http://qbit.cc Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:11:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://qbit.cc/creepy-swarming-quadrotors/ http://qbit.cc/creepy-swarming-quadrotors/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:50:15 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4824 ]]> http://qbit.cc/creepy-swarming-quadrotors/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/asimo-runs-around-then-pours-some-juice/ http://qbit.cc/asimo-runs-around-then-pours-some-juice/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:03:54 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4563 ]]> http://qbit.cc/asimo-runs-around-then-pours-some-juice/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/humanoid-robot-rides-a-bicycle/ http://qbit.cc/humanoid-robot-rides-a-bicycle/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:18:47 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4540 ]]> http://qbit.cc/humanoid-robot-rides-a-bicycle/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/soon/ http://qbit.cc/soon/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:22:46 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4505 +]]> http://qbit.cc/soon/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/high-speed-robot-hand/ http://qbit.cc/high-speed-robot-hand/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:54:37 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4253 ]]> http://qbit.cc/high-speed-robot-hand/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/quadrocopter-ball-juggling-eth-zurich/ http://qbit.cc/quadrocopter-ball-juggling-eth-zurich/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:53:42 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4030 ]]> http://qbit.cc/quadrocopter-ball-juggling-eth-zurich/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/robot-walker/ http://qbit.cc/robot-walker/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:11:07 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3931 ]]> http://qbit.cc/robot-walker/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/another-death-machine/ http://qbit.cc/another-death-machine/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:03:39 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=2977 In the future, corporate AI systems will themselves be corporations, exploiting this notion of limited liability personhood to to operate with impunity in the global marketplace. Raytheon does not care about helping its fellow man. It feels no remorse.]]> http://qbit.cc/another-death-machine/feed/ 1 http://qbit.cc/boston-dynamics-wins-darpa-contract-to-develop-ls3-robot-mule-its-a-bigger-bigdog/ http://qbit.cc/boston-dynamics-wins-darpa-contract-to-develop-ls3-robot-mule-its-a-bigger-bigdog/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:04:38 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1703 This robot mule will be able to navigate rough terrain, carrying 180 kilograms of soldier gear -- no driver required ]]> http://qbit.cc/boston-dynamics-wins-darpa-contract-to-develop-ls3-robot-mule-its-a-bigger-bigdog/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/from-the-human-hating-defense-contractors-that-brought-you-the-big-dog/ http://qbit.cc/from-the-human-hating-defense-contractors-that-brought-you-the-big-dog/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:23:54 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1348 Its the Rise V2, Little Dog, and Petman]]> http://qbit.cc/from-the-human-hating-defense-contractors-that-brought-you-the-big-dog/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/mechanized-exoskeleton-technology-ready-for-deployment/ http://qbit.cc/mechanized-exoskeleton-technology-ready-for-deployment/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:02:32 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1330 Your average US soldier suffers from the delusion that s/he's protecting freedom, but they're still mostly decent people. Albeit not very bright, but decent at heart. The people commanding them are another story entirely. And once this remaining bit of misguided human decency has been replaced by drones that won't ask questions, the full blown extermination will begin.]]> http://qbit.cc/mechanized-exoskeleton-technology-ready-for-deployment/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/closer-now/ http://qbit.cc/closer-now/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:48:37 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1102 ]]> http://qbit.cc/closer-now/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/man-controls-robotic-hand-with-thoughts/ http://qbit.cc/man-controls-robotic-hand-with-thoughts/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:12:02 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1036 An Italian man who lost half his arm in a car crash has become the first person in the world to be given a robotic hand that can be controlled by thoughts, scientists have claimed. ]]> http://qbit.cc/man-controls-robotic-hand-with-thoughts/feed/ 0