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Tag Archives: UPENN
Storybook Time With the PR2 – This Robot Can Read Anything It Sees
The University of Pennsylvania has been elevating students’ understanding of literature since 1740…and robots’ since 2011. UPenn’s GRASP Lab has [...]
Posted in Robots, Video Central
Tagged GRASP, literacy, Menglong Zhu, PR2, reading robot, UPENN
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SpectroPen Lets Surgeons Find Tumors, Leave No Cancer Behind
Even to experienced surgeons, the inside of your body can look like one indecipherable undulating pink mass of flesh. When [...]
Willow Garage Teaches Robot Not To Crush Puny Humans (Video)
If Sam Waterson taught me anything it’s that I need to fear the powerful grip of robots. Because robots are [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged haptics, Joe Romano, PR2, ROS, tactile feedback, UPENN, Willow Garage
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Badass Quadrotor Flies Through Hoops, Hauls Wood, Spies On You
Holy crap, the quadrotors at UPenn’s GRASP lab are cool. Grad student Daniel Mellinger has had a busy summer with [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged Daniel Mellinger, drone, GRASP Lab, quadrotor, Shaojie Shen, UPENN, Vijay Kumar
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Autonomous Quad-copter Flies Through Windows and Kicks Ass (video)
Occasionally we see robots that are so awesome that we wonder why they haven’t conquered the world yet. So it [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged autonomous, Daniel Mellinger, GRASP, Nathan Michaels, quadcopter, quadrotor, uav, University of Pennsylvania, unmanned aerial vehicle, UPENN, Vijay Kumar
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Breaking News: Willow Garage Announces 11 Winners for its Robot Give Away
Today is a good day to be a robotics engineer. Not only is it the first day of ICRA, it’s [...]
Haptic Vest Lets You Feel Bullets and Knives In Video Games
If enormous flat screen TVs and surround sound aren’t enough to satisfy your hunger for immersive gaming then maybe you [...]
Biodegradable Silicon-Silk Circuits Implanted in Mouse
Have you ever dreamed of being a cyborg? Sure, it’s a natural part of going through puberty, but it’s only [...]
New York Times Has Sweet Modular Robot Media
Modular robotics have taken over the New York Times. All the news fit to print now includes a wonderfully conceived [...]
Posted in Robots
Tagged CK bot, modular, New York Times, robot, robotics, University of Pennsylvania, UPENN
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