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Robot Dental Patient Can Take My Place Anytime


Submitted by Daniel Shope on Wednesday Apr 21, 2010 03:08 AM | ( Permalink) | Comments(0)

Three Japanese universities (Waseda, Kogakuin and Showa) and robot maker Tmsuk have developed Hanako, a robotic dental patient who can behave like a human patient (to some extent). The robot, who is supposed to be female, can converse with doctors while they operate.

CMU Unified Snake Robot


Submitted by Daniel Shope on Wednesday Apr 21, 2010 03:03 AM | ( Permalink) | Comments(0)

One of the coolest things about snake inspired robots is how they’re in the process of transcending their biological models, as these videos from CMU’s biorobotics lab shows. The unified snake is the latest from the Carnegie Mellon research team, and demonstrates amazing biomimicry.
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