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Random Robot Roundup
     

Chris Myers has posted
some photos
of a tentacle arm he is working as well as link to a story on CMU's
CardioArm robot. Want more snakebots? Kikiat sent us a TechCrunch
video
of another CMU snake robot climbing a pole. Fiona Gatt of VIA Arena
sent a link to their review
of the Lynxmotion Johnny 5 robot with lots of photos and video. Ben Goertzel posted an essay
in his blog about the possibilities of combining the iCub open-source hardware humanoid
robot with existing free open source software (FOSS) applications
such as Gazebo, OpenSim, and OpenCog. The Swirling
Brain sent links to
an ESA
story on the use of AI in the Mars Express space probe, and video
of a full-size animatronic version Disney's Wall-E robot roaming the
streets in LA. Roland Piquepaille sent links to his latest blog posts on
a new taste sensor
for robots, UAVs that
will study smog in California, the Microtransat robot boat race, and a
robot chef.
Finally, if you're a company looking for robot-related promotional swag,
Rog-a-matic noticed
these cute
little robot thumb drives. Know
any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please.
   

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