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Watch This Video Of Robots Harvesting Space Junk

Watch This Video Of Robots Harvesting Space Junk | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Like email and the Internet, GPS is one of those seemingly magic technologies--we know somewhere deep down that the directions on our smartphone have to come from somewhere, but it’s easier not to think about the satellites hovering in space (and...
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Video: Drones, Quadrupeds, Humanoids, and More Robots From ICRA 2013

Video: Drones, Quadrupeds, Humanoids, and More Robots From ICRA 2013 | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
We saw lots of robots at 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Like, seriously, lots of robots. Seriously. For real.
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Video Friday: Quadrotor Acrobatics, Telerobotic Pitcher, and RoboRoach

Video Friday: Quadrotor Acrobatics, Telerobotic Pitcher, and RoboRoach | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
If you're wondering what the next trend in robotics is, look no farther than Video Friday to see what kinds of robots consistently end up in the news from week to week. Here's a hint: lately, it's been quadrotors.
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Mini humanoid robots are beginning to walk more like people

Mini humanoid robots are beginning to walk more like people | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Two Japanese roboticists have programmed their miniature humanoid robots to walk more like humans.
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Linkbot: That Modular Robot You've Always Wanted Is Now on Kickstarter - IEEE Spectrum

Linkbot: That Modular Robot You've Always Wanted Is Now on Kickstarter - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
These small, easy to program modules snap together to make bigger robots
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Video Friday: TurtleBots, Kilobots, and (More) Ikea Furniture Assembly - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: TurtleBots, Kilobots, and (More) Ikea Furniture Assembly - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
How many robots does it take to assemble an Ikea table?
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DARPA's Virtual Robotics Challenge: OSRF Gets Simulator Ready - IEEE Spectrum

DARPA's Virtual Robotics Challenge: OSRF Gets Simulator Ready - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
We've got an overview of the tasks competitors will have to conquer
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UC Berkeley's Little Legged Robots Grow Wings and Tails - IEEE ...

UC Berkeley's Little Legged Robots Grow Wings and Tails - IEEE ... | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Legged robots have a lot to learn from animals with additional accessories.
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Artificial Intelligence in Machines

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it.The term Artificial Intelligence was coined by John McCarthy, in 1956, who defines it as "the science and engineering of...

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The study and design of intelligent agents, a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success...

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Designing a More Human-Like Lower Leg for Biped Robots - IEEE ...

Designing a More Human-Like Lower Leg for Biped Robots - IEEE ... | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Japanese roboticists have set out to reinvent the wheel, er, the leg.
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Researchers use Kinect to create precog robots that know when you ...

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Researchers at Cornell University have been hard at work using Microsoft's Kinect to help robots predict human behavior. Thanks to ...
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DARPA Robot Looks Human 2013

The PETMAN robot was developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from the DoD CBD program. It is used to test the performance of protective clothing designed f...
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Flocking With Lego Mindstorms NXT | An Engineer's Blog

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Moths That Drive Cars (Really) : NPR

Moths That Drive Cars (Really) : NPR | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Welcome to the New World in which, no kidding, insects run robots. In this case, 14 moths take 14 drives in a wheeled vehicle and steer right to the target. Seeing is believing. (Welcome to the #newworld in which, no kidding, insects run robots!
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This Robot Wants to Beat You at Air Hockey

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When it comes to playing games against robots, the future doesn't look too bright for us humans.
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Swarm Robotics at CU-Boulder

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a swarm of intelligent robots that can work together to perform tasks, like containing an oi...
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DARPA challenges virtual robots before the real ones step in - Gizmag

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An overview of the Virtual Robotics Challenge segment of the DARPA Robotics Challenge.
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Video Friday: PR1, DARPA Cyborgs, and AR Drones Go Haywire - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: PR1, DARPA Cyborgs, and AR Drones Go Haywire - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Before PR2, there was PR1. Plus tons more videos, as always!
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Robot Scout Finds Fires With 3D Thermal Imaging - IEEE Spectrum

Robot Scout Finds Fires With 3D Thermal Imaging - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
This robot happily goes map fires so that you don't have to
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Scientists create 'thought-controlled' flying robots | The Raw Story

Scientists create 'thought-controlled' flying robots | The Raw Story | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a new type of interface that allows humans to control airborne robots with the electricity generated by thoughts, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal ...
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A Waggable Tail Lets This Crawling Robot Turn on a Dime

A Waggable Tail Lets This Crawling Robot Turn on a Dime | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
UC Berkeley might be able to claim the title of 'world's fastest turning robot' and it's all thanks to an innovation that Mother Nature came up even well before the dinosaurs: a wagging tail.
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Rob Mueller, Lead Senior Technologist, Kennedy Space Center, FL :: NASA Tech Briefs

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Soft robots could benefit from new light-controlled hydrogel - Gizmag

Soft robots could benefit from new light-controlled hydrogel - Gizmag | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
A new hydrogel developed at the University of California, Berkeley that moves in response to light could find applications in soft robotics.
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CurvACE gives robots a bug's eye view - Gizmag

CurvACE gives robots a bug's eye view - Gizmag | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
A consortium of European researchers an artificial compound eye that reproduces the architecture of the eyes of insects and other arthropods.
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Fire ants could teach tunneling robots a few tricks - Futurity: Research News

Fire ants could teach tunneling robots a few tricks - Futurity: Research News | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Science Recorder Fire ants could teach tunneling robots a few tricks Futurity: Research News Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much despised insect whose painful bites and extensive...
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Make a LEGO Robot With a Raspberry Pi

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The BrickPi system lets you create your own Raspberry Pi LEGO robot with open-source Arduino firmware and programming capabilities.

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