Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Robot

  • As technology continues to improve, humanlike robots will likely play an ever-increasing role in our lives: They may become tutors for children, caretakers for the elderly, office receptionists or even housemaids.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • It stands a little over a meter tall and has an uncanny and rather unnerving resemblance to a small child, the iCub is a European project aimed at helping researchers steal a march on rivals. That iCub looks like a small child is no coincidence.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • This small, Styrofoam-hulled watercraft has a mind of its own. Its a floating robot made to land on a lake, propel itself around and gather data about the water and atmosphere as it goes.
  • (msnbc.com)
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  • (Slate)
  • Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to buy warehouse robot maker Kiva Systems Inc. of North Reading for $775 million in cash, both companies said on Monday, in the second-largest acquisition ever made by the giant e-commerce firm.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • Saffir stands for shipboard autonomous firefighting robot. I could just stop here and let that description be enough awesomeness for one day, but theres more. This humanoid robot comes from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
  • (CNET News)
  • The Navy will soon have fire-fighting humanoid robots aboard its military vessels. [More from Mashable: Who's Responsible When Robots Kill? 'We Robot' Conference Hunts Answers] Navy ship fires are all too common, with or without military battles.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Its a firefighter. Its a sailor. Its a lifelike robot about the size of a man able to perform both jobs, with the added ability to toss grenades.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Amazon (AMZN) said this week it is buying Kiva Systems, which makes robots that can fetch the products it sends out to customers. Kivas robots promise to make Amazons already efficient fulfillment centers even speedier.
  • (MSN Money)

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