Not exact matches
January 16: Young
roboticists build and program a LEGO alligator with
help from Einstein's Workshop at A is for Atrium (Watertown)
And their flexible, intelligent arms are the envy of
roboticists and artificial intelligence engineers worldwide.But these animals, which have evolved over hundreds of millions of years, can teach us even more about security in the 21st century than camo and communications, Rafe Sagarin argues in his new book Learning from the Octopus: How secrets from nature can
help us fight terrorist attacks, natural disasters and disease (Basic Books, April 2012).
Such is the sway of science fiction like the Terminator series that some
roboticists are studying how fictional depictions of robots influence opinions of the real thing to
help improve their designs.
Such a maneuverable machine could one day soar up the towering structures of a construction site, flying in and out of steel beams to
help keep track of a building's progress, study coauthor Seth Hutchinson, a
roboticist at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, said in a news briefing January 31.
In need of a new limb, a Metal Gear Solid fan is getting some
help from the publisher of his favorite series, as well as engineers,
roboticists and prosthetics artists.