Confined to a Zoo, Robots Turn Unexpectedly Aggressive
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What happens when supposedly peaceful robots, living together in a robot zoo in Portugal, start competing for resources? They start killing each other.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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Officials at zoos around the country say their housing for big cats is safe, but in light of the fatal mauling in San Francisco some are reviewing their procedures and even taking new measures of steep pen walls.
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Our three-part series on cheap, plastic robots concludes with the Robotikits Jungle Robot, a stump of voice-activated plastic and metal that resembles an encephalitic R2-D2. Commentary by Lore SjÃ¶berg.
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RunBot, a 9-inch-high machine, can adapt to different terrain, adjusting its gait and posture after a few learning experiences.
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A Franco-Swiss team uses a robot amphibian to study how the first land animals on Earth might have walked.
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The gutter-wrenching Looj remote-control robot gets rid of wet leaf build-up.
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Blood stains the walls of the cage where the deadly creatures are kept.
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Apes, gazelles, crocodiles, dolphins, vultures and parakeets are all in danger as the global extinction crisis escalates.
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A PREDATORY robot devised by British scientists could generate its own energy by catching and digesting flies. Called EcoBot II, the creation is part of a drive to make &quot;forget and release&quot; robots that could
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. - Police sent to investigate a traffic accident found more than they expected - a small zoo.
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Legs or wheels? Entertaining or functional? The robot world has a lot of questions to resolve.
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A new "resilient robot" can change how it walks in response to damage&#8212;perhaps in the same way newborns learn to walk, scientists say.
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The web video "Battle at Kruger," in which a baby buffalo is rescued by its herd from a lion attack, is less surprising to animal behaviorists than to its millions of Web fans
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Picture the scene: It's the holiday buying season, and ever since summer, consumers have been itching to get their hands on a 6-inch-tall robot with a quirky personality that evolves as its owners interact with it. The creature goes on to sell 50 million units, earning a stunning $1.2 billion.
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Zookeepers feared for the welfare of a family of three monkeys, a day after they were stolen from a theme park in central England.
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The robot army is coming, and it's well armed. Wired tours the military robotics labs of the Space and Naval Warfare System Center, which is part junkyard, part high-tech weapons laboratory.