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Smart Sand, aka Robotic Pebbles, Promises Easy Way To Duplicate Objects ...
Huffington Post
They're created and tested their system in what they call "smart pebblerobots," cubes that are 10 millimeters on each side that can self-assemble to create 2D objects that are one cube thick. They've also performed computer simulations that show the ...
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Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes
Science Codex
One of their videos shows a snake biting the robot's head. Snakes will rarely strike at a flagging adult squirrel -- and if they do they almost always miss, Clark said. "Squirrels have a remarkable ability to move out of the way of an oncoming snake ...
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Science Codex
Programmable 'smart sand' can assume any shape
ZDNet (blog)
Researchers at MIT have developed a robotic system for duplicating shapes, which could someday allow spontaneous formation of new tools or replacements for broken objects. 'Smart pebbles' — cubes about 10 millimeters to an edge — with processors and ...
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ZDNet (blog)
MIT Develops Self-Sculpting Sand That Can Replicate Objects
TPM
On Monday, MIT announced that researchers had successfully developed a prototype of the system out of robotic, magnetic cubes — “robot pebbles” — each one cubic centimeter, or 10 mm per side, that could successfully replicate 2D shapes.
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The Rise of the Artifical Intelligence Economy
The Atlantic
It certainly seems like a weekly basis that a Youtube video emerges of a technology that "confounds expectations an intuitions". From the creepily humanoid robotics of Petman, to somehow menacing cooperation of a swarm of nano quadrotors, things seem a ...
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MIT: We're one step closer to self-replicating objects
GigaOM
The Distributed Robotics Laboratory (DRL) at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is demonstrating intelligent, one centimeter cubes that can assume any shape through magnetism principles and algorithms.
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GigaOM
SPOTLIGHT ON KAVLI VIDEO CONTEST: TOP 20 FINALISTS
ScienceBlogs (blog)
Can you tell us what inspired you to make this video? My passion for roboticsand scientific curiosity to solve problems What do you want to study in college? Engineering & Business What kind of career do you want to pursue?
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Robot Pebbles Created To Form 3D Objects (video)
Geeky gadgets
The “smart sand” or “robot pebbles” as they have been named reconstruct objects by carving them from an unformed piles ofrobot pebbles by subtracting building blocks from a larger heap, according to MIT. Watch the video after the jump to see the robot...
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Geeky gadgets
Programmable smart sand is awesome
SlashGear
The little devices were created in MIT's Distributed RoboticsLaboratory at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The researchers hope that someday the system may be able to allow for the spontaneous formation of replacements for...
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SlashGear
Diving into Colonial history
William and Mary News
Fixing a submarine: Rachel Brotherton and Jennifer Yang, two Williamsburg Montessori Middle School students, repair a faulty thruster motor on the LBV-150 underwater robot during the Cornwallis ROV project on the York River. By David Malmquist | April ...
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2012 International CSTEM Challenge First Place Award Winners Announced
MarketWatch (press release)
As part of the competition, student teams worked and solved problems collaboratively on projects in creative writing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), green/environmental stewardship, mural, sculpture, robotics, social media and a STEM Quiz Bowl, ...
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'Smart sand' builds copies of objects
New Scientist (blog)
Self-assembling robots have been around for ages, from modules that build themselves into a mechanical snake that can wriggle across the floor, torobotic pieces that automatically stack to build a two-legged walker. Now Daniela Rus and her student ...
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Peachtree City UPDATES - Week of April 2, 2012
The Citizen.com (blog)
WASA / Red Zone Robotics Sewer Mapping & Video Project – ONGOING through July 2013. Red Zone will be accessing every sanitary sewer line in Peachtree City seven days a week, with most work performed between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm Contractors will be in ...
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Why Drone Journalism May Have a Hard Time Getting Off the Ground
Mashable
Passionate enough about these flying gizmos to found DIY drones and startup 3D Robotics, he's got two feet firmly on the ground when it comes to using them for journalism. In the US, flying them to gather news is still illegal.
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St. Gabriel's Catholic School Launches Innovative Technology Initiative with ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
In the “flipped classroom” students watch video lessons from Khan Academy at home and complete assignments in class. By doing so, teachers are able to provide direct observations of student learning and attend to each student's individual needs.
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First-Look: The Stunning 4.7-Inch HTC One X Smartphone
Wired News
Like an all-seeing robotic eye, the 8-megapixel camera, surrounded by circular aluminum bezel, is centered at the top of the device. When you're holding the phone in landscape orientation to take a shot, you do need to be careful with your hand ...
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Skills competition
The Kingston Whig-Standard
By The Whig-Standard Animation, carpentry, culinary arts, robotics and graphic design are just a few of more than 30 skilled trades and technology events that students will compete in during the ninth Annual Limestone Skills Competition at St. Lawrence ...
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Women in tech: It's time to drop the old stereotypes
The Independent
“There is a need for computing or electronics in countless fields – energy, defence, entertainment, robotics, aerospace and education, just to name a few,” says Teresa Schofield, chair of Women in Engineering group at the Institute of Electrical and ...
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Kids summer programsAcademicArtsDay CampsFaith-BasedResidentialSports Camps
Waterloo Record
Week 1 (July 9 to 13): Grades 1 to 3 — LEGO Robotics; Computer Capers; Art Counts; Grades 4 to 6 — Computers and Beyond; Covered in Chocolate; More Electricity in Action; Pharaohs, Pi and Gladiators; Grades 6 to 9 — Techno-Zombie-Fest; ...
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Smart Sand, aka Robotic Pebbles, Promises Easy Way To Duplicate ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Smart Sand, aka Robotic Pebbles, Promises Easy Way To Duplicate Objects, Scientists Say (VIDEO). Posted: 04/ ... With all the circuitry wound inside each cube, there wasn't room to place magnets on all six faces, Gilpin told MITNews.
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Sand Flea: Boston Dynamics Releases Video Of Impressive Jumping Robot
... Sand Flea. The company posted a video of the Sand Flea robot in action on its YouTube channel on March 27. ... Related News On Huffington Post:Robotics ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../sand-flea-video-jumping-robot_n...
The Week's Best Robot Videos: Bots Fight It Out and Patrol the Seas
Every Friday, Future Tense rounds up the best robot videos of the week. ...Tadesse, the lead author of the study that details the project, tells DiscoveryNews that ...
www.slate.com/.../smartpets_jelly_bots_and_robot_fighting_c...
'Super nerds' converge for robotics battle | Video | Fox News
'Super nerds' converge for robotics battle. Mar 23 ... Student-built robotscompete head-to-head in Seattle ... Get Updates from Fox News Video on Facebook ...
video.foxnews.com/.../super-nerds-converge-for-robotics-battl...
Jellyfish-Inspired Robot Runs on Hydrogen : Discovery News
DNEWS VIDEO: Robotic Snails May Save Lives. Jellyfish are good organisms to ... NEWS: Robotic Cheetah Breaks Land Speed Record. The robotreplicates a ...
news.discovery.com/.../robot-jellyfish-hydrogen-120321.html
Amazing Video of Advancing Robotics | Old-Thinker News
Youtube | April 3, 2012 The electro-mechanical robots shown in this video are autonomous, that is they operate solely on the basis of their electronic ...
www.oldthinkernews.com/.../amazing-video-advancing-roboti...
Robots take over Troy Athens H.S. - One News Page [US] VIDEO
Robots take over Troy Athens H.S... News video on One News Page[US] on Friday, 30 March 2012.
www.onenewspage.us/.../Robots-take-over-Troy-Athens.htm
Video Friday: Warm Robot Hand, Rugged RHex, and ROBO-ONE ...
IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, featuring news, articles, and videos onrobots, humanoids, automation, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, robot kits, and more.
spectrum.ieee.org/.../video-friday-warm-robot-hand-rugged-r...
Video: Cybercrime, Dell Smartphones, Tokya subway, robots and ...
Expert PC help and advice including news, hardware reviews, forums, buying advice ... Video: Cybercrime, Dell Smartphones, Tokya subway, robots and more ...
www.pcadvisor.co.uk/.../video-cybercrime-dell-smartphones-t...
'Super nerds' converge for robotics battle - Yahoo! News
Watch the video ''Super nerds' converge for robotics battle' on Yahoo! News.
news.yahoo.com/.../super-nerds-converge-for-robotics-battle-...
Science News Daily || A Robot Dog with an iPhone Face (Video)
The makers of Tamagotchi bring cuteness to weaponized levels. Man's best friend? There's an app for that.
www.sciencenewsdaily.org/robotics-news/cluster143235316/
'Sand Flea' Robot Jumps 30 Feet [VIDEO] mobile apps news 'Sand ...
This flea is quite a bit more powerful than the ones on mangy mutts. Roboticscompany Boston Dynamics created an 11-pound robot called the “Sa…
www.mobile-apps-news.com/‘sand-flea’-robot-jumps-30-feet-...
McKinney Students Gear Up for Robotics Competition | NBC 5 ...
TIPS. home; news; Video; Weather; Entertainment; The Scene; On Air; Traffic; contests ... news/local/McKinney-Students-Prepare-for-Robotics-Competition/ ...
www.nbcdfw.com/.../McKinney-Students-Gearing-Up-For-Ro...
SK540 News! « Skookum Robotics
SK540 News! Posted in News and Updates | Comments Off. Just in time for the weekend, we have some photos and videos of the brand new SK540 for your ...
www.skookumrobotics.com/news-and-updates/sk540-news/
GAROO Retains ROBO-ONE Championship in the ... - Robots Dreams
The Robots Dreams video channel on YouTube includes new robot productnews, exclusive coverage from major robot events including ROBO-ONE, the...
www.robots-dreams.com/.../garoo-retains-robo-one-champion...
Forestbrook Middle School robotics club gears up to ... - SCNow
WBTW - Morning News - Preperty Logos ... Post a Comment or Rate thisVideo ... Students build robots out of Lego pieces, then they use a computer program to ...
www2.scnow.com/.../forestbrook-middle-school-robotics-club...
'Sand Flea' Robot Jumps 30 Feet [VIDEO] - Technology News ...
This flea is quite a bit more powerful than the ones on mangy mutts. Roboticscompany Boston Dynamics created an 11-pound robot called the “Sa…
technewscast.com/.../‘sand-flea’-robot-jumps-30-feet-video/
7 Hawaii Island teams head to Oahu for robot - Big Island Video News
HONOLULU, Hawaii: More than 1000 high-school students from around the world will have the opportunity to showcase their hard work after an intense six...
www.bigislandvideonews.com/.../7-hawaii-island-teams-head-t...
Technology Video: Meet Nexi, an Emotional Robot | CaryCitizen
CaryCitizen is the leading online news source for Cary, NC. ... If you find thisvideo interesting, show it to your kids. ... Technology Video: Nexi MDS Robot...
carycitizen.com/.../technology-video-meet-nexi-an-emotional-...
the bipedal 'Parkour' robot (video) | Latest Technology News
the bipedal 'Parkour' robot (video) A future threatened by wild roboticrottweilers with no humanoid dog-walkers to keep them in check.
www.ifatechno.com/the-bipedal-parkour-robot-video.html
XV-12 Docking issue video • Robot Reviews
XV-12 Docking issue video. News and information about the Neato XV-11Robotic Vacuum. All discussion and troubleshooting questions go here. 1 post • Page ...
www.robotreviews.com/chat/viewtopic.php?f=20&t...0
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