Robot dogs get social conscience installed
12:11 - Wednesday 11 February 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: robot, dogs, get, social, conscience, installed Category : Miscellaneous
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: robot, dogs, get, social, conscience, installed Category : Miscellaneous
Inside their plastic and metallic skins, robotic dogs programmed by engineering students at Yale University even have a social conscience. The mechanical canines, equipped with just about everything but a wet nose, are wired to sniff out toxic materials at former landfills and radioactive sites, providing environmental information about parks, school yards and other public spaces.
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