Kittens vs. Combat Robot
Posted on March 29th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Spider ‘Bot Weaves Towers
Posted on February 25th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Remember how bluebirds helped Snow White tidy up an abandoned cottage in the Disney classic? Meet Spider Drone, a quadcopter that weaves structures out of steel cables and can operate at heights unreachable by ordinary building equipment.
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Tags: Biomimicry, Civil Engineering, construction, drones, quadcopter, Robotics, spider drone
Going My Way?
Posted on January 29th, 2015 by Mary Lord
What if you want to travel across the country but don’t have a driver’s license or money to take a plane or bus? If you’re a cute little robot named hitchBOT, you hitchhike. And amazingly, humans stop and pick you up!
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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Canada, hitchBOT, hitchhiking robot, Ontario, Robotics, robots, voice recognition software
Man vs. Machine: Game On!
Posted on April 28th, 2014 by Mary Lord
In the man-against-machine smackdown, humans remain ahead. But for how long? World Table Tennis champion Timo Boll matched wits against “the fastest robot on Earth” to find out.
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Tags: Industrial / Manufacturing, industrial engineering, man v machine, Mechanical Engineering, ping pong, Robotics, table tennis, Timo Boll
Computer Science Rocks!
Posted on June 25th, 2013 by Mary Lord
Who says science and engineering is for nerds? Not rock star will.i.am. The technology-loving Black Eyed Peas singer thinks computer coding is so cool, he’s enrolled in a programming course at the California Institute for the Arts this fall. You can take it with him: it’s a free, massive open online course known as a MOOC.
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Tags: Computer Science, quantum physics, Robotics, rock star, STEM e, will.i.am
