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			<title><![CDATA[Meet Your New Robot Overlord: The Autonomous Mining Truck]]></title>
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				So you already know about autonomous aerial vehicles being used in combat and surveillance &mdash; they're little planes that look almost like toys. Not so with the next generation of autonomous vehicles. A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon have just won a contract to create a robotic system that would make this badass 797B Caterpillar mining vehicle into an autonomous hulk with no driver on board. This is clearly one of Skynet's minions in the making. 				<a href="http://io9.com/5048543/meet-your-new-robot-overlord-the-autonomous-mining-truck" title="Click here to read more about Meet Your New Robot Overlord: The Autonomous Mining Truck">More&nbsp;&raquo;</a>
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			<category><![CDATA[Mega robots]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar]]></category>
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			<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Trucks]]></category>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:22:27 PDT]]></pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annalee Newitz]]></dc:creator>
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