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Tag Archives: darpa
Petman – Finally A Robot That Looks Like Terminator (video)
Look out cute and cuddly Nao. Get out of the way ever-attentive Asimo, a new robot’s on the march and [...]
Posted in AI, Cyborg, Gadgets, Longevity And Health, Robots, Video Central
Tagged Boston Dynamics, chemical, darpa, humanoid robot, petman, robotic warfare
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Google’s New Robot Car Raises Hopes, Reality Will Dash Them Soon
Google shocked the world this weekend by announcing that not only was it developing robot car technology, but that its [...]
iRobot’s Military Swarm of Wifi Bots Flips Into Action
The army of the future may rely as much on WiFi as they do on weapons. To that end, iRobot [...]
Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm Begins the First Human Testing
The world’s first human testing of a mind-controlled artificial limb is ready to begin. A joint project between the Pentagon [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged artificial limb, darpa, Johns Hopkins, Modular Prosthetic Limb, MPL, prosthetic arm
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Amazing Monocopter Flies With Just One Wing (Video)
The University of Maryland has produced a flying machine with only one wing – a monocopter! Evan Ulrich, its PhD [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged darpa, Evan Ulrich, maple seed, MAV, micro aerial vehicle, monocopter, nano-air vehicle program, samara, uav, University of Maryland, Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Cyborg Insect Spies to Become Nuclear Powered
They don’t have the pomp and flair of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but Nuclear Cyborg Insect Spies are still [...]
Posted in Gadgets
Tagged Amit Lal, beta particles, Cornell University, cyborg, darpa, half life, mems, microelectromechanical systems, Nickel-63, radiation
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One Step Closer to Suspended Animation for Wounded Soldiers in 18 Months?
It’s known as the golden hour. After a bullet wound or other massive trauma, soldiers in the field have about [...]
Nothing Can Stop the Blob Bot
Like some sort of pulsating alien soccer ball, iRobot‘s blob robot expands and contracts to roll around and creep you [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged chembots, chemical robots, darpa, intelligent robots and systems, irobot, IROS, jamming skin enabled locomotion, JSEL
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Deka’s Luke Arm In Clinical Trials, Is it the Future of Prosthetics? (Video)
The future of prosthetics isn’t certain, and we’ve seen so many different next generation devices, it’s hard to know which [...]
Posted in Cyborg
Tagged APL, darpa, Dean Kamen, Deka, i-limb, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Jonathan Kuniholm, luke arm, myoelectric, Open Prosthetics, Prosthesis, Smart Hand
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Military Surveillance Bot Jumps Over 25 Foot Walls
Holy crap that’s cool! Earlier this week, Sandia National Labs debuted a four wheeled surveillance bot the size of a [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged Boston Dynamics, darpa, eye drive, jumping robot, National Labs, Precision Urban Hopper, Sandia, surveillance
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IEEE Spectrum Special Report on Prosthetic Arms
In Feb 2008 IEEE Spectrum released a fantastic special report on some of the latest work being done on prosthetic [...]
Posted in Cyborg, Longevity And Health, Robots
Tagged arm, cyborg, darpa, prosthetic, prosthetic arm
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