Chronicling Robots Since 2011
This week is turning out to be a banner week for robots. Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal front page article featured a story about Georgia Tech’s Robot Chicken Deboner (click to: see video). While that sounded tasty, I am compelled to tell you the story about “Snakes on Plane”, well almost, at least the robotic kind slithering … Read more
Last week, a fifteen year old boy at my daughter’s high school was hit by a car. The shock of the accident reverberated throughout the Upper West Side community and made me think of the frailty of mankind, especially when hit with head and neck injuries. Life can change on a dime. The confinement of … Read more
Have you ever wished to be a fly on a wall, to quietly have a birdseye view of the world? According to many online conspiracy theories bugs are already swarming your walls. Big Brother is watching… Researchers at Harvard have figured out a way to create a pop-up robot bug that can be constructed in … Read more
Last week, in honor of President’s Day, I went to Disneyland with the kids. Space Mountain is more than a ride, it’s a ritual. The same day we took flight, Time Magazine profiled a new study of how paleontologists are using robots to recreate dinosaurs, which more sounds like a theme park exhibit than science. … Read more