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Life-Size Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot: Man Builds Droid That Punches You
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsScience fiction writers have long imagined the day when robots will rise up and attack humans. It's safe to say that none of them pictured it looking anything like this. An Australian draftsman has constructed a robotic boxing buddy, called Punching Pro, that uses two arms powered by 12-volt windshield-wiper motors to throw blows at its human sparring partners. "This is an automated sparring apparatus that is heaps of fun; it looks and feels like you're challenging a real fighter," Punching Pro inventor Kris Tressider wrote on his website. Even though the robot is made from parts that ...
Naked Man Shoots Police Robot [VIDEO]
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsA naked man took a pot shot at a SWAT bot. Authorities in Brevard County, Fla., say a nude man opened fire on a $65,000 police robot with an AK-47 last week. Police dispatched the robot after receiving reports that a man who owned several guns had threatened his own life and the lives of others, according to MSNBC. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rather than risk putting officers in the line of fire, authorities used a remote-controlled robot equipped with a camera to enter the man's home in West Melbourne. Stunning footage shows the robot ...
US May Send Drone Chopper to Help Japan With Crippled Nuke Plant
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsCleanup work at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant presents a radiation risk to many workers, even helicopter pilots flying over the complex. One partial solution could be an unmanned aircraft capable of carrying 6,000 pounds of cargo -- in this case, water -- to help tame the crippled facility. "The U.S. Navy is currently exploring the possibility of deploying assets to provide humanitarian assistance to the government of Japan," Marcia Hart-Wise, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman, told AOL News, in response to a question about the K-MAX, an unmanned helicopter developed by the Lockheed Martin ...
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Robot Lets Sick Teen Attend High School Virtually
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsLyndon Baty is too sick to set foot in the classroom, but the Texas teen says he's found the next best thing: a robot that allows him to attend high school virtually. Lyndon, 15, suffers from kidney disease and has been home-bound since last year, when his body rejected a transplant. But now, a robot is helping him keep up with his fellow students -- and feel a little less lonely -- by attending classes for him at Knox City High School in Knox City, Texas. "It's the most wonderful thing that's happened to me since my transplant," he told NBC's "Today" show. With the teen at the controls, the ...
Robonaut to Join Astronauts for Space Mission
By Lee Speigel - AOL News"Warning, warning, Will Robinson!" Ah, the phrase heard around the galaxy from the classic 1960s television series, "Lost in Space." It was the voice of the boy's mechanical pal trying to keep the young Robinson aware of some sort of approaching threat. And now, NASA is about to launch its long-awaited robotic companion to astronauts in space: Robonaut 2. In a unique partnership, NASA and General Motors have come together to develop a new generation of robots for both the automotive and aerospace industries. ...
Navy Building Humanoid Robot to Fight Fires
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe Navy next week will kick off a new project to build a humanoid robot that could be used for firefighting aboard ships. The three-year effort, which will be funded by the Office of Naval Research, will be aimed at building a prototype of the robotic firefighter. The eventual goal is a walking, talking robot equipped with sensors and fire suppressant that could move around a ship independently, putting out blazes. U.S. Navy The Navy is working on a walking, talking robot equipped with sensors and fire suppressant to fight fires aboard ships. The idea of using robots for the ...
Sorry, Humans! Air Hockey Robots Aren't Programmed to Lose
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 17) -- A Japanese scientist has made the next big innovation in robot air hockey by putting the paddle to the metal. Kunikatsu Takase, a professor at the Japanese University of Electronic Communication, has just created a robot that can play air hockey against humans and win its games 70 percent of the time. According to Dailymotion, the key is an artificial eye that is mounted in the ceiling and analyzes the direction of the puck as it moves across the field of vision. Air Hockey Robot Uploaded by DiagonalView. - Technology reviews and science news videos. "Speed is important," ...
Robot to Join Astronauts on Discovery's Final Mission
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 2) -- It will be one giant leap for robotkind. A 330-pound gadget dubbed R2 will become the first humanoid robot to enter space when it blasts off for the International Space Station. It will be aboard the shuttle Discovery, which will be on its final mission. Liftoff was scheduled for Wednesday, but it was pushed back to Thursday because of an electrical problem aboard Discovery. The robot, whose official name is Robonaut 2, was created in a partnership between NASA and General Motors. NASA hopes the robot will be able to take over many tasks that astronauts now handle, and maybe ...
Search for Missing US Balloonists Ends
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ROME, Italy (Oct. 5) -- The Italian coast guard said Monday that it had called off the search for a pair of American balloonists who disappeared last week in the Adriatic Sea. The search was called off at 3:30 p.m. (1330 GMT) after a final attempt to locate Richard Abruzzo, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Carol Rymer Davis, of Denver, had failed, said coast guard spokesman Lt. Massimo Maccheroni. Maccheroni said that a robotic vehicle scanned the seabed of the Adriatic for any remains. "We found nothing that could be traced to the balloonists," he told The Associated Press. The veteran ...
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