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Jul 31 2008

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Injection moulders optimise energy at - Manufacturing Talk

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Injection moulders optimise energy at
Manufacturing Talk, UK -19 minutes ago
The duo 500 pico is equipped with a robot from the new Engel Linear series. With a weight-optimised but still extremely stable mechanical basis the new

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Once again, evidence pours in about Mars' traces of water - San Francisco Chronicle

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Once again, evidence pours in about Mars' traces of water
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA -3 hours ago
The ice recently discovered had been found in bits of frozen soil dug up by the scoop at the end of the spacecraft's robotic arm and scraped into TEGA like
Video: NASA finds proof of water on MarsReutersVideo
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Kawasaki Heavy Falls After Reporting Profit Decline on Yen - Bloomberg

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Kawasaki Heavy Falls After Reporting Profit Decline on Yen
Bloomberg -4 hours ago
Waning sales at the consumer-products and machinery unit, Kawasaki Heavy's largest business segment that builds motorcycles and industrial robots,

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Robotic surgery era starts at Trinity - Quad City Times

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Robotic surgery era starts at Trinity
Quad City Times, IA -4 hours ago
By Deirdre Cox Baker | Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:13 PM CDT | () comments New computer-enhanced robotic surgery has arrived at Trinity Medical Center,

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Ruckus At Robotics Camp - Tampa Tribune

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Ruckus At Robotics Camp
Tampa Tribune, FL -1 hour ago
In a lively game of "King of the Hill," tiny remote-controlled robots fought to gain points in a blocked-off, carpeted area of the school's library.

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Ask The AV Club - August 1, 2008 - A.V. Club

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Ask The AV Club - August 1, 2008
A.V. Club -1 hour ago
woods who came across an alien robot who was collecting life forms to take back to its planet. The robot chased the man, who tried several clever but

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Blog: Teaching Kids to Program, or Don't Try to Teach 8-Year-Olds … - CIO Australia

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Blog: Teaching Kids to Program, or Don't Try to Teach 8-Year-Olds
CIO Australia, Australia -9 minutes ago
One lesson he learned is that robots aren't cool. Torkington started teaching the children using a LEGO MindStorms kit; it let them build a robot by

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Crime-fighting robots duke it out - Vancouver Sun

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Crime-fighting robots duke it out
Vancouver Sun,  Canada -3 hours ago
Although the Mountie-Bots competition - part of the eighth annual UBC Engineering Physics Robot Competition - looked like nothing but fun and games,

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DEMOfall08 — Chris Shipley calling the next trends of DEMO and the web - VentureBeat

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DEMOfall08 — Chris Shipley calling the next trends of DEMO and the web
VentureBeat, CA -7 hours ago
Past participants such as WebEx, VMware, iRobot, Linden Labs, Six Apart, and Roku have single-handedly redefined their industry’s market.

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The Hudson’s New Wave - New York Times

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The Hudson’s New Wave
New York Times, United States -2 hours ago
The river was lined with railroad tracks, sawmills, paper mills, ice houses, brick yards, iron foundries and other industrial sites, all feeding the

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Preparing students for jobs of the future - Catskill Daily Mail

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Preparing students for jobs of the future
Catskill Daily Mail, NY -20 minutes ago
Such jobs as gene screener, drowned city specialist, teleport specialist, robot mechanic and dirigible pilot will be among the new professions in 2027.

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» Indulge your LEGO fantasies - Chicago Daily Herald

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» Indulge your LEGO fantasies
Chicago Daily Herald, IL -40 minutes ago
You can pose next to Darth Vader, R2-D2, Harry Potter, Hagrid or Batman. It's a major photo opportunity. After getting your fill of pictures, head onto the

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FIRST Robotics Reorgaizes To Help Keep Michigan An Engineering Center (Michigan Technology News)

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DETROIT - Inventor Dean Kamen, founder of FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology - has restructured his program in Michigan into 16 districts under the new entity called FIRST in Michigan in an effort to keep Michigan as one of the top engineering centers in the nation.

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Logistics News: Developing Optimal Order Picking Strategies - Supply Chain Digest

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Logistics News: Developing Optimal Order Picking Strategies
Supply Chain Digest, OH -3 hours ago
It may be that for your operation, the optimal solution is a “multi-modal” blend of picking strategies and automation technologies, as referenced in the

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Hansen Medical Reports 2008 Second Quarter Results - CNNMoney.com

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Hansen Medical Reports 2008 Second Quarter Results
CNNMoney.com -10 hours ago
Hansen Medical, Inc., based in Mountain View, Calif., develops products and technology using robotics for the accurate positioning, manipulation and control

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Gear-Up Hosts Lego Robotics Camp (The Charleston State Journal)

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The camp was held at Fairmont State University.

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Barackis Dukakis? McCain Slings from the Sewer While Obama Says Little - OpEdNews

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Barackis Dukakis? McCain Slings from the Sewer While Obama Says Little
OpEdNews, PA -2 hours ago
bravely serving his country and having his patriotism exploited by political hacks like Johnson and the various mutant would-be humanoids of the GOP,

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At NASA technology program, students let their robots roll - The Virginian-Pilot

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At NASA technology program, students let their robots roll
The Virginian-Pilot, VA -5 hours ago
Forty-three high school students at NASA Langley Research Center built and programed robots during Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars

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WowWee Femisapien Fembot Gets Thorough, Semi-Naughty Video Shakedown [Yikes] (Gizmodo)

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As the folks at Robots Rule show in this video, Femisapien is “smart, funny, can dance up a storm and perform skits with you.” What a gal. Here we get a demo of just about every feature imaginable,…

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New household robot promises to make virtual visits easy - LinuxWorld.au

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New household robot promises to make virtual visits easy
LinuxWorld.au, Australia -7 hours ago
Since 1990, Greiner's team has developed bomb-detonating robots for the military, robots that search surf zones for mines, in addition to their household

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