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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. OT, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is OT, but important.
    I need to know how much time I spend reading Slashdot. Is there any software that can help me log my browsing?

  2. Re:As long as they don't get them confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Speaking of the confused: here's a website that documents anti-American activist Michael Moore's startling resemblance to a pig.

  3. mod Do3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    out how to make the Keep; unnecessary Towels on the floor

  4. no posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why?

  5. Simpson cosby reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bill: What do you like?
    Kid: Pokemons!
    Bill: POKEMONS POKEMONS with the poke and the mon and the thingy that goes wraaaaaaararararaar

    now he can do it with the robots
    Bill: what do you like Optimus?
    Robot: Maximize
    Bill: MAZIMIZE? WITH THE MAXIMUM AND THE MICE AND THE THINGY IN THE... ok this gets tiring you get the idea.

  6. Re:IROS 2004 website by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    has no one noticed that this link is in the article? this comment has had ZERO negative moderations as of this post.