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Monday, August 24, 2009
Robots

Asimo Autonomously Navigates Moving Obstacle Course

3:00AM Jack Loftus | Asimo, still licking its wounds after being outrun by Toyota, fired back earlier this month at Carnegie Mellon, where it learned how to navigate complex, moving obstacle courses. Seriously impressive stuff in this video—just wait until things start spinning! More »
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Robots

The “First Real Robot For Girls” Is A Pink, Waddling Penguin

8:40AM Matt Buchanan | The adorable counterpart to Prime8, Penbo is supposedly the “first real robot for girls.” It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: More »
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Robots

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Runs On His Hands, Smashes Aibos To Bits

7:40AM Matt Buchanan | What’s special about Bossa Nova’s Prime8 robot—a $US100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute’s $US20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It’s the first bipedal toy robot, and it is fast. Just watch. More »
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Science

Step Aside, Multitouch and Haptics: This Touchscreen Has Buttons

7:28PM John Herrman | A couple of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, apparently tired of this whole touchscreen vs. button debate, have decided to just do away with the distinction entirely. More »
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