The Pentagon have been dabbling in the field of robotics for some time now, and one of their newer projects is buzzing nearer completion. We’re talking about remote-controlled beetles that can be stirred in the right direction, but allowed to fly on...
Topics: beetles, cyborgs, incects, military

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Robots have been employed by a number of NASA’s missions in the past, particularly those to the Moon, where they have been used to scan the surface and collect samples and various kinds of data. NASA has also been a pioneer in semi-autonomous robots...
Topics: humandoid space robots, japan, Mars rovers, NASA, space robotics, Toyota

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You might remember the Korean humanoid robot HUBO from our previous post on it learning to ride a Segway and the promise that it will star in a Kanye West music video . Recently, HUBO received another upgrade for better grasping, balance, and running....
Topics: grasping, Hubo, humanoid robot, South Korea, video

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Propelled by an abundance of cheap, high quality cameras and huge advances in computer vision algorithms, Augmented Reality (AR) is making a comeback. In the last few months, AR applications for smart phones have been all the rage. For example see the...
Topics: Augmented Reality, December issue, Esquire, Robert Downey Jr.

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The Chinese have just announced that they intend to hold the first ever International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games in the city of Harbin possibly in June 2010. There are few details about the event other than what was posted in a brief article on...
Topics: China, International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games, Robocup, robot soccer, robotics competition

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