Archive for David Hahn
BoozeBot 9000 Feels Your Pain
Patrons at your typical dank, seedy bar typically want two things from their barkeep- a perfectly prepared whiskey sour and a sympathetic ear. An ear ready to hear all about your tragic life and how nobody loves you. Those attending the misleadingly named Roboexotica in San Francisco last weekend want to outsource this typically human-filled [...]
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This Week in Bionically Enhanced Critters
As loyal longtime readers of RobotCentral already know, on Mondays we like to review the week’s advances in robotic animal parts. This past week had some truly exciting and disturbing developments. Our robotic ornithologist readers will appreciate that Beauty the Bald Eagle will soon have a new bionic beak. Idaho Biologist Jane Cantwell has spent [...]
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Robots and Your Prostate: What Could Possibly Go Wrong
Leonardo da Vinci was known for many things: painting, sculpting, and of particular interest to RobotCentral readers, a French king commissioned him to build a walking mechanical lion. Which for some reason could produce a chest full of flowers on demand (probably because Leo had not yet invented the chainsaw). But he also became an [...]
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Break-Dancing, Stair-Falling, and now Baton-Twirling
Ask a symphony musician what the difference is between a conductor and a chimpanzee, and the musician will likely tell you that some chimpanzees have been shown to be able to communicate with humans. Perhaps a robot can gain their respect, and on May 13th, Honda’s multi-talented ASIMO Robot is going to try. ASIMO will [...]
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