0426WarmUp

More on robots:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/04/robots-at-work-and-play/100052/

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/gallery/2010-04/archive-gallery-retrospective-look-robots?image=0

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

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0228WarmUp

Welcome back from February vacation!

Is it no surprise that robots are taking over the workplace?

Take a look @

http://www.focus.com/images/view/27381/

Here's a cool site about bots:

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

Some more interesting sites:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html

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0124WarmUp

Robot Invasion in Japan--its not a horror movie!

Check it out @:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/robot-invasion-welcomed-in-japan/?hp

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1108WarmUp

More info on the Robonaut:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2sbMkr/www.sun-sentinel.com/broadband/theedge/newsillustrated/sfl-ni-nasa-robonaut,0,5533110.htmlpage

Other websites about robots:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=robots&media=video

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/gallery/2010-04/archive-gallery-retrospective-look-robots

http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2010/08/watch-a-robot-jam-out-on-the-marimba/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/science/11robots.html?_r=1&hp

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0519WarmUp

Did you know that in Japan, a couple just got married by--a robot!

That's right. Apparently, Japan is country that has a very "progressive" attitude about robots and their role in society.

Read all about it @:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/Technology/wireStory?id=10659114

http://www.abcactionnews.com/entertainment/weirdnews/story/Couple-married-by-robot/MRvpKyeDK0WHgxfNlz4XJA.cspx

http://www.techeye.net/hardware/japanese-couple-married-by-a-robot

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-japanese-couple-married-by-a-robot/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100705-Japanese-Couple-Married-by-Robot

http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/Japan.robots.technology.20.976838.html

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5581642

Here are some other cool sites about robots:

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25341/robots-we-like-robots-we-fear

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

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1019WarmUp

Robots, Robots, Robots! They seem to be everywhere..going to the moon, playing soccer, helping the elderly, teaching??? (now that's scary!)

What do they look like? What do they really do?

Check out these websites:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27952/japanese-robotics-see-the-future?xid=newsletter

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25341/robots-we-like-robots-we-fear

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/popup?id=4657172

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1027715n

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1172205n

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1609109n

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7058079

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

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0504WarmUp

Robots, robots, robots--they're everywhere! http://eneve.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/robots/

Look at some pictures @ http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

How about sending one into space? http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/

Or sending one into battle? http://www.tatrc.org/website_robotics/bear.html
and http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/skynet-alert-robot-bear-to-rescue-wounded-soldiers/

Or listening to punk music? http://blog.neoco.com/2008/07/04/robots-trained-to-love-punk-music/

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0210WarmUp

Robots are taking over the world, even as you read this!

Check it out @

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/dec08/7012
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/dec08/7012/2
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/dec08/7012/3

If you still don't believe it, look @ this:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/12663/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-gort-attacks

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dmac

0130WarmUp

What's a Roomba? A latin dance? A vacuum cleaner? Huh?

What's a Pakbot? A mechanical beast of burden? A motorized backpack?

They're all developed by a company here in Massachusetts called IRobot Corp.

Check it out @ http://store.irobot.com/corp/index.jsp

There is another group developing a robot that can jump and roll maybe intended for space exploration. See a demo @ http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16190-video-jumping-rolling-robot-avoids-all-obstacles.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

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