TechAndComputer (May 10, 2011) Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubble environments could have helped rescuers after these natural disasters, but building such machines is challenging.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently built a robot that can penetrate and "swim"...
TechAndComputer (May 10, 2011) Search and rescue missions have followed each of the devastating earthquakes that hit Haiti, New Zealand and Japan during the past 18 months. Machines able to navigate through complex dirt and rubble environments could have helped rescuers after these...
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Robotics: A tiltable head could improve the ability of undulating robots to navigate disaster debris
- 09 May 2011
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Robot engages novice computer scientists
- 05 May 2011
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TechAndComputer (May 5, 2011) Learning how to program a computer to display the words "Hello World" once may have excited students, but that hoary chestnut of a lesson doesn't cut it in a world of videogames, smartphones and Twitter. One option to take its place and engage a new generation of students in computer programming is a Carnegie Mellon University-developed robot called Finch.
A product of CMU's famed Robotics Institute, Finch was...
TechAndComputer (May 5, 2011) Learning how...
A product of CMU's famed Robotics Institute, Finch was...
TechAndComputer (May 5, 2011) Learning how...
Practice can make search-and-rescue robot operators more accurate
- 05 May 2011
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TechAndComputer (May 5, 2011) Urban search and rescue (USAR) task forces are essential for locating, stabilizing, and extricating people who become trapped in confined spaces following a catastrophic event. Sometimes the search area is too unstable for a live rescue team, so rescuers have turned to robots wielding video cameras. Most recently, the USAR robots have been employed by rescuers following the devastating Japanese earthquake and...
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Robots learn to share: Why we go out of our way to help one another
- 03 May 2011
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TechAndComputer (May 4, 2011) Using simple robots to simulate genetic evolution over hundreds of generations, Swiss scientists provide quantitative proof of kin selection and shed light on one of the most enduring puzzles in biology: Why do most social animals, including humans, go out of their way to help each other? In the online, open access journal PLoS Biology, EPFL robotics professor Dario Floreano teams up with University of Lausanne...
TechAndComputer (May 4, 2011) Using simple...
TechAndComputer (May 4, 2011) Using simple...
Caterpillars inspire new movements in soft robots
- 26 April 2011
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TechAndComputer (Apr. 27, 2011) Researchers have been examining the diverse behaviours of caterpillars to find solutions for the new generation of search and rescue soft robots. Despite their extreme flexibility and adaptability, current soft-bodied robots are often limited by their slow speed, leading the researchers to turn to terrestrial soft-bodied animals for inspiration.
Some caterpillars have the extraordinary ability to rapidly curl...
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Some caterpillars have the extraordinary ability to rapidly curl...
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