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Robots Do The Darndest Things

Posted by timothy on from the and-then-they-take-over dept.

alito writes "15 years ago they couldn't get them to walk, now they are rollerskating (video). Read more about the 2004 Intelligent Robotics and Systems conference in this New Scientist article, and at the conference's site. Also shown at IROS, a childbirth simulator for obstetricians, a capsule that crawls through your intestines, and a 3-mm long swimming robot. (No, I don't get paid by New Scientist.)"

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  1. childbirth simulator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Great! Now OBGYNs can finally practice their love on women!

  2. WMV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Pointless flamewar about use of 'evil' non-gnu-hippie friendly proprietry video format (despite the lack of non-proprietry non-alpha formats that can come close) in 3..2...1...