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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Scary robot frog mounts, dismounts startled chair
Read the full story R&D | Robots 01:59 AM Mark Hiratsuka • PermalinkComments

Remember that leppin’, frittin’, jumping robot from Tokyo Uni we saw last week? Well, even if you don’t here’s Mowgli redux, this time on video in glorious YouTube-ovision.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Slam-dunk as Japanese leaping robot grabs big air
Read the full story R&D | Robots 01:07 AM Mark Hiratsuka • PermalinkComments

Robots are capable of many things these days, but jumping like a frog generally isn’t one of the first that comes to mind, however a machine in development [Subscription link] in Japan is the first bipedal ‘bot capable of doing just that.



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