It's easy to imagine this quadruped robot with a prehensile proboscis is a living creature with awareness.
We really shouldn't be pissing off the machines... from PeopleBeingJerks
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Aug 18, 2017
Look at this man trying to stop a Boston Dynamics robot from opening a door
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Electromechanical "skin" turns everyday objects into robots
Yale engineers developed “robotic skins” from elastic sheets integrating sensors and electromechanical actuators. The idea is that most any flexible object could be transformed into a robot. Professor Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and her colleagues reported on their project, called OmniSkins, in the journal Science Robotics. From YaleNews: Placed on a deformable object — a stuffed animal […]
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Meet Hal, the Pediatric Patient Simulator built to suffer
HAL is described as the “world’s most advanced” Pediatric Patient Simulator. Hal simulates lifelike emotions through “dynamic facial expressions, movement and speech.” Gaumard Scientific’s video promises “amazed, transient pain, crying, and more.” [via @3liza] HAL not only looks like a boy, he behaves like one. He can track a finger with his eyes, answer questions, […]
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Papers sought for We Robot: Miami's eighth annual conference on robots and the law
Michael Froomkin writes, "We Robot, now heading into its 8th year, is lots of fun -- and it's also the leading North American conference on robotics law and policy. The 2019 edition will be held at the University of Miami on April 12-13, 2019, preceded by a day of special workshops on April 11. We […]
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This DIY drone kit teaches you STEM skills
Gone are the days when you needed to pore over a 400-page physics textbook to learn about weight ratios, aerodynamics, and all of those other STEM concepts that let us take to the skies. Thanks to Force Flyers’ DIY Building Block Drones, you can foster your STEM knowledge as you build and fly your own functional […]
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Build a career in IT with this MCSE certification training
As more companies leverage cloud technology to unite and streamline their operations, the need for capable IT pros increases. But, as any IT guru will tell you, demand alone won’t get your foot in the door to this lucrative field. If you want to cash in on the demand and build a thriving IT career, […]
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Start making iOS 12 apps with this developer bootcamp
iOS 12 is finally here, which means now is the best time for aspiring developers to throw their hats into the app development game. While app development can be tricky for some, you can take an intuitive, beginner-friendly approach to understanding app creation and Apple’s latest iOS platform with the iOS 12 & Xcode 10 Bootcamp, […]
