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JJ Abrams tackles 'Boilerplate': Now, that's a good robot. - Entertainment Weekly

JJ Abrams tackles 'Boilerplate': Now, that's a good robot.
Entertainment Weekly
Now, let's see what Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, can do with this brave tin man of the Victorian Age. What do you think, Popwatchers — are ...
JJ Abrams producing period robot movie 'Boilerplate' (exclusive)Hollywood Reporter
Abrams' Bad Robot Making a Robot Movie About 'Boilerplate'First Showing (blog)
JJ Abrams to Produce Paramount's Robot Tale 'Boilerplate'TheWrap
Filmonic (blog) -Comic Book Resources -The Film Stage (blog)
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Japan robots chat, play -- and help find lost specs - Washington Post

Japan robots chat, play -- and help find lost specs
Washington Post
TOKYO (Reuters) - Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw airplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of ...

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Caterpillar Crawl Could Inspire New Robots - Voice of America

Caterpillar Crawl Could Inspire New Robots
Voice of America
Scientists take cues from caterpillars to design robots for medicine or for search and research operations. What they saw, Simon says, looked like an open ...

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IRobot Enjoys Another Solid Quarter - Morningstar.com

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IRobot Enjoys Another Solid Quarter
Morningstar.com
International home robot quarterly revenue jumped 81% from a year ago and is now up 94% year to date. Importantly, this gain is almost entirely volume-based ...
IRobot Q2 beats market, ups FY view; shares jumpReuters
iRobot Reports 2Q Record Revenue and EarningsAppliance Magazine
Robotics company iRobot swings to 2Q profitThe Associated Press
Wall Street Journal -Barron's (blog)
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Snake Robots Could Disable Explosives - Discovery News

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Snake Robots Could Disable Explosives
Discovery News
Snake robots, however, might be a different story. In a project called the Robotic Tentacle Manipulator, engineers at the US Army Research Laboratory are ...
Tentacle Robot under development by the US ArmyCoolest Gadgets
The Robotic Tentacle ManipulatorCNET (blog)
The Army's New Tentacle Robot Can Open Your Door, Crawl Right InGizmodo Australia

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Ranger Robot Breaks Record, Walks 23km on Single Charge - PC World

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Ranger Robot Breaks Record, Walks 23km on Single Charge
PC World
The robot took 65185 steps over nearly 11 hours before running out of battery power and collapsing. It was powered by a 25.9 volt lithium ion battery and ...
Adorable Walking Robot Sets Distance RecordWired News
Ranger Walking Robot Walks 14.3 Miles to Beat Distance RecordSlashGear (blog)
Ranger Walking Robot Sets Distance RecordUberGizmo (blog)

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Surgical robot for spine surgeries now resides in Plano - Lewisville Leader

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Surgical robot for spine surgeries now resides in Plano
Lewisville Leader
The SpineAssist is one of three surgical robots in the United States and the only one in Texas. ...
Texas Health Plano, Texas Back Institute Offer SpineAssist® Surgical Robot for ...PR Newswire (press release)
Patients Reap Rewards Of Surgical Robot AssistantCBS 11
This Robot has your Back: Surgical Robot used for smoother more efficient back ...33 KDAF-TV
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
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Japan experts call for robot expedition to moon - AFP

AFP	Japan experts call for robot expedition to moon AFP TOKYO — An expert panel advising the Japanese government called in a report approved on Thursday for the nation to send a wheeled robot to the moon in five ... and more »

America's Got Talent: "Overgrown school children in robot costumes." - Houston Chronicle (blog)

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America's Got Talent: "Overgrown school children in robot costumes."
Houston Chronicle (blog)
The mummers were just "overgrown school children in robot costumes" as Piers so eloquently put it, the Strange Familiar were -- let's be honest -- not good ...
America's Got Talent Season 5 Episode 14 :: Quarter FinalsKidzworld Media
'America's Got Talent': Quarter Final 3Digital Spy
America's Got Talent 2010 recap: a melting pot of actsEntertainment and Showbiz! (blog)
Apex News Network (blog)
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'Welfare robots' to ease burden in greying Japan - AFP

AFP	'Welfare robots' to ease burden in greying Japan AFP A new robot wheelchair developed at Saitama University near Tokyo doesn't need to be propelled manually by the user or pushed by a caregiver but can instead ... and more »