Sargasso (sargasso.nl):
… Nieuwe stap in ontwikkeling robots …

Hermenautic Circle blog (hermenaut.org):
… ots " program run by DARPA. Its purpose is to create "soft robots": a "new class of soft, flexible, mesoscale mobile objects that can identify and maneuver through openings smaller than their dimensions and perform various tasks." [Image: Video originally seen over atIEEE Spectrum]. These soft machines, DARPA suggests, can be materially realized using "gel-solid phase transitions, electro- and magneto-rheological materials, geometric transitions, and reversible chemical and/or particle association and dissociation." The idea of …

Boing Boing (www.boingboing.net):
… they write in a paper presented at the conference.  The concept of "jamming skin enabled locomotion" is explained quite nicely in the video. The polymer used for the bot's stretchy skin is off-the-shelf silicone two-part rubber.iRobot's Shape-Shifting Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Steps( Thanks, Gever!) …

Blogografia (blogografia.com):
… silicona, controlado por la DARPA para ayudar a los soldados a tener acceso a áreas hostiles o innaccesibles. No por nada el año pasado invirtió 3,3 millones de dólares en este proyecto. Click here to view the embedded video. Link:iRobot’s Shape-Shifting Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps(IEEE Spectrum) …

UR-VE.COM (ur-ve.com):
… por la DARPA para ayudar a los soldados a tener acceso a áreas hostiles o innaccesibles. No por nada el año pasado invirtió 3,3 millones de dólares en este proyecto. Click here to view the embedded video. Link:iRobot’s Shape-Shifting Blob ‘Bot Takes Its First Steps(IEEE Spectrum) …

Robots - For The Win! (robotsftw.com):
… ressive. This is also intended for military application. Though perhaps in the future, a robot like this could be used to get into hard-to-reach places to do repairs around our homes. Check it out in the video below – the action starts at about the 1:50 mark. (viaIEEE Spectrum) …

Popular Fidelity (www.popfi.com):
… hellish landscape of my nightmares, the robotic blob known as Chembot.  It’s like the worst of both worlds.  It’s both a fleshy, gooey, oozey monstrosity AND a horrible killer robot, all in one!  Given that the Chembot isdesigned to ooze through small holes, then reform itself back into shape, it’s also frighteningly unstoppable!  No simple human fortification can withstand the onslaught of a thousand Chembots, all thirsting to lubricate their synthetic silicon skin with human blood! …

Tecnología 21 (tecnologia21.com):
… especie de robot grimoso, que se desplaza utilizando una técnica conocida como jamming, capaz de convertir cuerpos blandos en sólidos, demasiado freaky para mi gusto, pero bueno, es el avance de la ciencia. Más información en:SpectrumNoticias relacionadas iRobot presenta la versión mejorada de Roomba Copyright © 2008 CreActivity Focus | Publicidad | Empresas | Bloggers | Contacto …

Discoblog (blogs.discovermagazine.com):
… entails more than simple puffing and rolling: The video [see below] explains the “particle jamming” system of locomotion, “a mechanism by which material can transition from a liquid-like to a solid-like state.” (According toIEEE, the video below is a little dated, but it’s still a good primer on “jamming.” The cool stuff starts at around 1:50.) Related Content: Discoblog: Tiny Jumping Robot Can Find Enemies, Scale Fences Discoblog Gallery: Disarmingly …

思考と習作 (freethink.way-nifty.com):
… IEEEのSpectrumに掲載されていた、ちょっと変わったロボット リンク：IEEE Spectrum: Video: iRobot's Shape-Shifting Blob 'Bot Takes Its First Stepsこのロボット、12面体の一部を変形させることにより移動していくという．&#65294 …

Prylfeber - Artiklar och lankar (pryl.feber.se):
… ;l och sprickor genom att anpassa sin storlek efter rådande förhållanden. Ta en titt på blobben här i videon till höger. De första 90 sekunderna behandlar själva tekniken bakom roboten men sedan kickar den igång på allvar.spectrum.ieee.orgLäs vidare och kommentera: pryl.feber.se/art/166880/robot-som-kan-byta-skepnad/ ----- Detta är en artikel från Prylfeber Robot som kan byta skepnad …

io9 (io9.com):
… for the bot's stretchy skin is off-the-shelf silicon two-part rubber. By controlling the parts of the blob that "inflate," the researchers can make it roll. When I see this, all I think is that it's the prototype of a robotic tentacle arm. viaIEEE …

Feeder (www.feeder.ro):
… soft, shape-shifting robot blob. It rolls around and changes shape, and it will be able to squeeze through tiny cracks in a wall when the project is finished. (Skip the first 1:50 minutes of the video above to see the blob in action.)Sursa. - via Sebastian 6 people like this post. …

Robotic-Lab.COM (www.robotic-lab.com):
… http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn't hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project that f …

Techian - For Techy Persons (techian.000space.com):
… http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn't hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project that f …

Linkdor.com Blog (linkdor.com):
… http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn't hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project that f …

RSS fabriek (www.rssfabriek.nl):
… http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn’t hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project …

Engadget (www.engadget.com):
… http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/10/091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn't hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project that f …

NewsHaven (newshaven.org):
… http://newshaven.org/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/624bd_091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn’t hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project …

Tech News Today (www.activatedmedia.com):
… http://www.activatedmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/88d7b_091013-chembot-01.jpgAs you know, when iRobot isn’t hard at work developing some adorable automated vacuum cleaners, it has a quite lucrative sideline in DARPA-funded research projects. On that front, it looks like we finally have some results to report back on that ChemBot project …