Economics focus: Automatic reaction
The Economist
AN ODDLY entrancing YouTube video of a robot folding a pile of freshly laundered towels has been viewed over half a million times. ...

Singularity Hub (blog)
iRobot's Military Swarm of Wifi Bots Flips Into Action
Singularity Hub (blog)
iRobot's newest video of the Ember shows off all the cool improvements they've made to the bot. It now has cliff and wall detection, an optional laser ...

Evernote launches a bookmarking tool for sites
CNET (blog)
Josh Lowensohn writes about Web start-ups, video games, multimedia tools, and the occasional robot. He joined CNET in 2006, and posts to the Web Crawler and ...

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Portal and MS Flight Sim being played on Microsoft Surface
Geek.com
It was made possible by one of the lead programmers working on the Real Robot system seen in this video: He took a week off and hacked the DREAM controller ...

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Scientific American (blog)
Open-source personal robotics seeks a community to make it affordable [video]
Scientific American (blog)
At least that's the contention of Willow Garage, Inc., a Menlo Park, Calif. company that Wednesday made its PR2 personal robot available to the public. ...
Awesome PR2 Robot For Sale (video)Geeky gadgets
Your Very Own $400000 RobotNew York Times (blog)
Sock-pairing robot a promising match for software gurusAFP
Xconomy -Gizmag
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Mother Nature Network
Scientists create robot snake that climbs trees
Mother Nature Network
Check out this video showcasing the robot's many talents: The robots are capable of movements which include side-winding, wiggling and rolling, ...
Robot snake 'Uncle Sam' now climbs trees (w/ Video)PhysOrg.com
Snakebot - a Robot that Maneuvers Like a SnakeEcoGeek
Patriotic Robot Snake Climbs Trees, is CreepyGeekosystem
Switched (blog) -Coolest Gadgets
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Deccan Herald
Tele-robot connects workers separated by distance
Toronto Star
He simply clicks a few buttons and the robot comes to life. Skeptics point out that a video chat program like Skype could accomplish the same two-way ...
The boss is robotic, and rolling up behind youDeccan Herald

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US military robot smashes through doors, flips the bird and cares for wounded ...
NEWS.com.au
Picture: Vecna Robotics THE makers of a new battlefield robot have released a video showing it smashing down doors, rescuing a wounded soldier and, er, ...

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Apple iPod shuffle (4th Gen. with Click Wheel)
PC Magazine
With a quick tap of the VoiceOver button, the robot reads you the title of the track and the artist's name. A double tap gives you your battery's charge ...

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GeckoSystems and Dell Subsidiary Sign Agreement to Expand Elder Care Robot Trials
MarketWatch (press release)
Generally, the care receiver is pleased at the prospect of family being able to drop in for a "virtual visit" using the onboard webcam and video monitor for ...

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Spin-ematical: New on DVD and Blu-ray for 9/7
Cinematical (blog)
It may be better remembered as inspiration for Gene Roddenberry to create Star Trek and for introducing audiences to Robby the Robot. At its heart, however, ...

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Singularity Hub (blog)
Sloth Robot Climbs Ladder Without a Net, And It's Made of Lego! (video)
Singularity Hub (blog)
Watch the quadruped bot slowly climb its way into the hall of fame in the video below. Did I mention it's nicknamed the 'sloth'? ...

Next Big Future (blog)
UCSD robotics lab head Thomas Bewley interview by Sander Olson
Next Big Future (blog)
Due to the prevalence of airbag deployment systems, video game controllers, smartphones, laptop computers, etc., accelerometers, gyros, cameras, ...

Hands On With Portal 2 Co-Op (Complete Gameplay video)
RipTen
Since this was the co-op demo, I was an orange robot, and Jeep played as a blue robot. We played on two separate screens, but Chet Faliszek, ...

'Regular Show': Mildly Amusing
PopMatters
Imagine the hit-and-miss Robot Chicken as a mixture of low-rent animation styles and jokes that miss 95% of the time and you have an idea of what MAD's clip ...

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Mother Nature Network
Robot snake 'Uncle Sam' now climbs trees (w/ Video)
PhysOrg.com
Now the snake robot can also wrap itself around a tree trunk and climb vertically up the outside of the tree. An earlier version has previously been ...
Scientists create robot snake that climbs treesMother Nature Network
Snakebot - a Robot that Maneuvers Like a SnakeEcoGeek
Patriotic Robot Snake Climbs Trees, is CreepyGeekosystem
Switched (blog) -Coolest Gadgets
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Regional Medical Center's new Da Vinci Si surgical robot sews up a sample skin ...
Anniston Star
The robot has three arms that can hold different surgical instruments as well as a fourth arm, which holds a small video camera capable of magnifying images ...

Coolest Gadgets
Snakebot - a Robot that Maneuvers Like a Snake
EcoGeek
So we liked finding this video of a robotic snake being which is developed by a team at Carnegie Mellon University. The motion of the snake-bot would allow ...
Creepy Snake Bot Climbs Trees, We Stop SleepingSwitched (blog)
Carneige Mellon making robotic snakeCoolest Gadgets

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Game Rant (blog)
Portal 2 is Four Times as Long as Portal
Geekosystem
While showing off new puzzle mechanics and robot hugs, the demonstrator casually mentioned that Portal 2's co-op campaign will be twice as long as Portal's ...
Portal 2 Co-op Video From PAXGameFocus
# of Players:1 playerG4 TV (blog)
Four Mildly Head-Hurting Portal 2 Co-Op LevelsKotaku.com (blog)

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Bumblebee To Attend New Jersey Collectors Con!
seibertron.com
Also in attendance will be Bumblebee in robot character form. Kids and adults can enjoy free photo opportunities with these character favorites honoring the ...