ScratchBot Uses Whiskers To Maneuver in the Dark
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The Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of Bristol, UK has built a robot that senses obstacles not with cameras, but sensitive whiskers at the front end:
Researchers at the University of Bristol in England hope to deploy the poodle-size ‘bot in search-and-rescue missions where vision is impaired, like in mines or smoky rooms. Its [...]
Pool-Playing Robot
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Deep Green is pool-playing robot created by students at the robotics laboratory of Queen’s University in Canada. Students have worked on it for the past three years, gradually improving its abilities against human opponents:
The system is currently playing at a better-than-amateur level. One current weakness, however, is with the break. The special purpose end [...]
