Robot Shoots 'Em Up: Army Assesses Northrop's MADSS
Here's the latest exciting — and unnerving — unmanned system to catch our eye: a 1.5-ton robot that shoots the ever-living crap out of things. Oh, and the manufacturer, Northrop Grumman — most famous for building the B-2 stealth bomber — decided to …
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Wonderful Floppy Robots Evolve Before Your Eyes
… Before Your Eyes. Blog 10/8/2013 04:22 PM EDT 0 comments post a comment. NO RATINGS. Login to Rate. Tweet. While it may be the beginning of another long week, check out these soft robots flopping around — it will surely brighten things up a bit.
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More human than human: People prefer robots that look like them
So says a new study that adds to mounting evidence that humans are superficial and judgmental creatures, quick to draw conclusions about the abilities of robots based heavily on how human the machines look. At Georgia Tech, two group of adults — 32 …
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Singularity Hub Membership Update — Come For The Robots, Stay For The …
Singularity Hub Membership Update — Come For The Robots, Stay For The Humans. connected-android. Consider the following questions: Will robots help us to be more productive and creative or lazy and exploited? Will androids be greeted with open arms …
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How Robots Can Trick You Into Loving Them
Robosimian — a headless, quadrupedal disaster-response robot designed by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — is a bit more useful than my Roomba, slightly more human-looking and a lot less cute: the C-3PO to my R2-D2. Robosimian can …
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