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Day of the Robotic Tentacle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the of-course-they-will-do-a-sequel dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist is reporting on a robotic tentacle developed thanks to funding from military agency DARPA. From the video it looks to have a lot of potential, I can almost feel it fastening around my ankle right now."

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  1. Video = Slashdotted by TubeSteak · · Score: 3, Informative

    However, I found some other .edu website with video clips & info that are a bit more technical.

    http://www.ece.msstate.edu.nyud.net:8090/~bjones/p rofessional/research/OCTOR/octor.htm

    The clips are at the bottom, but don't ignore the videos linked in the "Journal publications" section.

    Coralized so as not to /. a second university.

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  2. Re:Quick! by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 2, Informative

    As I remarked to my wife the other day while we were watching "Sci-Fi Channel", can we ever invent a robot that Hollywood doesn't depict as trying to kill us?

    Yes. Both "Batteries Not Included" and "Short Circuit."

    "Batteries Not Included" had the bonus that they were *alien* robots, and they still didn't try to kill us.

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  3. Video is back online by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's 55MB, so the Coral network won't save them.
    Not direct linked on purpose

    -http://www.ces.clemson.edu/~ianw/icra06_vid.mpeg

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