Tag Archives: Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon’s Incredible Robot Snake Climbs a Real Tree

Carnegie Mellon has taught its robotic snake to climb trees, though one hopes it won’t start offering your spouse apples. [...]

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Super Simple Tube Climbing Robot Wins Best Video at ICRA 2010

Sure, you can build a robot that climbs up a tube, but can you do it with little more than [...]

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Turn Your Body Into Your I/O with Skinput (video)

Electronic devices are getting smaller, and so are their interfaces. If you’ve ever had problems typing on your mobile, or [...]

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Newest Graffiti Belongs to Robots (Video)

Dang-blasted kids with their music, and their clothes, and no respect for authority. They’ve gone and corrupted law-abiding robots, teaching [...]

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Augmented Reality Makes Walls Transparent (Video)

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are going to bring you Superman’s X-ray vision. Using multiple cameras and new video transformation [...]

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Universal Translators Are All Around Us (Video)

When watching Star Trek, I was always amazed that the aliens all spoke English. Writers explained this happy coincidence by [...]

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New Robot Has Come To Conquer Human Race…With Snacks!

Watch out Jeeves, robotic butlers could be trying to replace you. Developers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a humanoid [...]

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3D Fingerprinting – More Accurate, Faster, Touchless

During America’s long love affair of watching cop shows (from Hawaii Five-O to CSI) the fingerprint has been a staple. [...]

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Acoustic Monitor Turns Any Surface into An Input Device

Why spend hundreds of dollars on high tech input devices when you might be able to get the same actions [...]

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A Flexible Touch Screen Changes Surface To Match Display

Do your fingers find it hard to type on an iPhone? Do you tend to run into things when entering [...]

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ASIMO robot impresses by navigating changing terrain

Scientists are helping robots think before they step. Honda’s versatile ASIMO robot was able to find its way through moving [...]

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