[Tyler]

Random Robot Roundup
     

The inbox is still overflowing with robots news, so here's another
random news dump, this time entirely from the backlog of the Swirling
Brain. We've got a Science
Daily story on the possibility of replicating the human brain in
some form of machine within 10 years; an engadget
story on plasmodium based veggie bots; a Killeen Daily
Herald article on the recent Army Robotics Rodeo tests at Fort Hood
in Texas; an AirForceTimes
story on tube-launched UAVs; a TECH
Universe article on parasitic energy stealing robots; an io9 blog on
the impact of robots on our economic future; and an IEEE
Spectrum article on segmented self-steering airships; a TMCnet.com
article on the rise of robotics gaming; a PCWorld
story about a LEGO robot that solves Sudoku puzzles; and finally, a
truly
strange and interesting story about Rohan Jhunjhunwala, who is
building robots for elephants at the Oregon Zoo including an apple
launching robot to feed them and an elephant piano for the animals to
play. Know any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should
report? Send 'em our way please.
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