Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water
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With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering professor Metin Sitti built a tiny robot that
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It may eat flies and stink to high heaven, but if this robot works, it will be an important step towards making robots fully autonomous.
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A seagoing glider that uses heat  energy from the ocean to propel itself is the first "green"  robot to explore the undersea environment, U.S. researchers  said on Thursday.
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PITTSBURGH - It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs...
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After more than eight grueling hours of screwing parts together, my arm was sore and my mind numb. But when the 13-inch-tall robot finally took its first teetering steps, I was moved like a proud parent.
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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 simple sea creature could help to address the problem of global warming, a scientist claims.
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Science & environment: The robot devised by Ivan Bowman makes remote working and interacting with his colleagues much easier, says Matt Walcoff.
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Water striders do what few other animals can: They walk on water. How the freshwater insects pull it off has baffled scientists&#151;until now.
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According to an article in this month's Science Journal, researchers at Simon Frasier University in British Columbia have developed a new technology to generate electricity from the natural motion of walking. Assistant professor of kinesiology Max Donelan and other team members say their biomechanical energy harvester promises to revolutionize the way people charge the batteries that power all sorts of mobile devices, like laptops, cell phones, and emergency rescue gear.
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Automaker Honda is showing off the latest implementation of its Asimo robot, which can run at speeds of 4 mph and may one day help care for the elderly and disabled.