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Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology and Tokyo City University have taught a tiny humanoid robot to clean flat surfaces. The study is helmed by IIT's Dr. Petar Kormushev, who previously taught a disarmingly adorable robot to shoot a bull's eye with a bow and arrow all by itself. As you can see, the researchers guide the Fujitsu's HOAP-2's hand, and the robot then records and recreates the necessary force and patterns to clean the board. In this situation, the team teaches the robot the motion by hand, an application that could later be refined for more complex motions and tasks like, say, the YMCA. More »
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We've all laughed at the classic cartoon gag where a bird flies headfirst into a window. Turns out this phenomenon isn't just a joke, it's deadly among migratory birds in Philadelphia, killing an estimated 1-5% of the migrating population. More »
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Iron Man! He's not just the kinda guy who saves the world from supervillains and Jeff Bridges with a shaved head anymore! No, now he's the kind of guy who's off crusading against... Linux? Wait, that can't be right. The latest interview promoting movie tie-in comic The Invincible Iron Man seems to suggest a more software-based approach to the character than ever before, however. More »
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