Most robot dogs on a desk are toys, and most serious quadrupeds cost as much as a car. Hiwonder's PuppyPi sits deliberately in between: a 720-gram, aluminium-framed quadruped built around a Raspberry Pi 5 that you can program in Python, run on ROS 2, and now talk to through ChatGPT-class large models. Say "find the red ball and kick it," and the robot is meant to hear you, look around, work out what you mean, and do it.
That chain, from words to perception to motion, is what researchers call em...
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Controllable Wingsuit to Fly Through the Air
Imagine if you could glide through the air with wings like a bat and control your movements more easily.
Inventor Tony Uragallo of Zephyrhills has invented a new product called Bird Wingsuit which is created of a web of nylon material between outstretched arms and legs.
He based his research on the kite birds to develop his technique. He observed that Kites steer by twisting their tail one way or another and this led him develop his new wingsuit.
Compared to the earlier wingsuits, this ...
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New Technology Creates “Cyborg Insects”
Scientists at the University of California demonstrated a new technology for creating "cyborg insects." That is, beetles implanted with miniaturized electronics that allows the insects to be controlled.
The flying beetle is powered by a wireless signal from a mobile transmitter that controls the insect. Varying impulses trigger an appropriate response from the beetle so that it flies according to its handler.
The movements of flying insects is controlled using a radio transmitter and a min...
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