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Posted on February 23rd, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
Leonardo’s robot refers to a humanoid automaton designed by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1495. The design notes for the robot appear in sketchbooks that were rediscovered in the 1950s. It is not known whether or not an attempt was made to build the device.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
France successfully tested its first military UAV called SIDM (Système Intérimaire de Drone MALE) in Afghanistan – military’s favorite playground these days. This highly autonomous all-weather surveillance UAV is based on IAI Eagle-1 platform and can stay in the air for up to 24(!) hours at the altitudes 5-8km and recon in 1000km range.
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Posted on February 18th, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
The second portion of meterial moved from my personal blog is Routerbot v2 project outline. While the detailed instructions are still in progress a few imporvements are made to the article. I’m currently working on v2.1 and the complete instructions will be provided for the new version.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
At least 18 people died today mysteriously in Pakistan today after two explosions. It is very much likely that this birdie is responsible for the attack in the region very well known as the most popular Pentagon shooting range. More details in BBC report.
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Posted on February 16th, 2009
Andrey Mikhalchuk
The future is getting closer: Skynet Research opened its official website offering several models of robots. Neither Terminator nor T-1000 are available yet, so keep checking the website.
PS. If you didn’t get it yet the website is a promo for the Terminator 4 movie, not a real Skynet. But don’t relax, under a different brand and for different purposes somewhere someone is preparing our robotic future.
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