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RT @StopTheRobotWar: There may be troube ahead. Let’s face the music but don’t dance. Peter W Singer interview on future of robot warfar …

Video Friday: Surface Control, Research Robotics, and Justin Bieber Likes Robots http://t.co/m3Ks6fW

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A bunch of cool robot vids have shown up in the last few days, so I thought I’d toss ‘em all up for you to enjoy since it’s Friday and you’re probably not going to be doing anything…

Yesterday, Willow Garage announced the availability of an entirely new robot. Or maybe not an entirely new robot. The PR2 SE is essentially the same as a PR2, except that (as you may have…

Neato XV-11 Update: Your Vacuum Just Got Smarter http://t.co/DollJmO

The Neato Robotics XV-11 robot vacuum comes with a USB port for downloadable updates. And why shouldn’t it? It’s a robot, and one of the great things about robots is that you can teach…

$500 RC Truck Is an IED Detecting Robot That (Should Be) Affordable for Everyone http://t.co/vmuvoji via @AutomatonBlog

Robots like iRobot PackBots are great tools for (among other things) detecting IEDs, and they’ve managed to save the lives of countless soldiers, often by sacrificing themselves. Not every…

Hexapod Robot Plays Beethoven http://t.co/HFZOvyY via @AutomatonBlog

RT @ericoguizzo: This is Google’s first self-driving car crash http://t.co/yCebzcZ via @Jalopnik