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Halfway between robot and avatar

Impact: Robotics    September 8, 2010
Telerobot physician consulting with nurse………….credit: InTouch Technologies, Inc. What’s halfway between an autonomous robot and an avatar? You’ve probably seen avatars in the movies (James Cameron’s Avatar being the prime example). No doubt you’ve also seen various kinds of (semi) autonomous robots that move about under their own power and have a kind of intelligence, [...]
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Nanotech: Fuzzy fabric goes into production

News: Nanotechnology    May 31, 2010
Once in a while it’s useful to note when science transitions to technology and when some technologies leave the laboratory and enter production. Nanotechnology has a good track record in this regard. Born in experiments with molecular chemistry, the science of nanotechnology has found many routes into high-tech products. Here’s a recent case in point: [...]
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College course for drones

Impact: Robotics    January 5, 2010
Within a few hours of putting up a SciTechStory:Spun post on drones, another story appeared: University of North Dakota (USA) First to Offer a Four Year Course in UAV Piloting. UAV is the acronym used by the military for Unassisted Aerial Vehicles (a.k.a. drones). Although UND is a public school, there’s no doubt that the [...]
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Sustained flight with a fuel-cell ion drive

News: Robotics    December 2, 2009
At least for now it’s a military bird, but the “Ion Tiger” built by Protonex Technology Corporation, HyperComp Engineering, and Arcturus UAV for the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is well on its way to demonstrating the practical application of fuel-cell technology in flight. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV = drone) recently eclipsed its [...]
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