The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition will be held April 8-10, 2008 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition is the only robotics event that enables decision-makers from business, government and academia to easily grasp the potential opportunities arising from emerging robotics technologies. From developing new products, services and markets to enhancing existing ones, RoboBusiness Conference & Exposition addresses critical sales,
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OK, OK. It’s not exactly a robot tank — the thing isn’t even the size of Bradley Fighting Vehicle, let alone an Abrams. But it is pretty cool that the folks at Jalopnik got to remotely drive around the Black Knight unmanned combat vehicle demonstrator; they’ve even got the video to prove it. It doesn’t seem like the Black Knight was allowed to drive itself around, however, despite its maker’s claims that the machine can “plan routes, maneuver on the planned route, and avoid obstacles — al
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What is Harry’s obsession with talking to himself? Christina Hall He’s trying to outsmart the monkey. Why won’t Sonic (the drive-in company, not the blue hedgehog) build a restaurant closer than 200 miles from Chicago? Zel-kun The cheeky answer is that there are actually at least 10 Sonics within 200 miles of Chicago. Although, some of them are in Indiana. (You wacky mid-westerners and your tiny states!) However, any map of the 10 closest locations of a fast food restaurant that requires a ma
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Kohls.com offers the iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum for $299.99. Apply coupon code “NEW5983″ for 10% off to slice it to $269.99. With free shipping, it’s the lowest total price we could find by $29. Sales tax is added where applicable. Features include virtual walls, multi-surface cleaning, and more. Have a Kohl’s card? Instead get 15% off via coupon codes “GRAND30″.
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iRobot’s ConnectR remote-presence robot apparently will come out from hiding next week, when a company named Trinity Convergence — apparently a software partner on the project with iRobot — will display it at a telephony conference in San Jose, Calif. The product has been virtually under wraps since it was announced by iRobot CEO Colin Angle last fall, and has been delayed, presumably for upgrades/redesigns. Here is the press release (thx, Micro): RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC — 03/12/08 — Foc
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This isn’t the dumbest idea in the history of military robotics. But it sure as sugar ain’t the smartest, either. A few years back, the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command and the Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center funded a team from iRobot — makers of the PackBot line of military unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs — to see if they could make their square, squat machine fly. CNET reports what happened next: They came up with the Griffon (PDF), an iRobot
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