Tag: robotics
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Inside the Military’s New Office for Cyborgs
from stratrisks.com: The ability to link human brains to machines, create new life forms and build Star Trek-style disease detectors will be the focus of a new Defense Department office soon. The new office, named the Biological Technology Office, or BTO, will serve as a clearinghouse for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, programs…
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NASA to Send Robotic Doctor to Space
from RT.com: NASA is developing a humanoid robot to perform medical procedures, including surgery, at the International Space Station and even en route to Mars. The robot, which is named ‘Robonaut 2,’ is now undergoing further development and tests at Houston Methodist Research Institute. Dr. Zsolt Garami, an instructor at the institute, told Computerworld that…
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#Google’s robots and creeping militarization
from dailycaller.com: Google CEO Larry Page has rapidly positioned Google to become an indispensable U.S. military contractor. Google recently purchased Boston Dynamics, a robotics pioneer that produces amazing humanoid robots for the U.S. Defense Department. This development invites attention to Google’s broader military contracting ambitions — especially since Boston Dynamics is the eighth robotics company…
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Talking humanoid robot launches on Japan rocket
from bigstory.ap.org: The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot” — was among five tons of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima, southwestern Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA,…
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Now You Can Control Someone’s Arm Over The Net
from popsci.com.au: A group of graduate students in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program have developed an open-source API that can allows you to move someone else’s arm remotely using a keyboard, a joystick or even an iPhone. Open Limbs, “a platform for controlling human arms over the internet,” uses electric pulses to fire the nerves connected…