[Tyler]

Random Robot Roundup
     

Time for another weekly dump of stories from the editor mailbox. This week
Davide Faconti of
Pal Technology Robotics
writes, "You have already written a story about us. Our
team needs to grow in the next month: we need about 8 people joining
forces with us to develop the best possible humanoid robot (better than
Asimo, hopefully!!!)." So if you've been looking for a chance to
work on one of the most advanced humanoid robot project in the world, here it is. Davide
also sent us a YouTube video of
REEM-B appearing in front of the crown prince in Abu Dhabi. Mark
Miller, aka the Android Man, sent a photo
of his latest robot art creation. VIA announced
 the appointment of Harald Welte as their
Open Source liaison. This is good news as it means VIA will be freeing
more of their driver code and hardware specs, making life easier for
hardware hackers like us. The Swirling
Brain wants us to know about The
Death of HAL. Roschler sent us links to
  his Femisapien
review and a YouTube Wall-E
video. Roland Piquepaille posted in his blog
about a project to teach language to robots. And, finally, Trossen
Robotics announced
their new Robobuilder robot kits.
Know any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please.
   

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