What would Schrodinger say--the cat is neither dead nor alive, it just needs to be recharged? cd
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > Those crafty French persons who fight with their feet and you know > what with their face have created little robots based on house cats (or > a cheetah cub) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). > The research has been accepted for publication in the following journal: > > Sproewitz, Alexander et al., Towards Dynamic Trot Gait Locomotion --- > Design, Control and Experiments with Cheetah-cub, a Compliant > Quadruped Robot, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2013 > > And the paper can be obtained from primary author's webpage; see: > http://infoscience.epfl.ch/**record/184991<http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/184991> > > Several popular media sources have written about this research. > First, Ray Kurzweil (if you ask Who?, fuggetaboutit) website: > http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-**robot-that-runs-like-a-cat<http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-robot-that-runs-like-a-cat> > > Next, the Digital Trends website: > http://www.digitaltrends.com/**cool-tech/scientists-create-** > headless-cat-robot-for-rescue-**missions/<http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/scientists-create-headless-cat-robot-for-rescue-missions/> > > And the Popular Science website with nice big pictures: > http://www.popsci.com/science/**article/2013-06/robot-runs-cat<http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/robot-runs-cat> > > Now, I'm assuming that you won't need kitty litter for the little critter > but you might have to pick up loose nuts and bolts after it. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/**u?id=177920.** > a45340211ac7929163a02162444433**41&n=T&l=tips&o=26117<http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=26117> > or send a blank email to leave-26117-177920.** > a45340211ac7929163a02162444433**[email protected]<leave-26117-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26118 or send a blank email to leave-26118-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
