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Article: Gearing Kids Up For A Robotic Future With An Adorable, Programmable Bot On Wheels

Gearing Kids Up For A Robotic Future With An Adorable, Programmable Bot On Wheels http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682000/gearing-kids-up-for-a-robotic-future-with-an-adorable-programmable-bot-on-wheels

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Cornell finds out what happens when chat bots strike up a conversation

  My favorite excerpt from this is conversation is, “I am not a robot, I am a unicorn.”

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Update to Ben Grosser’s Interactive Robotic Painting Machine

Interactive Robotic Painting Machine by Benjamin Grosser

I have previously posted about Ben Grosser’s Interactive Robotic Painting Machine shortly before one of it’s flagship performances at Head Swap 2011. I was urging people in the vicinity to check it out. Benjamin Grosser has recently updated his project … Continue reading

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Benjamin Grosser’s interactive robotic painting machine

Robotic painting by Benjamin Grosser

I love reading about new robotic drawing machines. This morning an announcement about Benjamin Grosser’s interactive robotic painting machine came into my in box from Rhizome.org and I had to stop what I was doing to read more and post … Continue reading

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Roombots on Fastcodesign.com

Roombot chair

Fastcodesign.com has a great article on Roombots titled “Roombots Are Real-Life Transformers That Become Furniture“. Roombots are small autonomous robots that can reconfigure themselves into a variety of furniture shapes. Roombots are an interesting concept, definitely worth checking out if … Continue reading

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Dancing Mint Vacuum Robots

Hye and I loved the dancing Mint Robots at CES. This particular dancing routine was done in C or C++ according to the Mint representative I spoke with. He mentioned that they were considering opening up their software platform at … Continue reading

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