So You Want Space Robots?....

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UAVs Used in Hurricane Reconnaissance

In this post, Defense Tech links to this story from NOAA about a 10-hour UAV flight through tropical storm Ophelia a few weeks ago.

The aircraft, known as an Aerosonde, provided the first-ever detailed observations of the near-surface, high wind hurricane environment, an area often too dangerous for NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve manned aircraft to observe directly.

Falling Behind

The Defense Tech link above points to this Wired story that points to this NSF/NASA/NIBIB media report that discusses the lgagging behind Europe and Asia of the USA in developing non-military robots.

ROK Combat Robot

The (South) Koreans are developing combat robots. The link from Gizmodo points to a this story in the Korea Times.

Biped Robot with Passive Legs

The link is a link to a pop up with a few still images, no motion. I haven't taken time to scope around for a video demo yet.

World's Smallest Robot at Dartmouth

Follow the link for the full story and some pics.

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