| Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts                                                   |
|   from the i-thought-john-connor-destroyed-that-thing dept.                                  |
|   posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 05, @02:10 (Biotech)                              |
|   https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/12/05/047211/Man-Controls-Cybernetic-Hand-With-Thoug|
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MaryBethP writes “Scientists in Italy announced Wednesday that Pierpaolo
Petruzziello, a 26-year-old Italian who had lost his left forearm in a
car accident, was [0]successfully linked to an artificial limb that was
controlled by electrodes implanted in his arm and connected to the median
and ulnar nerves. He has learned to control the artificial limb with his
mind. According to CNet, Petruzziello says [1]he could feel sensations in
it, as if the lost arm had grown back again. The BBC has a brief video
[2]showing the arm in operation.”

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http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/12/05/047211

Links:
0. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10408139-1.html
1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10613258&pnum=0
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/8392111.stm

| Robo-Chefs and Fashion-Bots On Show In Tokyo                                                 |
|   from the someone-will-need-to-nurse-the-elderly dept.                                      |
|   posted by timothy on Friday November 27, @04:50 (Robotics)                                 |
|   https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/27/059215/Robo-Chefs-and-Fashion-Bots-On-Show-In-|
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avishere writes “The International Robot Exhibition kicked off this week
in Tokyo, [0]unveiling the latest whirring and buzzing inventions from
192 companies and 64 organizations from at home and abroad — and bringing
humanity another step closer to irrelevance. Among the humanoid cavalcade
was [1]a prototype robo-chef, showing off its cooking and cutting skills,
along with robots to play with your children, model clothes, and search
for disaster victims. There was also [2]one made almost exclusively of
cardboard. The exhibition — which opened with a human-like robot called
Nextage cutting the ribbon — runs until Saturday.”

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Links:
0. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6931585.ece
1. http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Japan+prepares+robots+take+over+kitchen/1681627/story.html
2. http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientists-unveil-worlds-first-eco-friendly-robot-made-of-cardboard-236097/

| Rise of the Robot Squadrons                                                                                                     |
|   from the nothing-can-go-wrong-nothing-can-go-can-go dept.                                        |
|   posted by timothy on Tuesday November 03, @12:53 (The Military)                            |
|   https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/11/03/1751232/Rise-of-the-Robot-Squadrons |
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Velcroman1 writes ‘Taking a cue from the Terminator films, the US Navy is
developing unmanned [0]drones that network together and operate in
‘swarms.’ Predator drones have proven one of the most effective — and
most controversial — weapons in the military arsenal. And now, these
unmanned aircraft are talking to each other. Until now, each drone was
controlled remotely by a single person over a satellite link. A new tech,
demoed last week by NAVAIR, adds brains to those drones and allows one
person to control a small squadron of them in an intelligent,
semiautonomous network.’

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Links:
0. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571133,00.html

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| Elder-Assist Robotic Suits, From the Real Cyberdyne                                          |
|   from the how-do-you-know-it’s-not-the-same-one dept.                                       |
|   posted by timothy on Sunday October 25, @04:02 (Robotics)                                  |
|   https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/25/0050256/Elder-Assist-Robotic-Suits-From-the-Re|
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Tasha26 writes “No, not the one which will end up building terminator
robots. [0]BBC’s Click brings news of a Japanese company, [1]Cyberdyne,
which is in the process of building different [2]robotic suits to assist
the elderly in accomplishing simple body tasks such as walking and
lifting. Even though still in R&D, this [3]video (@3m15s) shows a pretty
promising future for the elderly.”

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http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/10/25/0050256

Links:
0. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/
1. http://www.cyberdyne.jp/English/
2. http://www.cyberdyne.jp/English/robotsuithal/index.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8322790.stm