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Robot Deer Catches Poachers
Wildlife officials in Utah have beefed up the war on poachers and are now using robotic deer to help catch the poachers. In Utah, hunting is not allowed after dark. To catch the poachers, officials place the deer near the side of the road and then hide nearby. A remote is then used to make [...]
Swarmanoid
We previously posted about this project in 2007 in a post called Eye-bot, and boy has a lot happened since then. Swarmanoid is a research collaboration between various European agencies like the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) and is funded by the European Commission. The latest Swarmanoid video just won an award from the AAAI [...]
Humanizing Robots
An upcoming article from the August edition of National Geographic talks about humanizing robots and how they will soon be everywhere humans are. The article talks of many robots, including the Roomba from iRobot and some from Carnegie Mellon, like Snackbot, the snack delivering robot. It also has some great photos from all over the [...]
China Wins Robot World Cup
While the real word cup continues, the International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games is now over. Besting out teams from the United States and South Korea, China has won the International Humanoid Robot Olympic Gamesthat was held recently in Harbin, China. Link via (Shanghaiist)
BarBot 2010
BarBot 2010 is almost upon us. If you live in San Fransisco head over to the DNA Lounge this Wednesday night for cocktails made by robots and swinging tunes by Marv, the robotic vibraphone! BarBot is the US version of Roboexotica, held every year in Vienna. BarBot is a celebration of cocktail culture and man-machine [...]