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Tone-deaf robots teach each other to sing, passionately butcher a Happy Birthday rendition
engadget.com - 6/29/2009
Tone-deaf robots teach each other to sing, passionately butcher a Happy Birthday rendition
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After what must've been a few painful minutes of rehearsal, a few robots built by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research have preformed what we assume to be their first and last paid gig: a rendition of Happy Birthday to celebrate the 100th of the Science Museum in the UK. ...
botjunkie.com - 7/2/2009
Awesome Retro Robots Revealed In Japan
— botjunkie.com — Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 1 of July , 2009 at 9:24 am Retro Robots I... don’t speak any Japanese, so unfortunately I’ve only been able to understand little snippets of information, but according to an article on Robot Watch, an autonomy of ... (more) Awesome Retro Robots Revealed In Japan

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Carnivorous robots
hackaday.com - 6/29/2009
Carnivorous robots
— hackaday.com — Artists [James Auger] and [Jimmy Loizeau] have put out this display of carnivorous robots . Pictured above... is a clock that is powered by a microbial fuel cell. The clock is equipped with a scroll of sticky paper for catching the flies which it ... (more) Carnivorous robots

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newscientist.com - 6/29/2009
Gallery - Carnivorous robots eager to eat your pests - Image 1
— newscientist.com — UK-based designers James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau believe that, if robots are ever to be welcomed into... people's homes, they'll need to fit in with the rest of the furniture, and earn their keep. Their prototypes trap and digest pests like flies and ... (more) Gallery - Carnivorous robots eager to eat your pests - ...

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Tech Blog:  Robots Learn to Sing Happy Birthday

Gizmología:  Robots sordos se enseñan a cantar

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Robots Learn to Sing Happy Birthday
Tech Blog — ... Created by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, these robots pay tribute to the Science Museum's (UK) 100th by singing their version of happy birthday. Videos after the break. What's interesting about these bots is the fact that they've actually been programmed to communicate and teach each other to sing through the process of singing to each other. [via Engadget]

Robots sordos se enseñan a cantar
Gizmología — ... Sabemos que los avances en robótica son más y más importantes día a día. Esta vez el video que les dejo en la entrada muestra un grupo de robots que son sordos y se enseñan a cantar el “cumpleaños feliz”. ...

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