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Robots
Rex, The Robotic Exoskeleton Makes The Paralyzed Walk Again (video)
For a while there we thought the only thing notable to come out of New Zealand was the Lord Of The Ring‘s movies. Full stop my friends. The Rex is one bad ass piece of kit. In the most simplest of terms it’s a se...
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The Kame Robotto Is Your Own Personal Robot Turtle (video)
Kondo, a Japanese robot maker, has unveiled the Kame Robotto, the world’s first turtle robot. (Kame is Japanese for turtle — the more you know…). The turtle is powered by a 10.8V-300mAh Ni-MH “Robo Power Cell”...
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Beer-Fetching Robot Solves Man’s Biggest Problem (video)
When it comes to technology, robots doing things for us lazy humans is always a plus, and while we’ve seen beer fetching robots before, none are as efficient as the PR2. Its creators, Willow Garage, taught it to play pool...
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This PR2 Robot Knows How To Shoot Some Pool (video)
A creation of the Willow Garage team, this PR2 robot can do a variety of tasks, including folding clothes. But the team put it to an even cooler use — playing billiards. Using a special grip and bridge attachment, the PR2...
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MIT Student Creates Robotic Helper From A Lamp (video)
A crafty MIT student has, well, crafted a robot out of a desk lamp. Natan Linder’s LuminAR robotic lamp can display images and text via an embedded Pico Projector, helping with your homework. It also recognizes hand movem...
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iRobot 710 Warrior Bot Cleans Roads With Grenades (video)
iRobot’s bots clear gutters and remove debris from floors. So it might come as a surprise to hear that they’ve been working on another breed of robots that can clear a road chalk full of mines. The 710 Warrior mach...
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BeBionic Hand: Cyborg Becomes Reality (video)
Dean Kamen’s Luke Arm is most certainly one piece of impressive kit. And while we were thinking nothing could possibly eclipse it along comes the BeBionic hand. The deets are a bit few and far between, but it comes in 1...
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DARPA’s LittleDog Robot Will Haunt Your Dreams (video)
Don’t watch this video before you go to bed — LittleDog is a DARPA project centered on building a robot that can traverse rough terrain, bringing supplies to soldiers and doing other dangerous things. DARPA’s ...
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Doctors Successfully Perform First Hearty Surgery With Remote-controlled Robot
Here’s the future of medicine, folks — you’ll have surgery by a doctor whose still at home in his pajamas. A team at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital lead by consultant cardiologist Andre Ng did the a remo...
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Gsou’s Robotic Webcam Automatically Un/Covers The Lens To Stop Snoops
Sure, you can use tape to cover your webcam in the hopes that someone doesn’t hack your computer and watch you as you watch porn, but that’s just ghetto. The Gsou’s webcam automatically lowers his arms to unc...
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Roboplow: Robotic Snow Shoveling (video)
I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again: living in a cold climate totally sucks. Unless of course you like to ski and then it might have its advantageous. But you know what sucks more? Shoveling snow...
