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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:23:00 -0800

Retinal implant helps blind man see again
This story sounds like it is taken out of a science fiction novel but news reports around the world say that Mr. Peter Lane,...
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:48:00 -0800

The Pentagon have been dabbling in the field of robotics for some time now, and one of their newer projects is buzzing nearer...
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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:54:00 -0800

Space robotics: One Giant leap for Robots
Robots have been employed by a number of NASA’s missions in the past, particularly those to the Moon, where they have been...
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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:28:00 -0800

The Visual Memex Model: Modeling object relationships for scene understanding
Computer vision researchers have for decades been trying to develop algorithms for scene understanding from images and/or...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:17:00 -0800

Mine-detecting Bacteria
And now for something different!People often get a bit squeamish when they hear the word “bacteria”, but scientists at the...
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:53:00 -0800

Robot fish to help the environment
The above video shows an interesting new type of fish—one with a mission. Despite its impressive life-like movements, it is...
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:28:00 -0800

HUBO training with weapons
You might remember the Korean humanoid robot HUBO from our previous post on it learning to ride a Segway and the promise that...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0800

Mechanical bull
BigDog makers Boston Dynamics know how to build great robots but they also know how to have fun. Check out their video of...
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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:39:00 -0800

Digital materiality: Wall-E Future?
The construction of a complex looping brick wall was recently completed in Pike Street near East Broadway in New York City. The...
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:59:00 -0800

Esquire's augmented reality December issue
Propelled by an abundance of cheap, high quality cameras and huge advances in computer vision algorithms, Augmented Reality...
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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0800

International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games
The Chinese have just announced that they intend to hold the first ever International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games in the city...
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:28:00 -0800

IBM 7094 sings Daisy Bell
Artificial Intelligence has come a long way in the last 50 years. But there is still something creepy and yet intoxicating...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:59:00 -0700

Boston Dynamics PETMAN humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics makers of BigDog, i.e., the coolest robot ever made, are in the process of building a dynamically balanced...
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:01:00 -0700

Microsoft SenseCam to be mass produced
Scientists at Microsoft Research Cambridge have for years been working on SenseCam, a wearable device that records at regular...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:37:00 -0700

MIT's Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)
A team of students from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lead by Prof. Nick Roy developed an autonomous...
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:15:00 -0700

On the security and privacy of future household robots
It is obvious to most people that a robot is to a large degree a digital computer on wheels (or legs more recently.) It has...
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