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OC Robotics debuts half-inch diameter snake-arm robot

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2008-08-19 20:16:00 by Donald Melanson in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots As we've seen, snake-like robots have long since move beyond the realm of nightmares into a frightening reality, and they just seem to keep on getting more and more plentiful. This latest one comes to us from UK-based OC Robotics, and has the notable distinction of being just a half-inch in diameter and a full 24 inches...
 
Tags: snake-like robots, robots, bot, half-inch, apparently, arm, similar bots, current models, diameter
 
 
 
 
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New modeling technology breathes life into animation

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2008-08-19 15:25:00 by Darren Murph in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots digg url = 'http://digg.com/tech news/New modeling technology breathes life into animation Ask any animation modeler about the "uncanny valley," and you're sure to get at least a grimace, if not a groan. Said term describes the long-standing barrier which refers to the perception that "animation looks less realistic as it...
 
Tags: animation, technology breathes life, animation modeler, digg, robots digg url, approaches human likeness, chief technology officer, raja koduri, uncanny valley
 
 
 
 
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Georgia Tech Wins the 4th Mission of the International Aerial Robotics Competition

2008-08-19 13:15:55 by William Cox in Robotic-Lab.COM
 
At the 18th annual International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC), Georgia Tech came away as the winner, with prize money of $27,000. The event, which was held on July 28th - Aug. 1st, 2008, marked the conclusion of the 4th Mission of the IARC, with a new mission being released for the 2009 competition
 
Tags: mission, 4th mission, georgia tech, competition, july 28th, iarc, held, money, conclusion
 
 
 
 
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British bots battle it out, Army-style

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2008-08-17 21:14:00 by Joshua Topolsky in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots Robot designers are currently duking it out for the British army in hopes of nabbing the hearts (and pocketbooks) of the UK's fighting force. In a makeshift "wartime European village," scientists and researchers are putting their helper-droids to the test as Army officials look on and investigate how the automatons might...
 
Tags: wartime european village, serve alongside troops, british television presenter, tight urban spaces, army officials, remotely patrols, british army, command center, robots
 
 
 
 
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Miniature balancing robot is sad, hilarious

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2008-08-17 03:50:00 by Paul Miller in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots What could possibly provide us more joy and mirth than a Segway ? How about a Segway-inspired bot that fails spectacularly on a consistent basis? The tech in play here is quite simple, and the fact it can stand as long as it does being that top heavy is actually pretty surprising. The best news? Hit the read link for a guide...
 
Tags: bot, fail bot, possibly provide, miniature, sad, fails spectacularly, consistent basis, robot, hilarious
 
 
 
 
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Terminator head DVD player returns from the future to stop itself from playing a DVD of The Terminator

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2008-08-15 22:28:00 by Joshua Topolsky in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Home Entertainment , Robots Color us stumped and incredibly excited. We've discovered this totally useless yet endlessly amazing DVD player / Terminator head out in the wilds of the internet, but finding any information deeper than people exclaiming "this is awesome" is, in a word, difficult . Look, we're not saying that we want to...
 
Tags: dvd player, terminator head, electronic rat brains, home entertainment, stereoscopic cameras, unkillable bodies, information deeper, robotic warriors, guts
 
 
 
 
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ESAs six-wheeled Mars bot prototypes ready to kick some martian ass

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2008-08-15 16:01:00 by Paul Miller in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots , Transportation digg url = 'http://digg.com/space/ESA s six wheeled Mars bot prototypes ready to kick some mar'; ESA is showing off its new " ExoMars " bots, Bruno and Bradley, who are being prepped for a 2015 mission to the red planet. The six-wheeled bots are being designed to carry a significant scientific payload,...
 
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Check Out the Robots Podcast

2008-08-14 12:00:18 by William Cox in Robotic-Lab.COM
 
For those of you that just cant get enough robot news, you should definitely check out the Robots Podcast. The show is now produced in part by Markus Waible, of Talking Robots fame, who kindly sent us a note letting us know about the show. Markus also writes for the IEEE Automaton blog, which is
 
Tags: robots podcast, markus waible, markus, ieee automaton blog, robots fame, robot news, check, note, kindly
 
 
 
 
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UK researchers give robot a biological brain

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2008-08-13 21:04:00 by Donald Melanson in Robotic-Lab.COM
Filed under: Robots It looks like a group of researchers from the University of Reading are making a solid run at the title of mad scientists of the year (in the best sense, of course), with them now boasting that they've developed a robot that's controlled by a "biological brain." That's not quite the sci-fi sight you may be imagining,...
 
Tags: brain, biological brain, robot, brain injuries, researchers, multi electrode array, rat fetus, sci-fi sight, disease