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• Robots Dive Deep To Solve Airliner Crash Mystery

  coondoggie writes "A small squadron of undersea robots has begun to conduct a 4-month, 3,900 square mile search of Atlantic Ocean bottom looking for the deep-sea wreck site of and black boxes from Air France Flight 447 which crashed off the coast of Brazil nearly two years ago. The Air...

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  March 31, 2011, 6:11 pm| Read full article | More articles from slashdot.org

• Watch-controlled robo-tot grasps small objects, the meaning of life (video)

  

  It may seem like there's an abundance of robot news lately, but we're just trying to please our mechanical overlords deliver the latest in gadget and technology news. What we've got here is an Arduino-based robo-gripper that serves only to move around and use its 3D printed claws to grab...

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  March 30, 2011, 3:53 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Visualized: awesome, non-functioning 'robot' made from worthless computer parts

  

  It might not actually do anything, and it's certainly in no danger of crawling into (or out of, however that metaphor works) uncanny valley, but Mike Schropp's latest creation sure put a smile on our face. All this thing needs is a pair of Pentium Nikes and it'll be truly...

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  March 29, 2011, 1:33 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• The Thinking Machines flashes back to 1968 for a lesson in computer logic, sideburns (video)

  

  Another dusty gem's emerged from the vintage gold mine that is AT&T's Tech Channel archive, and this one's packed full of useful information and some classic Jetsons-style animation. The Thinking Machines pits man against computer to explain how the things reason, and it does so with a soundtrack that's straight...

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  March 29, 2011, 12:01 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Quadrocopters juggle balls cooperatively, mesmerize with their lethal accuracy (video)

  

  You've seen one quadrocopter juggle a ball autonomously while gliding through the air, but how's about a pair of them working cooperatively? Yeah, we've got your attention now. The Zurich-based lab that brought us the piano-playing and ball-bouncing quadrocopter is back with a simply breathtaking display of robotic dexterity and...

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  March 28, 2011, 4:57 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Students build self-balancing TIPI robot, plan new world order (video)

  

  Remember this guy, the QB robot that was priced at a whopping $15 grand? Seemingly, the webcam wheeler inspired a team of young minds at the University of Waterloo, who've unleashed the DIY in themselves to build one of their own. TIPI, or Telepresence Interface by Pendulum Inversion, was designed...

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  March 28, 2011, 2:32 pm| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• SWITL scoops oozy goop with amazing robotic precision (video)

  

  Look, sometimes, not often, but sometimes we'll miss a truly spectacular and mind bending story that requires a double-back. The SWITL robotic hand is just such a case. The patent-pending technology looks to have been revealed on video back in late October showing the Furukawa Kikou robot deftly lifting a...

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  March 28, 2011, 4:53 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

• Flying Robot Bird Unveiled

  mikejuk writes "Festo, well known for their biologically inspired robots, have a new creation called SmartBird. It is amazing to watch and all the more amazing when you realize that it flaps its wings and all of the control is via a torsion drive which twists the wings during each...

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  March 27, 2011, 9:36 pm| Read full article | More articles from slashdot.org

• Qatar building fleet of remote control 'clouds' for World Cup 2022

  

  When Qatar, an insanely wealthy Arab emirate roughly the size of Connecticut, won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup, one of the stipulations was that its newly constructed open-air soccer stadiums would be air conditioned. Of course, this is Qatar we're talkin' about here, so the solution would...

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  March 27, 2011, 12:17 am| Read full article | More articles from engadget.com

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