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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Skype Robot with Arms Balances Like a Segway

A robot called the uBot from DigitRobotics (founded by two University of Massachusetts Ph.D. students) BALANCES ON TWO WHEELS LIKE A SEGWAY, has arms for grabbing things and lets remote operators interact via Skype video conferencing. The robot was designed to serve as a platform for researchers to develop specialized robots. The company is current custom-building three robots for the MIT Media Lab, and plans to develop a health care NurseBot. I want one.

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