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The Latest In Hobby Robotics 17
In this weeks episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits Lyneborg is giving you 2 tips to fun a nerd can have with RC cars. The first and easy one is “Build something new from the parts”. The second, and more complex one is to upgrade your RC car with “computer assisted sliding control”.…
Military Robotic Vehicle Could Mow the Lawn
John Deere’s “R-Gator” utility vehicle boasts GPS navigation, infrared cameras and obstacle sensors. It’s main mission is to support troops and keep them from harm’s way. But one day its technology could be used at home – in your backyard. WSJ’s Gwendolyn Bounds reports. Duration : 0:4:8
Robotic Fly Takes Flight
Robert Wood’s robotic flies are currently featured in MOMA’s “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibit in New York. They’re definitely an engineering work of art, as the first insect-sized robots with the ability to lift themselves off the ground(read more at http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar08/6017). Duration : 0:3:10