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Random Robot Roundup
     

It's been over a month since our last news roundup and it's well past
time! I just returned from the 2011 VEX World Championship in Orlando,
FL where I got to meet aspiring robot builders from all over the world,
as well as hang out with Kari Byron from Myth Busters. I'll be posting
more on that soon. Meanwhile, Dave Couzins writes to tell us about his new
book called Domers, about a
future in which teleoperated robots and native Americans fight an
invading Mexican army. Tim Smith wrote to let us know about the new
Willow Garage TurtleBot platform.
Nicki Escudero wants you to know about the
top five robots from USC's Robot Week event. Shawn H. Corey noticed
these cool
mini-ornithopter machines created on a 3D printer at Cornell
Creative Machines Lab.  No roundup is complete without the latest news from
The Swirling
Brain; his latest finds are a TechNews
Daily article on a Punching robot, a Popular
Science article on creepy android doubles, and an exoskeletal
arm
that anyone can buy for less than $3,000 USD. Know any other robot news,
gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please. And don't
forget to follow us on
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