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Scandinavian Scientists Designing Robotic Snakes 129

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 26, 2008 @02:57AM from the on-a-robot-plane dept.

Cowards Anonymous writes "The Sintef Group, a research company based in Trondheim, Norway, announced that it's designing a robot based on snakes. The 1.5-meter long robots, which are made of aluminum, are being designed to inspect and clean complicated industrial pipe systems that are typically narrow and inaccessible to humans. The intelligent robots have multiple joints to enable them to twist vertically and climb up through pipe systems to locate leaks in water systems, inspect oil and gas pipelines and clean ventilation systems."

Comment I think that.. (Score 1) 225

by streetphantom on Saturday May 31, 2008 @05:33AM (#23608311) Attached to: Philip K. Dick's 'Ubik' To Be Filmed

Neuromancer might be better :D http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037220/ Even though its gonna have Darth Vader in it.

South Korea to Build Robot Theme Parks 125

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @03:58AM from the a-robot-may-not-let-a-human-ride-unless-they-are-at-least-this-tall dept.

coondoggie writes "South Korea officials today said they hope to build two robot theme parks for $1.6 billion by 2013. The parks will feature a number of attractions that let visitors interact with robots and test new products. "The two cities will be developed as meccas for the country's robot industry, while having amusement park areas, exhibition halls and stadiums where robots can compete in various events," the ministry said. The theme parks are not a big surprise because South Korea loves its robots. Earlier this year the government of South Korea said it was drawing up a code of ethics to prevent human abuse of robots — and vice versa."

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