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Two quadruped robots

South Korean company Simlab demonstrated the dog-like robot, SQ1 . But more impressive – and actually a bit freaky – is the DARPA funded BigDog by Boston Dynamics (via robots.net). The goal of BigDog...

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Was the Philip K Dick android worth the effort?

Somewhere out there is an android replica of Philip K Dick. No, this isn’t science fiction, although it could be. The brilliant maverick robot designer David Hanson teamed up with AI expert Andrew...

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The Bleeding Man

In 18th Century France, Jacques de Vaucanson built exquisite wind-up robots; a doll that plays a dulcimer, a duck that not only walks but excretes, and other marvels. He wasn’t the only one; as Max...

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There’s no such thing as a moral robot

A new type of theorist has emerged, the roboethicist, who is concerned with the morality of autonomous machines, particularly military robots. Lethal autonomous systems are already inching their way...

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Meet Atlas: the future of military robotics

Boston Dynamics, in partnership with DARPA, have developed Atlas – a humanoid robot that will be used for ‘friendly’ tasks such as disaster response. Atlas has been developed for the Robotics...

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