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Recurent Theme for 2002 More Popular Robots in Spotlight
Reccurent Theme for 2002 I'll start by wishing a happy 2002 to everyone: happy 2002 everyone! There's not much news around at the moment, and the articles that are coming out are reviews of 2001, or predictions for 2002... nothing special. So I guess its ok for news sites to write about not-so-fresh news... Wired.com has a feature on the Robotic Lobster again: Robo Lobster to Sniff Out Mines, which models real olfactory antennules to sniff out scents in water, in a fashion much more efficient than any human-like nose could handle. The article describes the process in which the researchers managed to capture the smelling behaviour of real lobsters. See the older thread. The second article that's not really fresh news is over on USA Today, entitled Robot Turns Golf Into a Good Walk Automated. It talks about the golf-helper robot mentioned a few weeks ago. There's more information about the range, which I was sceptical about in the first place; and indeed, it's not much: 2 feet. Also, they do plan to use it as a helper on the driving range, which I don't believe is the best possible application for such a design. However, the prototype only cost $400, which is very impressive by today's standards ;) | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Wednesday 02 January, 07:17 Reply