Wave-energy robots break distance record, don’t even stop for high-fives

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/15/swimming-robots-break-record/

NASA begins robotic refueling mission experiment

http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-robotic-refueling-mission/21761/

On infinite mind power, immortality & robot overlords

All for the first two; less enthusiastic about the last one.

http://techland.time.com/2012/03/14/kurzweil-south-by-southwest-keynote-speech-grossman/?iid=tl-main-lede

3D prints

3D printed examples, including guitar bodies, a geared ring ("perfect for fiddling with in boring meetings", & who doesn't need one of those) & a robot.

Downloadable files for your 3D printer.

http://www.odd.org.nz/index.html

LEGO robot runs Android OS, solves Rubik’s Cube

http://technabob.com/blog/2010/05/05/lego-rubiks-cube-solver/

Real life Wall-E robot made with LEGO Mindstorms & motors!

http://www.inhabitots.com/real-life-wall-e-made-with-lego-mindstorms-motors/

Miniature robots designed to travel inside humans

DNA nanobot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#dna-nanorobot

Micro-bots

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#micro-bots

Wirelessly powered medical device

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#wirelessly-powered-medical-device

DNA nanorobot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#magmite

Spider robot

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/29/five-miniature-robots-designed-to-travel-inside-of-humans/?iid=tl-main-feature#spider-robot

Monkey controls robot hand through brain implants

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/02/monkey-controls-robot-hand-thr.html

DARPA reveals Avatar program, robot soldiers incoming

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/118773-darpa-reveals-avatar-program-robot-soldiers-incoming

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USA Air Force buys fewer drones – but ups drone flights

http://m.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/air-force-drones/

Nevada establishes regulations for self-driving cars

http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/16/nevada-establishes-regulations-for-self-driving-cars/

/ robocar /

6 robots that will better our future

http://mylifescoop.com/featured-stories/2012/02/6-robots-that-will-better-our-future.html

/ anthropomorphic/

Swiss space-cleaning bot grabs flying junk, hurls itself into furnace

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/16/swiss_junk_grabber_satellite/

/ hunter disintegrate /

Russian scientists reach the freshwater lake beneath Antarctica

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/02/russian-scientists-reach-freshwater-lake-beneath-antarctica/48471/

/ drill Antarctic glacial Vostok 14 million years /

AlphaDog robo pack-mule begins outdoor trials, noisily hikes into your nightmares (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/08/alphadog-robo-pack-mule-begins-outdoor-trials/#continued

/ AlphaDog outdoor hike nightmare Boston Dynamics /

Russian drill nears 14-million-year-old Antarctic lake

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/lake-vostok-drilling/?intcid=story_ribbon

/ drill Antarctic glacial Vostok 14 million years /

Samsung’s take on robotic vacuums – the NaviBot SR8855

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/02/04/samsungs-take-on-robotic-vacuums-the-navibot-sr8855/#more-86970

/ brush HEPA /

Hiroshi Ishiguro's android mannequin creeps out Japanese shoppers (Flash video)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/03/hiroshi-ishiguros-android-mannequin-creeps-out-japanese-shopper/

/ mannequin humanoid dummy /

Singapore researchers develop crab robot that cuts away stomach cancer

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/2/2/2766296/crab-robot-stomach-cancer-singapore-researchers

/ coagulate surgery wound doctor /

Reasons to be cheerful in 2012: it's the year we'll start talking to robots

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/20/cheerful-2012-talk-to-robots 


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