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What would make ArmedRobots.com better?
Posted by Eric on July 28th, 2010
If you had a chance to change something about this site, what would it be? What would you like to see added, removed, or changed? If you have any suggestions, please post them in a comment. (If you do not want it to be public, just specify that in your Comment.) P.S. Comments like, “It [...]
ArmedRobots.com will resume updates on June 28
Posted by Eric on June 19th, 2010
Thank you for your patience. If you run out of things to read, please go to stumbleupon.com and download their toolbar. You can find more awesome stuff on there in five minutes than you would find on your own in five weeks. See you in a week!
Self-replicating machines
Posted by Eric on June 4th, 2010
Adrian Bowyer, a mechanical engineer at the University of Bath, UK, is making machines that can print 3-dimensional objects, including 50% of its own parts. Eventually, he hopes that it will be able to print 100% of its own parts. The RepRap machine uses a roll of plastic string, which it melts and deposts onto a [...]
Moving the Site
Posted by Eric on May 12th, 2010
ArmedRobots.com is being moved to a different host… if anything uber scary comes up in the world of robotics, it will be posted, otherwise there will be a pause as the site is moved. Thank you for visiting!
Japan to Create Mind-Reading Robots by 2020
Posted by Eric on April 22nd, 2010
From AFP.com, great news for those hoping the robots DO win: “Japan plans to develop “mind-reading” robots and consumer electronics that can be controlled by thought alone and hopes to market them within a decade, the Nikkei daily reported Thursday.” Toyota, Honda, Hitachi, Osaka University, the National Institute of Information and Comnunications Technology, and [...]
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Tags: brain-machine interface technology, brainwaves, headsets, japan, mindreading 
No Comments »The Three Laws
Posted by Eric on April 17th, 2010
Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long [...]
