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      <title>AWE Robotic Wall Reconfigures Itself Into Workspace, Lounge</title>
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      <title>The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro</title>
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      <title>iRobot Launches Healthcare Robotics Division</title>
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      <title>First Video of Boston Dynamics PETMAN Biped</title>
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      <title>Skiing Robot Races Down Slope</title>
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      <title>DASH Hexapedal Cockroach-Inspired Robot Survives Large Falls, Dashes Off</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This little robot developed at UC Berkeley's Biomimetic Millisystems Lab can survive a 7-story fall -- and dash off at high-speed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/jRRnVOzuHAE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Video: iRobot's Shape-Shifting Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Steps</title>
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      <title>Researchers Developing Cockroach-Inspired Robots, Cheetah-Bots</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Roboticists present their bio-inspired designs -- and debate about which cockroaches are faster -- at IROS 2009.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/srEYDWCabiM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Hackers Can Use Your Robot to Cause You Harm</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Details have been released on how at-home robots sold today are designed with very little security in mind. How these common every day robots can be hacked, the many negative ways in which it can harm us, and how the problem will only get worse has been detailed in this first ever paper.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/2iX-kpNLoMA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Video: UCSD Robots Climb Stairs, Hop Like Pogo Stick</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Coordinated Robotics Lab at UCSD is developing agile robots that can overcome obstacles by balancing and hopping<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/LYvPF_FYK38" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Nissan's EPORO robot cars mimicking fish behavior</title>
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      <title>Boston Dynamics Demo Shows Robot Jumping Over Fence</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This impressive mechanism could eventually make a great addition to the wildly successful unmanned ground vehicles used by the military.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/VoHh6NXJvY0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Project Romeo: A new humanoid personal assistant robot</title>
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      <title>The Reality of Robot Surrogates</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates"><img border="0" alt="null" src="http://spectrum.ieee.org/image/1402451"/></a><br/><br/>How far are we from sending robots into the world in our stead?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/M8OhLlpuhCA" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Robonica Offers A New Spin on Robotic Toys</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A new company called Robonica is taking a new approach to robotic toys by introducing a gaming infrastructure and community around their soon-to-be-released robot Roboni-i.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/tHyw4FyILiM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Attack of the Robot Bears</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Two different companies have decided that robots with "comforting" "teddy bear" faces are perfect for moving patients in nursing home and hospital environments.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/q6mMl8VEkMM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The All-In-One Guitar Playing Robot and Game</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Robots that can play games like Guitar Hero have been around for several years. But Intel and National Instruments have created a new demo that can run everything¿the game program and peripherals, the computer vision, and the robotic control¿from a single multicore processor.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/M3aog3m76yU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Boston Startup iWalk Lands Funding for Robotic Prosthetics</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Investors have just thrown $20M at MIT Media Lab spinoff iWalk to fund their production of robotic prosthetic limbs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/ZOe44SZnSaM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Robotic Fish, Coming to a Pool Near You</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Many robotics researchers are turning to fish for design inspiration.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/rJeXkIn5qac" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Thomas and Janet: first kissing humanoid robots</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Developed by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the theatrical robots performed the first robot kiss during a performance of Phantom of the Opera.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IeeeSpectrumRobotics/~4/DbetnHWk2C8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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