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12 min ago | Gizmag

Acrobatic XRL robot takes cliffs and valleys in its stride

Most land-dwelling animals with skeletons have the ability to jump. It is of particular importance to survival, as running primarily consists of a long series of jumps.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Gadgets

4 hrs ago | Animal

Daft Punk's Music Box Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robots

I was never a Daft Punk fan until Random Access Memories , and it had to do with a shallow perception of the band as gimmick musicians: robot masks, huge waiting periods between albums , a unified aesthetic that didn't ring genuine, but as carefully branded as a corporate logo.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Daft Punk, Science / Technology

6 hrs ago | The Herald

UN investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'

A United Nations human rights investigator called on Thursday for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called "killer robots" being deployed on the battlefield.

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9 hrs ago | The Financial Mirror

Mazor Robotics' American Depository Rece ...

Mazor Robotics Ltd. , a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, announced today that it will commence trading of its American Depositary Shares represented by American Depositary Receipts through The Bank of New York Mellon , on or about Tuesday May 28, 2013.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, BNY Mellon, Bank of New York, Banking, Financial Services

10 hrs ago | KurzweilAI.net

Russia developing anti-terrorist robots

Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on May 17, RIA Novosti reports .

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14 hrs ago | Data Center Knowledge

The Robot-Driven Data Center of Tomorrow

Tape libraries, like this one at Google, provide an example of the use of robotics to manage data centers.

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Related Topix: Robots, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, RFID News

Wed May 22, 2013

Denver Westword

The eight hottest robots in pop culture

Robots are everywhere. From helping us find cat videos on the Internet to assembling other robots , they've become almost as ubiquitous in real life as they have been in pop culture for years.

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Kinston Free Press

Teaching East Kinston youth robotics

A Kinston couple began a robotics class in March at Holloway Center, serving nearly 20 children as young as 8-years-old. As Kinston Robotics is in the beginning stage, there is only a pair of robots to work with.

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Related Topix: Kinston, NC, Science / Technology, Robots, Kids, Family

Machine Design

Ring-table design can handle car bodies

Engineers at German-based EDAG needed a rotating ring table for small-lot production of cars.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Willoughby, OH

Slashdot

Will Robots Take Over the Data Center?

What might a robot-controlled 'lights-out' data center look like? The racks will be taller, as robotics systems can reach higher to manage servers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Whittier Daily News

Deep-space pizza parties? NASA mulls 3-D printers for food

NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to figure out how to feed them over the course of a years-long mission.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Space, Robots, Life, Food, Recipes

How Stuff Works

Evolution Helps Build Better Robots

This virtual robot evolved to move as quickly as possible using four types of tissue: soft support tissue, bone and two types of muscle.

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RedOrbit

Fire Ants Help Researchers Work Towards Better...

While ants can spoil a picnic, and fire ants are despised for their painful bites, the tiny creatures are masters at tunneling, and this expertise could be put to good use.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

KMIZ

Robot exoskeleton suits to make us superhuman

If you've been dreaming of strapping on your own "Iron Man" armor, you might have to wait a while longer.

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The Rio Times

Brazil Militarizes Borders Ahead of Cup

The Ministry of Defense in Brazil is sending 25,000 soldiers to patrol its borders in an unprecedented military operation to shore up security at next month's Confederations Cup.

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Related Topix: US Navy, Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, Science / Technology

Tue May 21, 2013

Reuters

Cheetah robot - a model of speed and efficiency

Wells Fargo's Walter Price says analysts aren't giving Google enough credit for growth in its mobile and video businesses and says the stock holds more opportunity than rival internet giant Yahoo.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Weather

Science Daily

A tiny programmable fly's eye

Compared to single-lens eyes, compound eyes offer lower resolution, but significantly larger fields of view, thin package, and with negligible distortion.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Science / Technology

MSNBC

I Hate fire ants. I have been attacked twice.

Researchers believe new findings about the curious locomotion of fire ants could give engineers lessons for building automated search-and-rescue robots designed to hunt for human victims trapped underground.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Entomology, Science, Georgia Tech, US News, Liberal Political News

Patch.com

RHS Wins Robotics Competition

The following was sent by the Ridgewood Public Schools. The RHS Robotics Team competed in the annual Botball Competition on May 11 at Rahway High School.

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Related Topix: Ridgewood, NJ, Science / Technology, Robots

Hedonistica

WTF Did I Just Watch?: Strangling A Robotic Dinosaur To See If People Empathize With Robot Pain

This is the video shown to participants in a study conducted by the University of Duisburg-Essen to determine if humans feel empathy towards tortured robots .

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