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New Robots Clone Themselves
space exploration and in hazardous environments, where they could take care of themselves without human help. One robot could even build out of its own components a new type of robot for a specific task, Lipson said. The robots and their capabilitie...
Robots
by choosing a person (someone they know or a hypothetical person) who has one or more disabilities. They should focus on just one disability that the new robot will address. 3. When each student has identified the role his or her robot will play in helping a...
Chapter 8: THE DESIGNED WORLD
another program into machine language for the computer. Often, the program calls for other inputs in the form of data entered by keyboard, from an information-storage device, or from an automatic sensing device. The output of a computer may be symbolic (words, numbers) or...
Robots Alive! Almost Human
Building a robot that will mimic a human being is the ambitious goal of Rodney Brooks, MIT professor and artificial intelligence guru. For two years, Brooks has been working on Cog, a robot capable of learning from its experiences, the way people do. If Broo...
Brainy 'Bots
feature of neural networks will allow a robot pioneer to choose behaviors based on the general features of its surroundings, much like humans do. To accomplish this, neural nets contain several layers of "nodes," which are analogous to neurons. Each node in one...
The World�s Smallest Robot
and controllable robot ever. CREDIT: Donald Laboratory. Researchers have built an inchworm-like robot so small you need a microscope just to see it. In fact about 200 hundred of them could line up and do the conga across a plain M&M. The tiny bot measur...
Robots Alive! Look, No Hands!
four equal slices. The timer gives the operator three minutes to complete the objective. At the end of three minutes, team members should exchange places, making sure everyone has a chance to perform each of the four roles. QUESTIONS What limitations in performing the ten...
 Smithsonian: Destiny in Space
To the Teacher Tasks that are simple for most humans to do, such as opening a book, or replacing a flashlight battery, are quite difficult for most robots because such simple tasks are actually composed of numerous individual steps. For example, when you sign your...
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To the Teacher Tasks that are simple for most humans to do, such as opening a book, or replacing a flashlight battery, are quite difficult for most robots because such simple tasks are actually composed of numerous individual steps. For example, when you sign your name, you pick up a pen, put it on paper, and move it in an intricate series of directions. By sending simple commands to the robot, you become more aware of how complex tasks are made up of many simple steps. Although sophisticated robots can
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To the Teacher Tasks that are simple <span class="highlight">for</span> most humans to do, such as opening <span class="highlight">a</span> book, or replacing <span class="highlight">a</span> flashlight battery, are quite difficult <span class="highlight">for</span> most robots because such simple tasks are actually composed of numerous individual steps. <span class="highlight">For</span> example, when you sign your name, you pick up <span class="highlight">a</span> pen, put it on paper, and move it <span class="highlight">in</span> an intricate series of directions. By sending simple commands to the <span class="highlight">robot</span>, you become more aware of how complex tasks are made up of many simple steps. Although sophisticated robots can
Scientists 'Drive' Rats by Remote Control
Ben Harder for National Geographic News May 1, 2002 Next time you see a rat scurrying across the room, beware, it might not be as innocent as it seems. It could be a remotely operated robo-rat working for an intelligence agency. Scientists have trained rats to respond...
Robot Zoo
The Tech | Exhibits | Online | The Robot Zoo! The Robot Zoo is a traveling exhibit that reveals the biomechanics of giant robot animals to illustrate how real animals work. Nature's engineering and human technology converge in this exciting exhibit, which features...
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