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  Whiskered Robots

  Robots with whiskers like a rat can detect and then project 3D virtual images of objects on to a computer screen. Scientists say robotic rovers, like the ones on Mars, might contain a set of whiskers to help them navigate the terrain around them.

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  New Robot Delivers Snacks

  Snackbot is an autonomous mobile robot whose mission is to bring tasty treats.

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  Newfangled Pogo Stick Soars 9 Feet

  This is not your father's pogo stick. Hang on.

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  Powerful Ideas: Navy Plans Robotic Barnacle Buster

  A new barnacle-scraping robot may be a welcome addition to a ship's crew.

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  Robotic Barnacle Buster

  The robotic hull bio-mimetic underwater grooming, or Hull BUG, would strip barnacles from ship hulls so the ships use less fuel.

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  High School Student Develops Chemical-Detecting Robot

  Autonomous robot finds and responds to chemical spills, potentially saving human lives.

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  Robot Hops to Military Duty

  Precision Urban Hopper robots, designed for urban warfare, can jump onto or over obstacles more than 25 feet.

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  Wow! This Robot Can Hop

  The Precision Urban Hopper robot, designed for urban combat situations, can hop 25 feet to clear fences and other object.

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  Can Robots Make Ethical Decisions?

  Morality is no longer the exclusive realm of human philosophers. Now what?

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  Robot to Get Human Brain Cells

  It's all cooked up in a broth of nutrients zapped by electricity.

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  Engineering Students Build Underwater 'Bot

  College students build underwater robots designed to save mock submarines.

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  Robotic Fish Could Patrol Waterways

  Robotic fish that swim like the real thing created to patrol waterways.

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  New Moon Rovers Rehearse on Earth

  Red Rover's laser maps in 3D, while Black Rover's radar peers 6 feet under. Offspring of these wheeled test vehicles will ply the lunar surface, Martian terrain, crusts of planetary moons and perhaps the outer rinds ofdwarf planets.

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  Nano Researcher Is Also Avid Student Mentor

  Researcher works to develop new nanomaterials and mentors high school student to science fair win.

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  Robotic Systems Help People with Disabilities

  Robotic mobility and manipulation devices are being crated to assist people with disabilities

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  Robot Model Hits the Runway

  The HRP-4C female robot hits the runway at the Osaka fashion show.

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  Robots Could Replace Teachers

  More and more of us will learn from robots in the future, but human teachers will still be the norm, according to a "new science of learning."

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  Military Robot Could Eat Dead Bodies

  'Bot designed to fuel itself by consuming organic material, from grass to furniture or even dead bodies.

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  Hey, Einstein! Is That You?

  A hyper-realistic Einstein robot at the University of California, San Diego has learned to smile and make facial expressions through a process of self-guided learning.

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  Powerful Ideas: Military Develops 'Cybug' Spies

  Scientists can already control the flight of real moths using implanted devices.

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  Robotic Bat: A Sneaky Spy

  A palm-sized "robo-bat" with shape memory alloy is designed for surveillance.