proceeded to bludgeon it with an axe. I’m wondering if police will soon start deputizing [...]
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In iRobot news, iRobot will be holding a demonstration of it’s life saving military robots on June 8th. The National Press Club Ballroom in Washington DC is hosting the event and will feature retired [...]
Weekly Robot Roundup - The Beat Goes On
0 Comments Published May 25th, 2007 in Robot News, Weekly RoundupCheck it out. Lemurplex in Brooklyn is hosting this awesome event called Robosonic Eclectic. You have to love this amazing poster by cairobot. Check out C3PO playing a guitar. Anyhow, this event features They Might Be Giants, JG Thurwell, and robots among others. Wired.com had an article in March featuring songs [...]
Wow, what a week for robotics. First we had the VIPeR by Elbit Systems. Then we saw the LandShark unveiled, complete with a video. Then 4 new inductees into the Robot Hall of Fame were announced at the Robo Business Conference. The inductees are the Raibert Hopper, Data from Star Trek, [...]
Really nice article over at the Washington Post about how people get attached to robots featuring Mark Tilden. The article talks about how Tilden developed a centipede like robot for exploding landmines. It lost a leg every time a mine went off, but kept going like the Energizer bunny. When it got [...]




