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Sunday, 21 January 2007 |
 The secretive French robotics company, Aldebaran Robotics , has released a sneek-peek of its secretive robotic project, Nao . There a a few videos of the robot partially revealing itself. We get a glimps of it's hand waving, what appears to be its feet, and some facial recognition.
The 14 person company was founded in 2005 and claims to be France's first robotics company. Their primary project, Project Nao, "aims to make available to the public, at an affordable price, a humanoid robot with mechanical, electronic, and cognitive features, based on those of the prototype".
The robot will supposedly run Linux, have WiFi capabilites and is designed "for entertainment." The current goal is to have Nao available for purchase at the end of 2007. Our buddy Lem, over at Robots-Dreams has written a great interview with Bruno Maisonnier, the founder of Aldebaran Robotics.
So, if anyone at Aldebaran is reading this, don't forget to send your friends at GoRobotics.net a review version of the robot!
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
 The folks from the DARPA Urban challenge have issued a press release (PDF) detailing the prizes for the competition. The top three finishers will now be awarded $2,000,000 USD, $1,000,000 USD, and $500,000 USD respectively. Originally, they were only going to offer trophies to the winners due to the passage of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act. Now, thanks to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Ken Krieg, winners will now receive cash prizes.
The race will take place November 3rd at a yet-undisclosed-location in the USA.
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
 Well folks we've arrived at another year. I want to give a big shout-out to all the loyal readers of GoRobotics.net for making 2006 a great year, in spite of all the challenges. 2006 was a tough year for me and I'm sure you've noticed some big holes in the posting schedule - I got engaged, lost my father, and started graduate school. Thanks for sticking by me.
By the numbers 2006 brought us close to 200,000 visitors and almost half a million page views. 'theo jansen', 'lego mindstorms nxt', 'robonova', and 'pleo' were all big search terms. I also started a new blog about Ugobe's Pleo robot. We also moved to a bigger faster server.
So, here's to an even better 2007!
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006 |
 Hanson Robotics , the creators of the Albert Einstein and Philip K. Dick robots are hoping to break into the home robot market. David Hanson, the companies founder, likes to create life-like robots that blur the line between man and machine.
"If you make it perfectly realistic, you trigger this body-snatcher fear in some people," he said. "Making realistic robots is going to polarize the market, if you will. You will have some people who love it and some people who will really be disturbed."
He's now hoping to bring to market home entertainment robots that are about 2 ft tall, with cartoonish features. Hanson plans to have these robots to market in about a year and price them for around $3,000.
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