[Tyler]

Random Robot Roundup
     

This week's roundup start off with a public service announcement. The Chase Community
Giving project is donating $25,000 to each of 100 local community
non-profit groups selected by Facebook users. Each user gets 20 votes to
cast for their favorite groups. Please
cast one of your votes for my favorite, the Dallas Personal Robotics
Group (just click that big button that says "Vote for Charity"!). In
other robot news, the
folks at Plastic Pals note that KAIST's full-size human robot has
become only the third such robot capable of running. Vincent Lopresti
(of the Spaceminers)
wrote to tell us that he's started a project called Land
Walker to empower disabled wheelchair users with robotic legs. Matt
Smith brings news of a new robot company called Robot Add-ons, started by
ex-iRobot engineers, that will sell after market accessories for the
Roomba. Another Matt, this time Matt Fisher of KumoTech, tells us robots
from his company are featured at a new
exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. 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
twitter.
   

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