[postlink]https://radical-technology.blogspot.com/2010/06/simply-amazing-robot-dog.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJDF8-saYg0endofvid [starttext] From deep within the Computational Learning and Motor Control Lab, Stefan Schaal is experimenting with mechanical quadruped software. This little robot doggie clearly fulfills the goal of the Learning Locomotion Project which was to use machine learning techniques to create autonomous control software for a robot quadruped such that it can traverse unknown rugged and complex terrains. And it does so with grace and agility! http://www-clmc.usc.edu/[endtext]
Scientists discover a strange property in rice and turn it into a smart
material
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Scientists discovered that rice behaves in a highly unusual way: it weakens
under rapid compression but stays stronger when pressure is applied slowly.
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