Word: robotically
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...dimly lit Harvard basement, robots are on the move. They kick, shoot, pass, and score. And they may soon dominate the world—the soccer world, that is. Since last spring, the Cambridge Robotic Futbol Club (CRFC) has been creating a team of robots that can play soccer without any human involvement for 20 minutes. The club, which consists of 35 Harvard and MIT undergraduate robot enthusiasts, hopes to qualify for the international showdown of simulated soccer players: the RoboCup World Cup. “The ultimate goal of RoboCup is to create a team of robots that...
Butterscotch, a life-size plush pony from Hasbro that nuzzles and eats carrots, debuts at the 2006 American International Toy Fair in New York City along with hundreds of other high-tech amusements, including a tweenage doll with artificial intelligence, an interactive easel and a musical robot fueled by MP3s. Here's a look at some of the most promising playthings hitting the show floor this week--and store shelves across the U.S. later this year. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner...
...which they have a known fondness, during a break at Google's recent sales conference in San Francisco. Page, who as a student built an ink-jet printer out of Lego bricks, is snapping pieces together to make a kind of endlessly ascending staircase; Brin is working on a robot. Schmidt seems too grownup for this...
BRIN: I was hoping to build a Lego nuclear reactor, but I think I have a bazooka-wielding robot...
...like to know when they have them.” And Quincy House environmental science and public policy concentrator Frank L. Washburn ‘08 said his aspiration for a new online friend went unrequited. “I kind of hoped it would be a real robot that would leave treats for me,” Washburn said. “Kind of disappointing.” —Staff writer Sadia Ahsannudin can be reached at ahsanudd@fas.harvard.edu...