Tag Archives: Robots

Rat brain art

By alex | Published: 7/9/2003
Researcher 1: Hey, let’s make a robot that learns how to make artistic pictures over time. Researcher 2: That’s an interesting idea, but it’s been done. Researcher 1: OK, so we’ll use a collection of disembodied rat brains! Researcher 2: Again, nice idea, but rat-brained robots are passe. Researcher 1: OK, OK. How about having […]
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Gladiator, the robot

By alex | Published: 7/9/2003
The Marine Corps are testing a multi-purpose tele-operated robot called the the Gladiator, a remotely piloted “mini tank-treaded terror bristling with so many cannon and guns that only a Hollywood screenwriter could have dreamed it up.” And how would it be employed? The Camp Smith demonstration of the Gladiator was based on a scenario in […]
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A FAQretary

By alex | Published: 6/30/2003
If you click on “Index” above, you will find a page that is absolutely useless, and has been for at least a year. So, I decided I should put a FAQ of sorts. Then I thought, why not make it a FAQ-bot? I’m basing the bot on ALICE, and trying to train it to answer […]
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Bots abound

By alex | Published: 6/15/2003
A couple of cool links from /.. First, for a robot that can track things you are holding and then snatch them. Definitely worth checking out those videos. Extremely cool. However, I think we all need to pitch in and buy these guys tickets to T3. I don’t particularly want a robot that pounces. And […]
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