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Category: RobotsTechnology
Posted on: November 26, 2007 2:01 PM, by Greg Laden

More Robot Worries; Amazon patents bad service; One laptop per child program expands; New robot barks, cleans; World's Smallest Projector; YA Robot from Japan.

Robots will be able to land on your car:

Robot helicopters and aeroplanes capable of perching on steep surfaces are being developed by two separate US researchers. They say such drone aircraft could land on moving vehicles, unsteady ships or even hide inside caves.*


Worrisome Amazon Patent:

A method, system, and computer-readable medium for dynamically generating actual fulfillment plans for a current order or a potential order so as to enhance the future fulfillment process for expected future orders is described. In some situations, actual delivery information based on one or more such actual fulfillment plans will then be provided to a customer, such as by displaying actual delivery date and/or time before or during the ordering process based on one or more actual fulfillment plans that can be or will be used to fulfill the order. A variety of types of criteria can be used to evaluate the effects of using a fulfillment plan to fulfill a current order, including criteria that consider the modeled future cost of fulfilling expected future orders, such as an overall cost of fulfilling all orders during a specified time period that is at least partially in the future. *

According to one source, this means that customers who buy more (or who have bought more recently) will get better service (service = fulfillment...)

One laptop per child ...

One Laptop Per Child Extends Promotion from PhysOrg.com
(AP) -- A promotion in which a customer buying a $188 computer in the U.S. and Canada automatically donates a second one to a child in a developing country was extended until year's end, organizers said Thursday.

[...]


South Korean robot is tough on crime and grime...


SKorean robot is tough on crime and grime from PhysOrg.com

Two South Korean firms said Wednesday they have teamed up to produce a robot that can operate as a housemaid and a guard dog.

[...]


The World's Tiniest Projector: Hikari Pro 920

The World's Tiniest Projector: Hikari Pro 920 from PhysOrg.com
Oculon will show its latest development in pocket size projectors at the International CES, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tiny projectors weigh 10 ounces and promise color accuracy and portability.

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New Japanese lightweight robot on wheels can talk

New Japanese lightweight robot on wheels can talk from PhysOrg.com
Japanese engineering giant Hitachi on Wednesday unveiled a new lightweight robot that can both walk and talk.

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