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- Robot
- A stand-alone hybrid computer system that performs physical and computational activities. Capable of performing many different tasks, it is a multiple-motion device with one or more arms and joints....
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- Flying robots based on birds and insects
- Flying robots based on birds and insectsthey should make them for personal flightforget about surveillance, i want one for personal flight,check this one out,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxPV7xOOZUgo to 1:20
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- The world's heaviest robot
- The world's heaviest robotThis is wonderfulSuch repetitive and tedious jobs should be automated. I rather have miners work only in places where creative thinking is necessary.I bow to our new six-wheeled giant robotic overlords.Seriously though, improvements in safety will be good. At least for those that still have work....
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Can a robot be in a good or in a bad mood?
- Can a robot be in a good or in a bad mood?I've got a better robotSo I've got the machine code for a robot on my Xubuntu PC right now that has taken the next step toward being human-like....it's lazy and doesn't do work. That's right, this is a robot...
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
- Robot (rar)
- This tool is Professional high performance email marketing software for targeted bulk email marketing campaigns and email lists building at your desktop. With This tool You can easily manage mailing lists for your subscribers, create high personalized HTML messages and newsletters and send them in just few minutes. The tool...
- Tags: Robot, Email Marketing, Tool, E-mail, Marketing Research, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-10-28
- Flower robots for your home
- Flower robots for your homeI can now say......that I have heard it all.Seems like I say that at least a few times a week, though.Really, a flower robot? Is this really necessary? This sounds like the plant equivalent of that stupid singing mounted bass.RE: Flower robots for your...
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- A robot to destroy breast cancer cells
- A robot to destroy breast cancer cellsuse of electrical potential for robot breast cancer cure device in MRI m/cSir: it was a pleasure going through this great approach toward breast cancer treatment by a robot application along with the precision m/c MRI. Though it was not clear as to how...
- Tags: Robots, breast cancer, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-10-11
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?This is not new ....... I worked on the project that was supposed to repair the Hubble, which was adapted from another "robotic satellite repair" project.In the end of the day, the cost of development and execution turned out to be more than double...
- Tags: Robots, Network technology, satellite, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- Using space robots to fix ailing satellites?
- According to Canadian engineers at Queen's University, there are now more than 8,000 satellites in orbit around the Earth. Of course, if they stop to work correctly, these satellites will not be able to be repaired from the ground and will become space junk. So these researchers have developed a...
- Tags: Robot, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-10-04
- Robot gas stations in the sky
- Robot gas stations in the skyInappropriate language‘taking a running fuck at a rolling doughnut.’, may not be appropriate for posting on ZDNET.
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-09-21
- Can robots become our 'phriends'?
- Can robots become our 'phriends'?Can robots become our 'phriends'?Only if they follow the 3 laws.
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brainThe begining of the Cylon race? nt:(probably meant "you're" funnyDoesnt' change my opinion at all.Well, if this isn't the most immoral thing ever...it's gotta be kinda close.Cool but. could open a can of worms later...Did anyone else get a chill up the back of...
- Tags: Robots, biological brain, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Teaching language to robots
- Teaching language to robotsParallel learning - cool but...It seems to me that the humans doing the teaching are the limiting factor in the speed of learning. As such, I'm not sure how two robots could learn thousands of times faster when the input data is provided by two humans. Even...
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- Gallery: A dragonfly that spies
- Delfly Micro is a tiny plane that is about the same size as a dragonfly--and looks like one, too. Plus, it contains a tiny camera. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Plane, Delfly Micro, Andy Smith, spy, camera, minature, drone, robot
- Image galleries 2008-07-31
- A Modest Privacy Proposal
- A Modest Privacy ProposalOK.For some strange reason, people refuse to realize that the internet is a public place. Maybe because they sit in their bedroom and surf.Maybe instead of all these regulations and bureaucracies, we should just hang signs everywhere that read:Hello! The Internet is a Public Place. Don't do...
- Tags: Robots, robot, private property, Public Place, Internet, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Robofish teams of underwater robots
- Robofish teams of underwater robots'Skills' broken down into specified tasksFor some reason this reminds me of Stanislaw Lem's "The Invincible", where a ship of that name is brought down...depending on your point of view, by either a supercomputer or a bunch of crystals. The kinds of preconceptions we unknowingly...
- Tags: Robots, Robofish team, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- NASA robots on Moses Lake dunes
- NASA robots on Moses Lake dunesPutting Moses Lake on the map!As a product of the Tri-Cities, WA, it was neat to see the coverage on NASA's work in Moses Lake.While many find Eastern Washington sort of dull with little beauty, I guess this is a case of function over form!Thanks...
- Tags: Robots, Moses Lake, Moses, NASA, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Space Shuttle tech works on brain tumors
- Space Shuttle tech works on brain tumorsI don't think soYou know, I'd rather have the doctor there so, if something went wrong, there was no delay with the information. Relying on secure internet, or satellite communication is too slow, IMO. I don't want someone making decisions based on...
- Tags: Robots, Space Shuttle tech work, tech work, space shuttle, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- A truly globetrotter robot
- A truly globetrotter robotA truly globetrotter robotRe:RE: A truly globetrotter robothttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/VoIP.htmlhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Phone-Systems.html
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-05-25
- Lions trained to chase by robots
- Lions trained to chase by robotsLions trained to chase by robotshttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-DSL.htmlhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-Internet.html
- Tags: Robots, lion, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-05-24
- Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuer
- Survivor Buddy, a friendly robot rescuerShe's making Companion Cubes!That's the first thing I thought of, when I read the article.
- Tags: Robots, Survivor Buddy, robot rescuer, robot
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
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