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  • Battle Tech: Robotics and Smart Weapons on Show

    Robotic remote-controlled vehicles are among the latest in cutting edge military technology on show for US Marines and international military personnel at the annual Modern Day Marine Expo in Virginia. (Oct. 5) Duration : 0:2:0

  • Calliope robot target tracking demo

    Owen Watson of Florida A&M University demonstrates a Calliope robot tracking a bicolor marker with its pan/tilt. To find out more about Calliope, visit http://Chiara-Robot.org/Calliope Duration : 0:0:24

  • World Tech Update, Sept. 30, 2010

    Coming up on this week’s show RIM unveils the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer, Apple’s iPhone 4 launches in China, Nintendo’s 3DS readies to go on sale, electric cars debut at the Paris Auto Show, Sony Ericsson’s LiveView is a mini display for Android phones, Sharp gets into the e-reader business, and Raytheon revamps its Exoskeleton…

  • Raytheon Company – Raytheon Unveils 2nd Generation Exoskeleton Robotic Suit

    On September 23, 2010, Clark Gregg — the actor known for his recurring role as Agent Phil Coulson in Marvel Studios’ Iron Man movies — visited the Raytheon Sarcos research lab in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the unveiling of the company’s wearable XOS 2 robotics suit. More information: http://rtn.co/byujZt Duration : 0:2:52

  • Robot Archer iCub

    Humanoid robot iCub learns the skill of archery. After being instructed how to hold the bow and release the arrow, the robot learns by itself to aim and shoot arrows at the target. It learns to hit the center of the target in only 8 trials. The learning algorithm, called ARCHER (Augmented Reward Chained Regression)…