[Tyler]

Random Robot Roundup
     

Here's another dump of a robot news items from the editor's inbox here
at robots.net: Japanese researchers have embedded a camera
in a mouse's brain to observe the process of memory formation. It's
hoped the mouse
brain camera will help both cognitive scientists and Parkinson's
disease researchers. Mark Micire alerted us to a recent issue of Wiley's
normally closed/proprietary Journal of Field Robotics that's available
to the public; it contains lots of PDFs
of intersting robot research. Another reader mentioned a Robots-Dreams.com
story on the latest military 3D laser sensor for autonomous robots.
Shawn H. Corey sent a link to The first environmentally
powered robotic submersible. From deep in the uncanny valley, we
have video of
Japan's latest android, a female robot called a simroid, who helps
train dentists by letting them know when they make painful mistakes.
Ouch. Another reader sent an Engadget
link to a robot that looks like more fun, the Kota
Triceratops Toy - a really big dinosaur robot that kids can ride.
The Tricerabot runs on 6 D cells and will retail for $300. Know any
other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please.
   

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