Robot watches out for rare bird
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A robot ornithologist has been installed in a wildlife refuge to look for the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker.
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The sensitivity of a homing pigeon&#39;s beak could provide an answer to the complicated story of how it finds its way home. Scientists have shown for the first time that homing
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Seiko Epson Corp. is developing a flying robot that looks like a miniature helicopter and is about the size of a giant bug. The company hopes it'll prove handy for security, disaster rescue and space exploration.
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Seagull poo on solar cells is primary tech snag In the Irish Sea off Wales this week, a new kind of robot is taking to the waves. For once, this is not a military kill-droid, nor a securo-pork powered surveillance machine. Instead, we are seeing the debut of the fully-autonomous sailboat, which uses its own software to navigate out at sea. For now the uninhabited windjammers will stay relatively close to home but, next year, their successors will race across the Atlantic.â¦
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Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment.
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In a high-tech take on a canary in a coal mine, the U.S. Army is using sensitive bluegill fish to monitor water reservoirs for signs of contamination or attack.
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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is about to welcome a robotic visitor.
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One of the UK's rarest birds is found in the East Anglian Fens for the first time since World War II.
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Technology from the heavens and virtual world are helping track the endangered whale shark.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 3--DURHAM -- A great egret is back in the wild after a few weeks of R&R courtesy of the Piedmont Wildlife Center.   The bird, which tends to be coastal and not found this far inland, was seen dangling from a tree Jan.
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George the robot is playing hide-and-seek with scientist Alan Schultz. George whirrs and hides behind a post until he's found.
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TWITCHERS should book their plane tickets as soon as possible. Wildlife experts yesterday claimed to have discovered a new species of bird in the Philippines. But they immediately warned that the flightless Calayan rail could be driven to extinction by ...
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At this time of year, the world seems built for birds on the wing.
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Aethon Inc. has brought out a system that uses two robots -- Homer and Tug -- to monitor the movement of medical equipment using RFID technology.
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Blog: Art installation puts autonomous robots behind bars for people to observe.
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Head-Aimed Remote Viewer (HARV) gives robot drivers a better view.
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The next big use for iRobot's bots: patrolling international borders.