New robots climb stairs and have spines (video)

Summary: SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das gets friendly with robots that are flying to greater heights and interacting in more human-like ways.

By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | October 3, 2011 -- 01:38 GMT (18:38 PDT)

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Robotics researchers from around the world gathered in San Francisco to share their work at the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das gets friendly with robots that are flying to greater heights and interacting in more human-like ways.

Topic: Emerging Tech

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Wild stuff.

Dietrich T. Schmitz *Your

3 October, 2011 03:22

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RE: New robots climb stairs and have spines (video)

The Awesome-O liveth! Smelly farts and an affinity for funny fart jokes can only be the next small step for human-kind. Get Low get low get low...YEAH!

great-ish-soul

3 October, 2011 13:09

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Great. Now tell the refrigerator to get me a root beer...

Cool advancements in robotics. Fluid, humanlike robotic movement has been around since the '60s...neat to see it on semi-autonomous, mobile robots that can walk around.

Once robots start thinking for themselves, let's hope they are all 3 laws compliant :)

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4 October, 2011 10:53

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25 November, 2011 13:50

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