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Guardian UK: Dawn of the age of the robot
The US military is backing the development of a four legged mechanical pack-carrying robot, called the BigDogs. Guided by its own sensors BigDog can navigate treacherous terrain carrying 150kg on its back.
The University of South Carolina has developed a system called Contour Crafting that allows machines to construct buildings in layers guided by computers. The system can reduce construction times and costs by 75%, according to USC.
Google is working on cars that drive themselves.
2 comments:
The technical elite ever striving to get rid of us! My experience working with engineers for yrs. is that they are as a group socially retarded and happier around their machines that don't look at them cross eyed.
Yes, engineers are usually objective thinkers with a twist of intuitive for creativity. They are not people types. Robotics will be huge.
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