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Robots Will Learn Why the Titanic Sank
Few events in history have so engaged public attention as the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912. The massive ship remains a compelling subject and has been the topic of countless TV shows, movies, books and, as of late, a great many news stories. Though she sank, the Titanic has always been a stubborn girl and even after 91 years, she won't be forgotten. Ever since the re-discovery of the ship ...
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Robot Man and Woman-Servants are Ready to Explore Space
Space is deep and deep is the need for help out there. Robots are ready, willing and able.
Unlike your traditional English butler, there to bring tea and crumpets, Robots made by General Motors and NASA are ready to handle the new century's service needs in space. Robonauts are moving quickly into the future. They look a bit like C3PO from Star Wars, but perhaps without the sarcastic attitude (at least not yet).
Tasks in space involve a great many repetitive actions. Logic and j...
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News Corp.'s iPad Daily To Use Drone Choppers For Newsgathering? (NY Observer)
News Corp.'s iPad Daily To Use Drone Choppers For Newsgathering? (NY Observer)
Sources say that News Corp.'s much-anticipated The Daily iPad "newspaper" is experimenting with an investigative secret weapon -- the Parrot AR.Drone "quadricopter." It comes equipped with two cameras, an on-board Wi-Fi transmitter, two interchangeable hulls, and an "ultrasound altimeter." Best of all, it can be controlled with an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad.
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Water-proof Servos from Hitec
World leader in servos, Hitec Robotics, has introduced new water-proof servos for ROV robotics for hobbyists, students and researchers. For details, visit http://www.robotshop.com/blog/robotshop
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President Obama visits Robots in Japan
President Obama in his recent visit to Asia, found time in Japan to sit in Toyota’s I_REAL personal transportation vehicle, check out Paro, the robot baby seal and much more. Check out Via IEEE Spectrum
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Robot World 2010 Conference in Korea
Robot World was held in Korea 10/28 – 10/31. It was a far ranging show exhibiting Korea’s considerable service, industrial and military robots. Robots from France, Taiwan and other countries were there.
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Making Robots More Like Us
As a professor in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science, Daniel Lee works on important -- and sometimes well-funded -- research projects that advance humankind's scientific knowledge and understanding.
Over the last five years, Lee's projects have included coaching a highly-competitive canine soccer team, entering a challenging road race in the California desert and teaching a dog how to do a back flip. That last one is even harder than it sounds, as Lee rec...
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An Update on the National Robotics Challenge
For the past five years the NRC (formerly the SME Robotics Technology and
Engineering Challenge) has seen continual growth and success with the support of
organizations like Intelitek, Honda, SME Education Foundation, TODCO and more.
This year the NRC has added three exciting events to further enhance their
competition.
The first is a VEX only competition on April 16th. For this competition, they
will be using the VEX...
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RoboBusiness 2009 Now Taking Registrations
The 2009 RoboBusiness conference will be taking place April 15 and 16th at
the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
If you are a business or technical professional looking to develop,
understand or invest in the next generation of robotics, automation and
intelligent systems products and technology, you cannot afford to miss this
important event.
Attend RoboBusiness and learn:
* The anticipated revenue and unit volume trends for the mobile robotics and
intelligent systems market
* The be...
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BEST: Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology
BEST is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to
inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology
through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics
competition.
Started in 1993 with 14 competing schools and 221 students, today BEST has
over 700 middle and high schools and over 10,000 students participating each
fall. There is no fee for schools to compete in BEST.
BEST features two
parallel competitions: A robo...
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