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‘Mask-bot’ Set to Change the Face of How Humans Interact With Machines
Science & Technology
December 20, 2011 posted by Joseph Candel

‘Mask-bot’ Set to Change the Face of How Humans Interact With Machines

A robot face so realistic that it can even flutter its eyelids has been hailed by its inventors as the next-step in human-robot relations. Mask-bot, developed by engineers at the Technical University of Munich and in Japan, can also move its head a little, raise its eyebrows and talk, bringing the sort of robots seen on blockbuster I, Robot a step closer.

Air Force Keeps ‘Micro-Aviary’ Of Tiny, Bird-like ‘Bots
Big Brother
November 14, 2011 posted by Joseph Candel

Air Force Keeps ‘Micro-Aviary’ Of Tiny, Bird-like ‘Bots

If Air Force researchers have their way, the military’s next flying robots of doom will be tiny, and indistinguishable from the naked eye from small birds, bats or even insects. And they’ll take their first flight in a freaky “Micro-Aviary” in Ohio, where engineers make mini-machines modeled on those creatures of the sky.