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2008 In Robotics

January 6th 2009 22:07
The Year in Robotics
Tactile learner: The UMan robot has wheels, a battery pack, a one-meter arm, and a three-fingered hand, which it uses to prod objects on a table in order to determine how they move. Credit: Dov Katz
Tactile learner: The UMan robot has wheels, a battery pack, a one-meter arm, and a three-fingered hand, which it uses to prod objects on a table in order to determine how they move. Credit: Dov Katz


Advances in robotics for personal assistance, medicine, and the military in 2008.
Robotic research marched ahead this year: biomedical robots performed less invasive and more complex experimental surgeries, winged robots copied each other to perform potential military maneuvers, and researchers began work on robots that may even be able to travel through the blood to zap a tumor.

By Kristina Grifantini
Checkout some of the Year's Highlights here
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