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Epson Creates Tiny Flying Robot

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the really-expensive-remote-control-helicopters dept.

xyote writes "As reported by the Inquirer. More info on Epson's website with a nice picture with explanatory labels and all. It weighs a little over 10g, uses an 'ultra-thin ultrasonic' motor and Bluetooth for remote control." Epson is using the robot to showcase their micromechatronics technology, and by exhibiting it, they hope to discover and test problems with using robots in three dimensions.

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  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I rule.

  2. Re:Obligatory... by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You fail it! You must include the whole quote to receive credit for your effort. Tell us how you will get other humans to work for them and tell us which mines we will toil in.

    Sigh...no one cares about quality any more...

  3. It's insidu- insidie- insidy- ... it's awful! by HarveyBirdman · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Little tiny hunter-killer robots flying around to check an see if anyone is using third party ink cartridges!

    But I knew would day this come. I shall now put Operation Omicron Particles into play.

    Now, I must hurry to Bangladesh to activate the sleeper cells of the Holy Order of Templar Knights Guarding The Sacred Ink Wells (Of Power), then over to Tibet to consult with the Secret High Bold Font Lama (Of Power), and then to Japan to have a third testicle (Of Power) surgically installed.

    Don't ask. Just. Don't. Ask.

    Wish me well, and fight this new Epson pestilence (Of Power)!

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  4. The Queen and I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    George Bush met The Queen, and he turns round and says: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how my country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom". To which the Queen replies, "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King." George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?", to which the Queen replied "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a Prince, Mr Bush". Bush thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?" The Queen, getting a little T'ed off by now replied " Sorry again, Mr Bush, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor." Before George Bush could utter another word, The Queen said: "I think you're doing quite nicely as a Country."

  5. Mistake. by cgranade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It weighs a little over 10g...
    It doesn't weigh anything in grams... that's its mass. Its weight is in Newtons or pounds.

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  6. AOL News has more pictures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AOL News is doing a follow-up article

    Click Here to see it