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Random Robot Roundup
     

Camp Peavy writes, "a
friend recently sent this Studio 360 audio
slideshow of Sparky visiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
and his DYI telepresence
site". Later we got an email from Marque Cornblatt who notes,
"SparkyJr.com hosts free
software, instructions and printable templates, plus step-by-step
videos, members pages, and links to hardware suppliers and other
resources.". Rog-a-matic sent a link
to an inter-office
memo from a new employee at Cyberdyne System. Noriko Kageki of the
GetRobo blog has some
details on France's
new humanoid robot program, called Project Romeo. Martin Haegele
writes, "Today, the IFR Statistical Department presents the latest
issue of the international robotics statistics and forecasts." While
you have to order the full report, you can view the summary
(PDF format) as well as the press
release. Martin also notes, "robots.net is (very positively)
refered to in the yearbook!" While economic problems have slowed the
progress of robots in some categories, they still predict big increases
in household robots and entertainment/leisure robots for the 2009 to
2012 period. Know any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we
should report? Send 'em our way please. And don't
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