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Random Robot Roundup
     

The Swirling
Brain let us know about a cool robot lifeguard
named EMILY. Actually it's more of a robot lifejacket that swims
through the water on it's own at up to 28mph, locating the distressed
swimmers using sonar. And if a robot lifeguard's not enough, how about a
Robot
Butler? In robot business news, autonomous robot maker MobileRobots,
Inc. has been acquired by Adept Technology. Christina Rhoney of the
Schiele Museum of Natural History writes,
"There will be a robot
competition here at the Schiele Museum of Natural History on July
24th, 2010 from 10-4pm.". From the website, it looks like this is an
RC combat event, so leave those autonomous robots at home if you don't
want them to be traumatized by sights of mechanical destruction. A
UK reader writes to tell us about Big
Bro-bot, a "robot" that will be menacing contestants in the latest
series of the Big Brother reality TV show. Know any other robot news,
gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please. And don't
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