robotic hand that feels real
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read more: http:wwwnewscientistcomarticlemg20126924900the rubber hand illusion is being exploited by prosthetic limbs to make them feel like the real thing

icymi 20170404
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https:wwwengadgetcom20170403icymi-diy-iron-mantoday on in case you missed it: british inventor richard browning show us his slow careful flights across a test area using his quotdaedelusquot jet pack prototype daedelus consists of six kerosene-powered microjets strapped to his limbs which doesn039t sound dangerous at all while that might sound like a bad idea the system quotfliesquot at a walking pace and the wearer only hovers about six to ten feet off the ground for his part browning039s convinced the jets are safe stating that he uses small amounts of kerosene and has a dead-man039s switch to kill the set-up when not pressed for now browning is mostly shopping the device around at exhibitions but he hopes it will one day be used by rescue or military personnelmeanwhile at the other end of the rocket science spectrum nasa039s jet propulsion laboratory is working on robots that can withstand roving throughout frozen planets and moons while scientists would lo

meet the revolutionary obi
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the simple act of eating a meal will become more dignified and enjoyable for many people with physical challenges with the launch of obi a revolutionary robotic dining device obi blends cutting-edge robotics elegant design intuitive controls and a friendly personality to give individuals who are fed by others the ability to take control of their meals at home and in publicwe believe dining is one of lifes greatest pleasures that absolutely everyone should enjoy said jon dekar desns co-founder what our device stands for is equally as important as what it does it represents our belief that living with physical challenges can be fulfilling and inspiring technology and specifically robotics combined with modern design should facilitate thatto view the multimedia release go to:http:wwwmultivucomplayersenglish7850651-obi-robotic-dining-device

tasting antennae - fuguist vision mix - dysphonix
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artist: dysphonixtrack: tasting antennae fuguist vision mixvideo concept: dysphonix2005

why do cockroaches even exist
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roaches are more than just pests that crawl around our homes here039s how they are actually beneficial and even essential to the environmentscientists create roboroaches - http:bitly28lcxllsign up for the seeker newsletter here - http:bitly1uo1pxiread more:cockroaches good for environment biologists sayhttp:wwwhuffingtonpostcom20120621cockroaches-good-environment-nitrogen-cycle_n_1614913htmlquotthe sight of a cockroach makes just about every american shudder these fears drive us to kill kill kill and wish death upon the whole genus but what if - through some means more effective than a nuclear bomb - cockroaches really were wiped out could we then rest easy or do we in fact somehow need these monstrous verminquotquotzombiequot roaches lose free will due to wasp venomhttp:newsnationalgeographiccomnews200712071206-roach-zombiehtmlquotunable to fight back the quotzombiequot cockroach can be pulled into the wasp039s undergrou

gadget show live 2012 - festo robotic bird attacks
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gadget show live 2012 - festo robotic bird crashes into crowdthe guy that it hit was ok

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m-air outdoor u-m fly lab for drones amp autonomous aerial vehicles
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m-air is a new outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles at the university of michigan it lets researchers and students safely push algorithms and equipment to their limits m-air is an 800000 netted four-story complex situated next to the site where the ford motor company robotics building will open in late 2019 with 9600 gross square feet it has an 80-by-120 footprint and stands 50 feet high a pavilion for up to 25 people can host userswith the opening of this facility michigan engineering becomes the only engineering school in the countryperhaps in the worldwith access to cutting-edge robotic test facilities for land air sea and spacem-air is down the road from u-m039s one-of-a-kind mcity test facility a simulated urban and suburban environment where academic and industry researchers test autonomous and connected vehicles the college is home to the marine hydrodynamics lab which houses a 360-foot-long indoor body of water for testing robotic and conventional wate

nasa rroxitt: another step toward servicing satellites in space
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nasa039s goddard space flight center in maryland and kennedy space center in florida are joining teams and efforts to test new robotic refueling technologies that could help satellites live longer in space during the test a robotic arm with a highly specialized tool transfers satellite oxidizer -- an extremely corrosive fluid that helps propel satellites in orbit -- through the valve of a simulated spacecraft adding to the complexity the test is being operated remotely from goddard while performed at kennedy039s payload hazardous servicing facility the test simulates the refueling of a spacecraft in orbit an extremely challenging task that the team has been tackling since they launched the successful robotic refueling mission demonstration to the international space station in 2011 in this video robotic arm operator alex janas introduces rroxitt remote robotic oxidizer transfer test while standing next to the robotic arm he also teases an upcoming longer video that will go into further detail and show footage from the actual testfor more information visit the satellite servicing capabilities office website - http:sscogsfcnasagovthis video is public domain and can be downloaded at: http:svsgsfcnasagovgoto11480 like our videos subscribe to nasa039s goddard shorts hd podcast:http:svsgsfcnasagovvisitunesf0004_indexhtmlor find nasa goddard space flight center on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcomnasagsfcor find us on twitter:http:twittercomnasagoddard

best polaris pool cleaner
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http:mypoolguidecombest-polaris-pool-cleaner these are the top selling polaris pool cleaners see our website for full reviews of them all

hover 039bike039 flies on pilot039s intuition video
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aerofex has redesigned hover vehicle technology so that it responds to a pilot039s natural sense of balance without the need for flight control software

hover 039bike039 flies on pilot039s intuition video
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aerofex has redesigned hover vehicle technology so that it responds to a pilot039s natural sense of balance without the need for flight control software

first 8k video from space - ultra hd
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science gets scaled up with the first 8k ultra high definition uhd video from the international space station get closer to the in-space experience and see how the international partnership-powered human spaceflight is improving lives on earth while enabling humanity to explore the universe more: https:gonasagov2zgpy5o special thanks to the european space agency the iss national lab and astronauts alexander gerst serena aun-chancellor ricky arnold and drew feusteldownload this video: https:imagesnasagovdetails-first-8k-video-from-spacehtmlfeatured investigations and facilities:0:01 2:36 best seeks to advance use of sequencing dna and rna in space https:gonasagov2tnntku 0:13 the minus eighty-degree laboratory freezer for iss melfi is a cold storage unit that maintains experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures throughout a mission https:gonasagov2rkjal5 0:21 the advanced plant habitat aph a recent addition to the space station is the largest growth chamb

autonomous self-contained soft robotic fish at mit
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soft robots which don039t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels have become a sufficiently popular research topic that they now have their own journal soft robotics in the first issue of that journal out this month mit researchers report the first self-contained autonomous soft robot a quotfishquot that can execute an escape maneuver convulsing its body to change direction in just 100 milliseconds or as quickly as a real fish canquotwe039re excited about soft robots for a variety of reasonsquot says daniela rus a professor of computer science and engineering director of mit039s computer science and artificial intelligence laboratory and one of the researchers who designed and built the fish quotas robots penetrate the physical world and start interacting with people more and more it039s much easier to make robots safe if their bodies are so wonderfully soft that there039s no danger if they whack youquot the robotic fish was built by andrew marchese a graduate student in mit039s department of electrical engineering and computer science and lead author on the new paper where he039s joined by rus and postdoc cagdas d onal each side of the fish039s tail is bored through with a long tightly undulating channel carbon dioxide released from a canister in the fish039s abdomen causes the channel to inflate bending the tail in the opposite directionread more: http:webmitedunewsoffice2014soft-robotic-fish-moves-like-the-real-thing-0313htmlvideo: melanie gonick mit newshigh-speed footage courtesy of andrew marchese

qbo039s assembling time-lapse
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throughout the life of this project we must have assembled and disassembled our robot thousands of times in our labs qbo is not a toy is a complex platform that requires some knowledge of robotics and that039s why we decided to shoot one of these occasions in time-lapse format so that you can see how one of our engineers starts to assemble almost from scratch every component of the robottwitter http:twitterqborobot blog http:thecorporacomblog