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Cylon
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No commentsThe Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, as well as the 2003 reimagining.
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Goliath
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No commentsThe Goliath tracked mine was an unmanned German-engineered demolition vehicle, also known as the beetle tank to Allies. It carried 75–100 kg (165–220 lb) of high explosives and was intended to be used for multiple purposes, such as destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and demolition of buildings and bridges. Read the rest of this entry »
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HRP-4C
Posted on March 18th, 2009 No comments
The HRP-4C is a humanoid robot created by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. It is capable of voice recognition and speech synthesis.
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Aiko
Posted on February 25th, 2009 No commentsProject Aiko is Canada’s first functional female android and was developed by Le Trung, a chemist graduate from York University. The project is also headed by Le Trung, who has designed the software and the hardware for the android.
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Lunokhod-1
Posted on February 25th, 2009 No commentsLunokhod-1 was the first of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program. Lunokhod was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world.
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