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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. Well if you did get paid by New Scientist... by Gogl · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...they'd likely fire you for directly linking to a 3mb movie file from the front page of Slashdot. I hope their bandwidth fees aren't too bad this month, we'll see how long it holds out before it's totally Slashdotted...