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14 min ago | Groong

Russia Developing `Terrorist-Killer Robots'

Russia Developing `Terrorist-Killer Robots' MOSCOW, May 17 - Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

4 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

Girl power in full force at Usf Stem summit

There were girls flying paper airplanes in the hallways, sending marbles down roller-coaster tracks they built and controlling a humongous robot while having fun all day Saturday.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL, Venice, FL

Sat May 18, 2013

Pasadena Star-News

L.A. hobbyists seek $1.5 million prize in NASA Mars robot challenge

Jim Rothrock of Wunderkammer Laboratory has built an autonomous robot for a NASA competition to develop technology that can retrieve rock samples on Mars, which would then be returned to Earth.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Robots

The Miami Herald

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

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Related Topix: Fremont, CA, CPU, Science / Technology, Robots, San Francisco, CA

Bloomberg

1982 Just Called: It Wants Credit for Predicting 2013

Flying cars, meals in pill form, robot overlords - many attempts to predict the future turn out predictably wrong.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Technabob.com

Airburr Flying Robot Attaches to Walls, Someday Your Face

This flying robot seems pretty creepy. Not only can it fly around, it can attach itself to walls like some sort of flying lizard.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Robots.net

Ready for the Official Arduino Robot?

Via FreeIO.org comes news of a new open hardware robot: the official Arduino Robot .

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology

The Mercury

Robots built to to care

ROBOTS which sing and dance, read books and sense feelings are being used to support people with dementia and their care givers.

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New Launches

Makr Shakr - a robotic bartender that's ready to enthral Google's I/O After Hours party

After a hard day's work you hit a pub to find a little reprieve but the busy bartender delays the drink, it can be extremely distressing.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Fri May 17, 2013

VentureBeat

Where robots fail: Why education can't just be digital

From the explosion in popularity of language learning apps like Mindsnacks to the media furor about the rise of massive open online courses , companies are being built around the idea that technology can radically reshape our relationship with education.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology, Journalism, Education Etc., Family, Kids

Patch.com

Chatham High Students Win $12K at Robotics Competition

Chatham High School 's robotics team recently took second place in the Panasonic Robotic Competition at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Criminal Report Daily

Aww, These Two Robots Love Each Other

These two robots totally love each other. Occasionally, they can't stand each other.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

MuchMusic.com

Get ready for Monday's Will Smith Movie Marathon with this playlist

MUCH is celebrating the long weekend with one of movie and TV's freshest actors ever.

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Related Topix: Short, Independence Day, Will Smith, Comedy, Thriller, I, Robot, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Black Entertainment, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Hip-Hop, Entertainment, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Celebrities, Science / Technology

Newsday

Bren-Tronics eyeing more expansion

In Islip accident on Rt 111 / Wheeler Rd SB at Southern State Pky/Heckscher Pky.

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Related Topix: Islip, NY, Commack, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Science / Technology

CBS Local

World Trade Day Features Robots, New Tech

The event was hosted by Infinity Park. It teaches businesses like Gamma Two Robotics how to market their products internationally.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

MTV

'Pacific Rim' Trailer Surfaces: Watch Now

With a summer movie season already crowded with big superheroes, you'd have to be a giant robot or monster to vie for attention.

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Related Topix: Robots, Science / Technology

Design News

Harvard, MIT Researchers Design 3D Printed, Self-Assembling Robots

Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have teamed up to design a 3D printed robot that can crawl like an inchworm and can assemble itself when given a jolt of electricity.

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Related Topix: Robots, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Science, Computer Science

Thu May 16, 2013

Mashable

Military Robots Will Patrol World Cup

Even non-soccer fans know how hooliganism can quickly turn a harmless match into a veritable war zone, full of riots, stabbings, even death.

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Memphis Commercial Appeal

Students show off their robots at Medtronic in Memphis

Hamilton High School student Vontez Nelson, 19, works to get his school's FIRST! Robotics robot operating during a recap and appreciation day at Medtronic headquarters.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, St. Mary's, AK

National Public Radio

Daft Punk On 'The Soul That A Musician Can Bring'

In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo elected to make the latest Daft Punk album in a real studio, with real musicians.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Daft Punk, Science / Technology, Computers

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