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• China's 1st household robot by 2005
• Roomba Tweak for Neat Freaks
• Japanese robot guards to patrol shops, offices
• `Bionic' arm brings back sense of touch
• HOW-TO Get the most out of your Sony AIBO
• Singing benches let loose in city

Anyway, here are your links for the week:

• Expo robots still not ready for everyday life - Incredible looking robot on display.
• AFP Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power - AFP article, pretty neat picture.
• Robot Request: Give Me Some Skin - NASA developing sensitive covering considered important for human-machine collaboration in space exploration.
• High-tech soldier unveiled - Remote-controlled robot with a machine gun.
• Self-wiring supercomputer is cool and compact - Research in Edinburgh with FPGAs.
• IBM Computers to Create Virtual Brain - IBM and EPFL will start construction of a digital brain.
• Linux Powers Airborne Bots - British researchers are turning to Linux and embedded processors to build a fleet of tiny, robotic helicopters capable of swarming like angry bees and evaluating their surroundings with a single hive mind.
• iRobot co-founder comes clean - Interview with Helen Greiner.
• Translation software aims to cut through babble - Discusses Language Weaver's technology and future.

• Sex and the single robot - A series of artificial chromosomes have been developed in Korea!
• Towards a truly clever Artificial Intelligence - Writing a computer program as a geometrical structure?
• MIT Media Lab Europe: An Obituary - The MIT Media Labs in Dublin closes down. Shame.
• Household Emergent Behavior? - An interesting Slashdot posting, good food-for-thought.
• Thinking Machines - For A.I. researchers, narrowing the cognitive gap between humans, computers is the big goal.
• U.S. Army Prepares Armed 'Robo-Soldier' for Iraq - Two-page Technology Review article.
• The Ascent of the Robotic Attack Jet - A long three-page article on the future of autonomous aircraft.

• Shape-shifting robot shows off its moves - An interesting New Scientist article.
• Self-Navigating Vehicle - Progress is logical: from audible warnings to vehicles that respond to user commands with door-to-door service.
• KAIST to Unveil Self-Regulated 2-Legged Robot This Year - The KHR-3 is on the horizon.
• Computers as Authors? Literary Luddites Unite! - NY Times article.

• Robots to rid us of cockroaches - One of many articles about the research the Leurre project is conducting.
• In the Mind of the Enemy - Six-pages of how the artificial intelligence in Halo 2 works!
• Apply Current, Boost Brain Power - Pretty interesting Wired article. I felt pretty stupid after I electrocuted myself the other day though...
• New software to demolish the Tower of Babel on mobiles - Real-time translation on mobile phones in 3 years?
• Software Sorts Out Subjectivity - New method with a 86.4% sentiment classification success rate.
• Natural programming languages and environments - Dr. Cogan sent me word of this interesting article looking at the status of natural programming languages.
• Artificial brain on lookout for leaks - Neural-network to predict water/gas leaks in Manchester University.
• The robot dolphin - Small article, but worth it for the picture.
• U.S. Army tests battlefield robot armed with pump action shotgun - More on the Pacbot.
• Danish queen gets warm welcome in Japan - Asimo welcomes Danish queen to Japan. Article nothing special, but a cool picture.

Today's articles:

• My baby bot - Nice to see that the $10-million PaPeRo project isn't dead.
• A Great Listener - A short Technology Review article about an intelligent surveillance system that listens for particular sounds (gun shots etc.). The software is modelled on the brain's auditory system.
• Organised chaos gets robots going - Using chaos, Todai scientists have devised a successful simulation of a 12-legged machine that can navigate complex environments with ease. I'd love to see a real robot with this system in place.
• Only when I laugh - A somewhat interesting article about a program that learns and creates its own jokes.

• Smart fabrics make for enhanced living - Handbags that warn you when you forget your umbrella.
• John Deere, IRobot Team Up to Make Robot - Roomba AI to be used for military purposes?!
• NASA Spacecraft Moves One Step Closer To Fall Launch - SpaceDaily article about NASA's new Autonomous Rendezvous Technology.
• When Robots Rule the World - Your usual Wired article about robots. Here for completeness.
• The dancing robot! - Small article about QRIO.
• Burping, farting robot is Britain's top toy - Robosapien chosen over 130 other toys.
• Segway's Robotic Mobility Platform - Slashdot posting.

• Software enables satellite self-service in space - The EO-1 satellite is being used as a testbed.
• Their meeting was a bit robotic - Hall of Fame event pairs ASIMO, C-3PO.
• Tit-for-tat defeated - A very cool cooperating strategy has been developed, as well as a possible PD tournament.
• Aibo catches disco fever with software upgrade - Will play MP3s and dance on command.
• Biomimetic Robots - A good, lengthy article about biomimetic (bio-inspired) robots.
• PEART - The robotic drumming machine!
• Device translates spoken Japanese and English - I seem to remember a similar device being offered in Narita airport the last time I was there.
• Branch 'Bots' Make Banking Better - More along the lines of intelligent CCTV.
• Clever cars can read road signs - Interesting New Scientist article.
• How to: Upgrade Your Organic Dog - A fun Engadget posting.
• Kurzweil Kurves map death of PCs - ZDNet Blog entry with some fairly terse replies.
• Humanoid robot ASIMO performs for campus - ASIMO making the rounds on-campus.

• Are poker ‘bots’ raking online pots? - AI might be making a fortune in online casinos.
• Flexible sensors make robot skin - Giving robots (and rugs!) pressure-sensitivity.
• Artificial Intelligence Meets Ancient Ritual in New Wedding Planning Software - AI now understands wedding etiquette!
• Nothing Robotic About Robo-Art - Doesn't seem to be much 'art' to it either. :)
• Tibetans show 'evolution in action' - A gene for well oxygenated blood is spreading in the Himalayas.

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Robotics
• Self-sustaining killer robot creates a stink - Robot uses human excrement to attract flies that it then digests and uses a power source.
• Robot Spider Walks on Water - A breakthrough $10 robot! Similar report from PittsburghLive.com.
• Cockroach-Like Robot Will Help To Unlock Mysteries of Animal Moving - A major $5 million project into how animals move without falling.
• Robot risk 'is worth it' - I would have thought HardTalk takes on Rodney Brooks.
• They're Robots? Those Beasts! - Bio-inspired robots.
  Entertainment
• An Anime for Deep Thinkers - A review of the much-anticipated Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
• George Lucas Does Dystopia, Too - A look at George Lucas' THX 1138.
  Speech
• Speech code from IBM to become open source - IBM to donate $10 million-worth of speech code to open source projects.
• Researchers to create speech recognition in silicon - Looking to create ultra-fast, low power-consumption voice recognition.
• The Science of Word Recognition - A superb look at word recognition from Microsoft.
  General
• Artificial Intelligence lab works to hunt terrorists, cure cancer - Discusses work at the University of Arizona.
• Will AI Reach the Mainstream? - Artificial intelligence has so far carried high expectations and little reality, but research slowly carrying through to the business marketplace.
• Grid computer moves to second stage - 6,000 computers across 78 sites demonstrate grid computing.
• Finally, a Car That Talks Back - The new Acura RL will feature voice recognition and synthesis.
  Peripherals
• Of Mice and Biometrics - Wired review of Microsoft's biometric mouse.
• Logitech's Digital Pen Slims Down - Device features more storage, improved handwriting recognition.