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Robotics
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The Right Coast
Google’s Atlas robot takes a forest hike – BBC News
Google's Boston Dynamics division has released footage of its Atlas humanoid robot taking a walk in a forest. via www.bbc.com
The Right Coast
This gecko-inspired robot could some day crawl along the space station – CSMonitor.com
NASA robots may climb the walls of the International Space Station one day using grippers inspired by the super-adhesive feet of geckoes.via www.csmonitor.com
CommLawBlog
The Fourth Law of Robotics: Don’t Miss That Spot Over There
By FHH Law
Waiver permits Roomba manufacturer to market new self-guided lawn mower for residential use. The kid down the street who mows your lawn may have to change her business model. Automation…
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Hitchhiking Robot That Crossed Nations Fails to Last 2 Weeks in U.S. | TIME
HitchBOT was vandalized in Philadelphia overnight on Saturday after exploring parts of Massachusetts and New York, Canadian researchers David Smith and Frauke Zeller shared on the project s website. The…
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Lost? Send in the Drones and Robots! | Fast Forward | OZY
It s just another day on the job for Richard Bowie and Chris Rowley, who are sifting through 5,000 snapshots of aerial images being live-streamed from a drone flying 4…
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At Amazon Warehouses, Humans and Machines Work in Frenetic Harmony | MIT Technology Review
Amazon s fulfillment center, located in the township of Robbinsville, is a dizzying hive of activity, with humans and machines working in carefully coördinated harmony. Besides showing the incredible efficiencies…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
“DARPA’S Robotics Challenge Has a Gender Problem”
By John Kang
From WaPo: The tech world deservedly catches some flack for its lack of gender diversity.For example, only 30 percent of Google’s employees are women. At Facebook31 percent are women. The number are more skewed…
The Right Coast
Drones Make Good Jogging Companions, Research Finds | Popular Science
Having trouble getting motivated to jog? What if, to help you along your way, there was a flying robot always a few steps ahead of you, its mechanical hovering body…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Privacy in the Machine World
By James Denvil
In 2014, the Internet of Things and big data were two of the hottest buzz words among privacy professionals. This year, “robotics” may be one of our oft-spoken words. In…
TortsProf Blog
Hubbard on the Application of Tort and Regulation to Robots
Patrick Hubbard (South Carolina) has just published Sophisticated Robots: Balancing Liability, Regulation, and Innovation in the Florida Law Review. The abstract provides:Our lives are being transformed by large, mobile, “sophisticated robots”…