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    SparkFun Redbot
    http://youtu.be/AGVsV4abajo The ready-made platform (kit) options just keep getting better. Here SparkFun shows off its new Redbot kit, which includes everything you need to put together a basic mo...
    09 August 2013, by

    Making a WALL-E robot
    http://youtu.be/7oVSaUWeKt0 We take you now to sunny, southern California, where a small group of enthusiasts has constructed a very realistic, Arduino-based replica of Pixar's WALL-E, entirely fro...
    07 August 2013, by

    In-corporating body language into NLP (or, More notes on the design of automated body language)
    This article discusses how body language is a part of natural language, personality, and NLP design. The article covers various methods for approaching this problem and makes recommendations for the r...
    07 August 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.11 – High “REWARD”
    As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
    26 July 2013, by

    DARPA unveils new humanoid robot
      DARPA unveiled their new humanoid robot Atlas that will be used as part of their robotics challenge. It can tackle rough terrain and carry human tools.   See on DARPA website....
    12 July 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.10 – High “RISK”
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    My robot is smelling my dirty laundry (or, Notes on privacy, PRISM, and home service robotics)
    This article considers privacy in robotic systems (such as personal service robotics) as being of greater importance than privacy in telecommunications (such as Internet). We will return to our regula...
    03 July 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.9 – High Risk/High Reward
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    28 June 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.8: Bartending
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    11 June 2013, by

    “A Paro walks into a club…” (or, Notes on the design of automated body language)
    This article discusses personality design and how proper natural language interface design includes body language.  The article is about the design of hearts and minds for robots. It argues that psyc...
    05 June 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.7: Anthropomorphism
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    16 May 2013, by

    Gecko adhesives allow flying robot to perch on walls
    The Airburr, a light-weight flying robot from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (my PhD lab) at EPFL, was designed to fly in cluttered environments. Unlike most flying robot, which avoid contact a...
    15 May 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.6: Bugs are Bugs
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    10 May 2013, by

    The uncanny valet (or, Notes on the design of robot psychology)
    This article outlines the problems of today's phone and online help systems and offers solutions to conversational systems of tomorrow. The article is about the design of hearts and minds for robots, ...
    04 May 2013, by

    The Swinging Blind Juggler
    How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! Child's Garden of Verses by Robert L. Stephenson...
    03 May 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.5: Nothing Ever Changes
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    26 April 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.4: Who wants those jobs?
    This post is part of Robohub's Jobs Focus. "People hate me because they say robots steal jobs." "What jobs?" "Low paid, extremely dangerous, repetitive, physically demanding..." *boggle* "I kno...
    15 April 2013, by

    AFK (or, Robotic free speech, and what you can do to help)
    This article looks at how the robotics industry of today is following in the footsteps of the personal computer industry of yesterday, and why Natural Language Processing, like the Graphical User Inte...
    03 April 2013, by

    Parrot AR.Drone app harnesses crowd power to fast-track vision learning in robotic spacecraft
    Astrodrone is both a simulation game app for the Parrot AR.Drone and a scientific crowd-sourcing experiment that aims to improve landing, obstacle avoidance and docking capabilities in autonomous spac...
    26 March 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.3 – The Expendables
    So if you really think about it, today's comic brings up several interesting issues regarding robots and war.  One that comes to mind that is certainly not anywhere near a reality, is what if robots ...
    22 March 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.2 – There’s Nothing Silly About War!
      Call of Duty : Robot Ops, sounds like a fun game, eh?...
    15 March 2013, by

    Nate the Robot RH.1 – I’m on Robohub!
    Hey everyone, I meant to get this strip drawn earlier, but I’m happy to start having Robohub as a second source to read my Nate the Robot comic strip! I hope it can add a bit of humor to your day an...
    14 March 2013, by

    Crashing into walls: Airburr takes a counter-intuitive approach to navigation | IEEE Spectrum
    While other UAVs use sophisticated sensors and algorithms to navigate, EPFL's tough little Airburr uses a random-direction algorithm and a bare minimum of sensors to make its way around places other b...
    06 March 2013, by

    The death of search (or, My dysfunctional relationship with Siri)
    This article looks at the arrival of systems such as Siri, Google Now, and Watson and claims that these systems are the search engines of the next decade because they mine intimate data.  Since they ...
    06 March 2013, by

    Designed to mingle: Rezero ballbot’s smooth moves can handle a crowd
    Designing robots that can function outside of controlled, factory environments isn’t easy. When those environments have people in them, they are especially unpredictable and difficult for a robot to...
    05 March 2013, by

    Bioinspired robot STAR
    Researchers at the Biomimetic Millisystem Lab at UC Berkeley have developed a six legged, 12 cm long, bioinspired robot named STAR (Sprawl Tuned Autonomous Robot)....
    21 February 2013, by

    Flying robot performs 2D/3D mapping in the alps
    Sensefly just released a fun video of their latest product, eBee, autonomously flying over an alpine landscape near the Matterhorn while performing 2D and 3D mapping....
    20 February 2013, by

    NERVE, New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center, opens Feb. 12th
    NERVE, the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center at UMass Lowell, when it opens tomorrow, will be one of three such facilities in the United States. Incorporating elements of NIST...
    11 February 2013, by

    3’600-strong underwater robot sensor network returns 1’000’000th measurement, has scientists craving for more
    The Argo project, which has deployed a network of more than 3'600 robots covering all of the world's oceans, has returned it's 1'000'000th measurement....
    05 February 2013, by

    Activelink Power Loader gives HAL some competition, but who’s going to Fukushima?
    New Japanese exoskeleton pushing into HAL's (potential) marketshare We of the robot/technology nerd demo are well aware of the non-ironically, ironically named HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskelet...
    22 January 2013, by

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