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Dogs and Robot Snakes to Team Up for Rescue Missions

Dogs are pretty good at rescue operations. They can be trained to sniff out survivors in a disaster area and they can traverse some terrain that humans can’t in half the time. However even dogs have problems in some situations. What dogs need are little robot buddies that they can…

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January 30th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Skinput Uses Your Skin as an Input Device

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CMU researcher Chris Harrison’s Skinput is an amazing new technology. It’s a new interface concept that just makes sense, and to top it off, it’s also pretty darn cool. Input devices haven’t changed much in the last few decades. We still use mice and we still use keyboards. If Harrison…

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March 5th, 2010 by: Range

Snackbot Snack-Delivering Robot: I Want One Now.

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I’ve always wanted a robotic butler. You know, like the personal service ‘bots in Woody Allen’s Sleeper…. Except without the sexual harassment part. Turns out that a team of industrious scientists at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have already built one. And this one delivers snacks! Sweet!

CMU’s Snackbot

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October 18th, 2009 by: Technabob

Cmu Girls Heart Technabob

CMU Girls Technabob Vid Clip

The girls of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are undoubtedly some of the dopest chicks you’ll ever encounter. Not only do they do they possess mad algebraic skillz and could probably kick your ass in World of Warcraft…, they have the only finest taste in tech blogs.

In this hilarious

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June 18th, 2008 by: Technabob

Automated Voice Response System Gets an Attitude

Daniel vs. Robophone

Ever feel like telling one of those stupid voice-recognition phone systems exactly where it can stick option number 2?

Carnegie Mellon alumnus, humorist and robotics author Daniel H. Wilson stars in this humorous video clip of what happened when he got a little too snarky with Diane, the voice behind…

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February 1st, 2008 by: Technabob

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