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Mitsubishi Heavy unveils robot for use when flammable gas has leaked
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled a robot that can operate in the presence of flammable gases, such as after a gas leak following a disaster. A joint project with Chiba Institute of...
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DURUS Brings Human-Like Gait (and Fancy Shoes) to Hyper-Efficient Robots
In the middle of the DRC Finals last year, SRI’s DURUS robot slowly and steadily spent over two and a half hours walking two kilometers on a single battery charge. This was a Big Deal: DARPA had...
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Space Photos of the Week: The Orion Nebula Is Getting Pretty Deep, Man
CLICK THROUGH THE gallery to see this week’s helping of the best the universe has to offer. And if you need more when you’re done but can’t wait until the next one, here’s the entire collection. Go...
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Skate where the puck is going to be
I think the person who best explained the strategic thinking behind research and technological development was Wayne Gretzky, the Canadian ice hockey legend. He said: “I skate to where the puck is...
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A start-up making a robot to carry out keyhole surgery raises $20 million
CMR has a working prototype but is hesitant to discuss details because of the competitive nature of the medical equipment industry. Frost described the system as having a number of lightweight "modular...
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Open Source Hardware: What It Means and Why It Matters
You've heard of open source software. But what about open source hardware? Here's an overview of what open source hardware is, what the challenges are and why open hardware is poised to grow in...
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High school students built a bomb-seeking robot for the RNC
Most kids. But for 20 Cleveland high school students, their summer has been devoted to building an all-terrain, bomb-seeking robot. A team from the Youth Technology Academy at Cuyahoga Community...
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In the last few years, I’ve had the pleasure of kicking off lots of new reporting relationships with both engineers and engineering managers. Over time, I’ve learned that getting some particular data...
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Watch: A German robot grills up sausages with ruthless efficiency
It’s summertime in the northern hemisphere. That means it’s time to char pieces of meat on open flames. But it’s hot, and there are probably sports to watch, or beer to consume, or other activities...
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Peering into atomically thin transistors with microwaves, scientists make a...
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have had the first-ever glimpse into what happens inside an atomically thin semiconductor device. In doing so, they discovered that a transistor may be...
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Why football, not chess, is the true final frontier for robotic artificial...
by Daniel Polani Politics, Law & Society News July 20, 2016 The perception of what artificial intelligence was capable of began to change when chess grand master and world champion Garry Kasparov...
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Self-Driving Tech On Parade in San Francisco
You can learn a lot about the progress of robocars just by eating lunch at the Automated Vehicles Symposium, being held here in San Francisco—especially if you’re standing next to a self-driving...
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One Year on Earth
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Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree
Self-driving cars are set to revolutionize the way we live. This is transformational technology, on the cutting-edge of robotics, machine learning, software engineering, and mechanical engineering. In...
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Electrochemical Cell Makes Electricity and Chemicals From CO2
Using aluminum and oxygen, new technology can convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals and also generate substantial amounts of electrical energy, researchers say. The large-scale adoption of...
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This Arduino machine will sort your Skittles by color
Do you just really hate yellow Skittles? Only love the red ones? Well, why waste your time sorting them out yourself when an automated machine can do it for you? As part of a recent tutorial, Dejan...
View ArticleMaster Plan, Part Deux
The first master plan that I wrote 10 years ago is now in the final stages of completion. It wasn't all that complicated and basically consisted of: Create a low volume car, which would necessarily be...
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MIT Media Lab Live Stream
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MIT Media Lab Forbidden Research Live Webcast
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View ArticleWhy I’m Suing the US Government
Today I filed a lawsuit against the US government, challenging Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Section 1201 means that you can be sued or prosecuted for accessing, speaking about,...
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