popsci.com - 11/10/2008
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The GroundBot is a spherical sentry designed to roll up to 6 mph through just about anything—mud, sand, snow and even water. Two gyroscopically steadied wide-angle cameras and a suite of sensors give remote operators a real-time, 360-degree view of the landscape, letting them zoom in on prowlers ...
popsci.com - 11/8/2008
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A Dad Who Fought Back When Brian Hart
lost his son to a roadside ambush in Iraq,...
he channeled his grief into creating an affordable robot that defuses bombs so the troops don’t have to Making All the Right Calls An engineer and his students turn the ...
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Best of What's New 2008 | Popular Science
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Hack a Day —
... , and the GroundBot, a spherical robot that can roll through the mud, sand, and snow. It’s not even the end of the year yet, but with all these great inventions, we can’t wait to see what’s in store for 2009. ...
GroundBot is a spherical surveillance bot for the other planet
Gizmo Watch —
... When we are pushing all limits to build robots for the future, taking robotic technology into a new realm, bots that’ll actually cut costs for us is something we really look for. Surveillance robots with minimum maintenance could be the solution here, and GroundBot is one robust robotic mobile platform that hosts cameras and sensors with virtually silently maneuverability, and least maintenance costs. Designed by Swedish physicists, the spherical sentry designed GroundBot, featured in PopSci’s Best of What’s New 2008, is made to explore through other planets. ...
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