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Video: Rescuing Disaster Victims With Snake Robots Deployed By Dogs
Popular Science
... Lab for a demo of this system at a US Department of Homeland Security demo. A well-trained rescue dog named Freitag found his “victims” and deployed a snakebot, using what CMU calls a Canine Assisted Robot Deployment system. Watch a video below.
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Video: Robots roll, fly, dance & cuddle at CES
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The pop star was on hand to help unveil the dancing mRobo toy from Tosy Robotics of Vietnam. After he and the crowds eventually cleared out, I was able to survey and shoot video of this year's offering (click below). The robot line up was heavy on toys ...
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Hillsborough robotics team aiming for FIRST
MyCentralJersey.com
The excitement was contagious when the Hillsborough FIRST Robotics Team No. 75 gathered on Jan. 7 to start its 2012 season. Not only was the team present, but parents, mentors, alumni parents and school officials also were there to watch a video ...
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Clash of robots starts Technex at IT-BHU
Times of India
VARANASI: From breathtaking fights of powerful robots to high speed videogames, from brain storming business plan workshop to technical innovations, the four-day annual techno-management festival 'Technex 2012' organised by the Institute of Technology ...
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Pleo The Robot Dinosaur: Could The Pet Who Doesn't Poop Replace Your Dog Or ...
Huffington Post
We snapped a short video of the robot ($470 plus shipping, via the Pleoworld website) at CES so that you could judge for yourself. Check it out below. Visit our CES Big News page to see the strange sights and gotta-have-it gadgets from the convention. ...
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WASA looks at robots for sewer inspections
The Citizen.com
Although a final decision hasn't yet been made, the city's Water and Sewer Authority is exploring a proposal to have semi-autonomous robots conductvideo camera inspections of sewer pipes. The benefit of the proposal from Redzone Robotics is that it ...
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Top five creepiest robots ever devised in alarming video
CNET UK
They're all increasingly performed by robots. While artificially intelligent metal companions like Star Wars' C-3PO may still be a long way off, robots are steadily creeping into the workforce in 2012 like never before. And why not? ...
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The Robots App Store Will Fulfill Your Fantasy Of Owning A Beer-Serving Bot
Fast CoExist
There's an app for the LEGO NXT that essentially turn the bot into a mini Segway (see video above). There's one that allows the iRobot to select what the programmer believes is the best beer--Guinness--from a selection placed in front of it. ...
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Fast CoExist
Middle School Robotics Team Explains Upcoming Competition and Says 'Good ...
Patch.com
Please also don't miss our video greeting (at right) from members of therobotics team at Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek, who have a competition Saturday in Holland. Best of luck to the Steel Eagles. Winter should finally be back with rain turning ...
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School Board Approves Calendar for Next Year and Accepts Grant That Will Fund ...
Patch.com
... new robotics program at Lawrence High School and a district-wide audio-visual/TV production program called Lawrence Snippets. The awards portion of the board meeting also featured a video preview of the “From the Page to the Stage: A Celebration of ...
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2012 CES photos: Bieber, Snooki, LL Cool J, 50 Cent peddle products
Las Vegas Weekly (blog)
Some little singer named Justin Bieber, minus girlfriend Selena Gomez, unveiled an entertainment robot -- a prototype -- at the TOSY booth Wednesday. TOSYRobotics is a robotics company based in Vietnam. Thanks to Richard Corey for his video posted on ...
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French Self-Driving Car Takes to the Road
IEEE Spectrum
Leading the pack is Google's famed robot car, which has logged thousands of kilometers driving on public roads. But there are projects also in Italy, Germany, the UK, and reportedly China. Now we've learned about an interesting self-driving vehicle ...
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CoroWare Adds Robotic Operating System Compatibility in CoroBot Products
AZoRobotics
Moreover, the stock CoroBot camera has been enhanced to support 1080p full high-definition video quality. The company, keeping the needs of researchers in mind, provides the choice of ordering Lithium Ferrous Phosphate batteries that offer higher power ...
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If you like robots and creators that love what they do, check out Romo [Video]
The Next Web (blog)
Romo can move, emote, take pictures and beam video back to you wherever you are. But the open API means that it is capable of much more and the Romotive team is optimistic that developers will create all kinds of cool functionality for the small robot. ...
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A.I. take-over at KCVI and Frontenac:, Students take on international robotics ...
EMC Kingston
"(In the video they showed) there was a catapult and sort of shooting mechanism and rollers to get the ball across. But it didn't specify that you have to shoot the ball. I think you can also just place it inside. I don't think there's a limit to what ...
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The myth of the polite Englishman
Salon
From Skype to robotics, our basest instincts have given us our greatest innovations. An expert explains why By Thomas Rogers Our lives today are more defined by technology than ever before. Thanks to Skype and Google, we can video chat with our family ...
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The 8 Coolest Things at CES For Music Fans
Billboard
Several label execs who toured the floor this year were excited by technology from vendors like LG, TCL and Panasonic that could make 3-D video conversion faster and cheaper for the music industry to embrace. Move over, Siri. Voice activation is coming ...
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Billboard
Scientific American Presents the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) [Slide Show]
Scientific American
[More] Vietnamese robotics company TOSY received a visit from Justin Bieber at its booth on the CES floor, where the pop star matched moves with the company's new mRobo Ultra Bass dancing robot....[More] Innvo Labs's Yurbot is a USB-connected computer ...
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Scientific American
Gurnee First Lego League team powers up for state tournament
TribLocal
First Lego League is an international robotics competition designed to get youth ages, 9 to 12, excited about science and technology. Competing requires a team approach that mimics situations contestants will likely encounter as working adults. ...
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TribLocal
Video: Use Your Imagination, iDevice and AppGear For Augmented Reality Gaming
Wired News
In App Commander, your iOS or Android device slots into a physical toy gun, and you shoot at robots and other enemies who appear “in the real world.” Christina is a Wired.com staff writer covering Apple, robotics, and everything in between....
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Local gadgets at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Modular Robotics, a Boulder, Colo.-based Carnegie Mellon University startup, will demonstrate its robot construction kits for children during the show. The university's Quality of Life Technology Foundry is exhibiting five new products developed by its ...
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Bonaire Middle team qualifies for state
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Here we are building our little robot, and they have all these huge ones really doing work.” Higginbotham said the team's robot was named Chief 117. Not her choice for a name, she said it was taken from a Halo video game character other team members ...
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Macon Telegraph (blog)
TI's OMAP platform transforms ordinary houses into smart, interactive homes
Sacramento Bee
... empowering some of the hottest smartphones and tablets, TI today demonstrates its OMAP smart multicore processor capabilities in four smart home categories: big-screen displays, family video chat, handy household applications, and in-home robotics. ...
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Video: CES: Analysts predict the future of technology
PC Advisor
From smart kitchen appliances that could tell you, remotely, if elderly relatives have made breakfast for the day, to robots charging themselves and intelligently cleaning, a goal emerged: That carefully tailoring robotics and everyday items in support ...
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CES 2012: Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Justin Timberlake among drove of celebs
Entertainment Weekly
Speaking of robots, Justin Bieber is scheduled to appear today to promote TOSY Robotics (we'll eat our press fedora if he doesn't do the Robot. I mean, c'mon!). Fellow musician Ludacris was already on hand to announce his new line of headphones from ...
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Roku Boxes Come To The UK – For All Your Netflix And, Er, Angry Birds Needs
Bleeding Cool News
A Byrne Robotics poster Joe Hollon also added a photo from Byrne's studio showing the characters. Which has a rather rocky appearance for the central character…. Earlier today, after following the story for a month, Bleeding Cool gave you the first ...
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Shooting 360-degree iPhone videos just got easier
CNET Asia
Several startups have come up with clever ways to let the you take panoramic videos with the iPhone. Another one here at CES is GoPano, which grew out of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, and you can see the video interview I did with the CTO ...
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CNET Asia
Before Hexbug, mad scientists created BristleBot
San Francisco Chronicle
(Innovation First, Inc., an international robotics company in Texas, which did a limited release of the Hexbug Nano at the end of 2009 and opened it to mass retailers nationwide in 2010, said in an e-mail statement that the company had no comment.) ...
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Education Foundation Seeks New Members
Patch.com
Among the programs funded by WEF this year: the first Robotics team at the high school, Family Book Club for ESL families, IPads and apps for students with autism, CSI program at the middle school, Video Announcer's Club at Mill Pond School, ...
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Video: A First Look at the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone
Wired (blog)
But until then, you can check out the video above for a sense of what it's like. Christina is a Wired.com staff writer covering Apple, robotics, and everything in between. She's also written for Gizmodo and Wired magazine. Check out her Google+ profile ...
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Video: Casio 3-D Painting Tech Makes Eye-Catching Art
Wired (blog)
$800? It's not going to be cheap, if the service ever does become available. Christina is a Wired.com staff writer covering Apple, robotics, and everything in between. She's also written for Gizmodo and Wired magazine. Check out her Google+ profile here.
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Justin Bieber, Snooki, JustinTimberlake, celebs descend on CES
Los Angeles Times
Justin Bieber is set to appear with TOSY Robotics; the teen pop star is expected to help TOSY unveil its new entertainment robot on Wednesday afternoon. Dennis Rodman is scheduled to be at Paltalk's booth on Thursday to promote the service, ...
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Video: Rescuing Disaster Victims With Snake Robots Deployed By Dogs
By Rebecca Boyle Posted 01.17.2012 at 2:58 pm 0 Comments Dogs and robotsare both known for their search and rescue abilities, but each has its own flaws. ...
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Video: Students show their robotics skills in Lego ... - One News Page
Video: Students show their robotics skills in Lego tournament: Union Station was full of students and their robots today for the first Lego League Regional ...
www.onenewspage.us/.../Video-Students-show-their-robotics-s...
Video News: Dead Boy Robotics/Michael Cassidy/Sparrow and the ...
Video News: Dead Boy Robotics/Michael Cassidy/Sparrow and the Workshop/ Tango In The Attic/Three Blind Wolves/Vukovi. Posted on January 10, 2012. 0 ...
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Video Friday: Giant Robotic Eggs Dance a Tango - IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, featuring news, articles, and videos on robots, humanoids, automation, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, robot kits, and more.
spectrum.ieee.org/.../video-friday-giant-robotic-eggs-dance-a-t...
Beekays Tech News: Meet Tailbot: A Robotics Breakthrough ...
Meet Tailbot: A Robotics Breakthrough Inspired by Dinosaurs [VIDEO]. ... Berkeley graduate ...
www.beekays.com/.../meet_tailbot_a_robotics_breakthrough_i...
Video: Robots roll, fly, dance cuddle at CES
Video: Robots roll, fly, dance & cuddle at CES. Tweet. Share. James Temple. I was finally able to find time to track down the elusive robots at CES. The relevant...
blog.sfgate.com/.../video-robots-roll-fly-dance-cuddle-at-ces/
Atomic Robotics - Google+ - Robotic News: World news about ...
Robotic News: World news about robotics. This video demonstrates how an active tail can help lizards (and robots) control pitch during jumps and falls. …
https://plus.google.com/.../posts/ax616ZQJXfH
Justin Bieber Unveils Robot CES 2012 News New TOSY mRobo ...
Ratings have been disabled for this video. Uploaded by SBARTSTV on Jan 11, 2012. CES ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8dXaoTyWe8
Justin Bieber Shows Off Dancing Robot 'mRobo ... - One News Page
News video: Raw Video: Bieber Unveils Dancing Robot at CES Pop singer Justin Bieber unveiled a state-of-the-art speaker that doubles as a dancing robot at...
www.onenewspage.com/.../Justin-Bieber-Shows-Off-Dancing-...
ROBO-G Robot Movie (Video) | Robots Dreams
I took a few hours off this evening and went to see the new ROBO-G robot ... TheRobots Dreams video channel on YouTube includes new robot product news, ...
www.robots-dreams.com/2012/.../robo-g-robot-movie-video.h...
robotic - Latest news, videos, and information- msnbc.com
The U.S. Office of Naval Research is working on autonomous, robotic helicopters that Marines could order in minutes, using an app on a device such as an iPad ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../technology_and_science-robotic?q...
Science News Daily || Video: robots now leaping with lizard-inspired ...
A new generation of robots has just grown a 'tails' thanks to inspiration from the lizard. A research team at the University of California, Berkeley, funded in part by ...
www.sciencenewsdaily.org/robotics-news/.../page2.html
National Defense Industrial Association Announces ... - Yahoo! News
News: Limited opportunities available to showcase innovative robotic ... Discovernews, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and ...
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