By seeking, you will discover... 2006-06-25T06:03:46Z Paul Kulchenko http://notebook.kulchenko.com/robotics/robot-hardware Blooki/0.4808 <p><img src="/images/penny.png" alt="" class="right" style="float:right;padding-left:1em" /></p> <p><a href="http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/4/14/1">Artificial eyes</a> to "monitor areas over 360°" (I wish I knew how area over 360° looks like) in real time, <a href="http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/608/3">touch sensors</a> that allow feel out the likeness of Abraham Lincoln on a penny, and <a href="http://www.nanotech.utdallas.edu/news/2006/artificialmuscles.html">alcohol-powered muscles</a> that are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater work per cycle and produce, at reduced strengths, larger contractions than natural muscles. What's next?</p> <p>[via <a href="http://robots.net/article/1903.html">Robots.net</a> and <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2006/06/robots_with_a_sense_of_touch.php">Cognitive Daily</a>]</p> http://notebook.kulchenko.com/robotics/robot-hardware 2006-06-25T06:03:46Z 2006-06-25T06:03:46Z