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Jihadis: We turned hacked killbots against US troops
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| They aren't joking, because now Wired are reporting that jihadi propaganda
| outlets claim that the [not actually] rogue robots weren't trying to wipe out
| their fleshy masters and usher in a new age of machine civilisation at all.
| The jihadists claim the killer droids were hacked by black-hats-turbans in
| the pay of the Iraqi insurgency, who redirected them against their US masters
| and precipitated the machines' [imaginary] withdrawal from the country.
|
| The conclusion is obvious. Reading killer-robot stories instead of proper
| news rots your teeth, contributes to global warming, kills pandas ... and
| helps terrorism.®
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/16/jihadi_press_office_grabs_rotm_ink/
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Related (Linux domination in robotics):
Meet Robot El-E
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| The computer runs Ubuntu GNU/Linux and the engineers have written most of the
| software with Python and occasionally C++. They also make use of a variety of
| open source packages including SciPy, Player/Stage and OpenCV.
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http://www.newsoxy.com/robot-el-e/article10569.htm
Robotics start-up Willow Garage believes open source OS will soon put robots in
our homes
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| The company will release its open source software at the same time.
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http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/03/15/robotics-start-willow-garage-believes-open-source-os-will-soon-put-robots-our-homes
Personal robots coming, study finds
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| The personal robot market will be worth $15 billion annually by 2015,
| according to an ABI report. Most personal robots shipping today use
| proprietary OSes, although Linux is slowly migrating from the commercial to
| the consumer robot market, according to an ABI analyst.
|
| [...]
|
| One of the reasons for moving to Linux cited by the contestants was the fact
| that Sony's groundbreaking Aibo, which offered one of the most hackable APIs
| among personal robots, was being discontinued.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5330328149.html
A review of robotics software platforms
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| Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general purpose
| software development frameworks, including nine that support Linux. This
| article surveys seven of them, before wrapping up with an analysis of market
| trends likely to shape the robotics software landscape of tomorrow.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5739475111.html
First Public Release of CLARAty Software
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| With this release, a total of 44 CLARAty modules (~100K lines of code) are
| now available under the JPL Open Source License. This release is intended to
| share with the robotics community some of the core robotic modules which were
| jointly developed with NASA Ames Research Center, Carnegie Mellon, and
| University of Minnesota. This first release represents about 10% of all
| CLARAty modules and 30% of the generic modules planned for future release.
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http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/news/newsStory.cfm?NewsID=69
We, Robots: Open Source Robotics
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| Now Orocos is nothing like, say, the Linux kernel, which after
| some configuration and adding a number of tools, runs on pretty
| much any 32-bit and quite a few 64-bit architectures once would
| care to think of. Indeed, Orocos is likely to use the Linux kernel
| itself via a real-time interface to talk to hardware.
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http://www.tuxdeluxe.org/node/183
New robot dog runs Linux, thrives on orders
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| The matt-black Bj is a Linux-powered platform intended for investigating
| robotics and artificial intelligence. As such, it's really a research device,
| although iXs does offer it for sale.
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http://www.tech.co.uk/gadgets/future-tech/news/new-robot-dog-runs-linux-thrives-on-orders?articleid=1334414696
Build Your Own Internet-Controlled Robots
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| Linux-based hardware developed at Carnegie Mellon University allows
| for Internet-controlled bots made from off-the-shelf parts.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131237-c,futuretechnology/article.html
Whir do you want to go today?
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| San Francisco-based startup HeadThere has apparently dreamt up a
| bizarre robotic contraption called a Giraffe, which looks a lot
| like a motorised hat-stand. At the base, a PC motherboard running
| Ubuntu Linux, batteries, motors and wheels lurk, to allow the
| thing to drive around under its own steam and, presumably,
| work out where it's going.
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http://itsneak.itweek.co.uk/2007/03/whir_do_you_wan.html
NASA Expands Order for Innova Robotics & Automation's Universal Robot
Controller to Enhance Ground Testing
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| In addition, Innova will provide an external clock synchronization
| signal to NASA's Linux-based host PC that will function as the
| "heart beat" that triggers the initiation of commands to the robotic arm.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=219764
Linux humanoid robot on French TV
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| A Linux-powered humanoid robot has been interviewed on 8-Fi, a
| French television magazine devoted to new technology.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9128800823.html
WowWee introduces RS Media, a do everything robot
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| It runs on Linux, and has a camera on its chest, which we were
| having fun playing around with at CES Unveiled in Vegas. Thankfully,
| it also comes with a remote control so you can move it around without
| being a Java programmer. The RS Media also has a media player, hence
| the name, that supports MP3 (audio) and MPEG 4 (video) playback
| via its integrated sound system. The orange robot can also display
| virtually anything from your PC via its LCD display.
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http://www.gadgetell.com/2007/01/wowwee-introduces-rs-media-a-do-everything-robot/
New Battlefield Robots "Listen" for Enemy Fire Use Linux
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| Inside its belly are a wide array of sensors and a GPS locator
| which are controlled using a version of the Linux operating system.
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http://thetek.net/content/view/39/37/
Build Your Own Robot
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| IBM has embraced it, Microsoft is threatened by it, and some companies,
| including RedHat and Novell, have made it their primary focus. It's
| the open-source movement, and now another company, Motley Fool Rule
| Breakers recommendation iRobot (Nasdaq: IRBT), is seeking to apply
| the main principle of open source -- allowing users to view and modify
| one's software code -- to its own business.
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http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06120407.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/ya2plt
Linux Robots Rule at Wired NextFest
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| What types of business models are the start-ups pursuing?
| Beyond its hybrid operating environment, Hanson Robotics
| also wants to retain a hybrid mix of open source and
| proprietary technology, according to the company's president.
|
| As David Hanson sees things, the ideal ratio is 70 percent
| open source, versus 30 percent proprietary.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6321/1/
Mark Tilden's RS Media exclusively available at Debenhams
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| RS media combines Robosapien V2's features with some multimedia
| functionality - a full colour LCD screen, a USB connector and MP3 and
| MP4 playback. RS Media can display and store data easily from your PC or
| play a song through the speakers in his hands. Using the Personality
| editor, you can edit all his movements, sound files and video files.
| You can even assign voice files or choreograph a routine to a favourite
| dance track.
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http://www.techdigest.tv/2006/09/mark_tildens_rs.html
Linux robots swarm onto lab floor
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| The Khepera III, which runs Linux on an optional ARM-powered
| add-in card, adds floor-roving capabilities, the better to
| support experiments in swarm behavior, K-Team says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7802828105.html
Start-up warms up personal robots
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| The privately funded company, quietly started almost a year ago by eGroups
| founder and veteran Google architect Scott Hassan, plans to make its robotics
| software open source.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62033732,00.htm
Roboticists to ride wave of power, chip and sensor improvements
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| The Boston area has become a leading robotics hub, with a larger cluster of
| related companies than any other area in the U.S., according to a group of
| panelists assembled for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise
| Forum on Robotics Wednesday night.
|
| [...]
|
| Some robotics companies, like Vecna, are beginning to follow the software
| company model and sell services as well as products. Vecna , for example,
| customizes and implements the open-source JAUS robotic platform to fit the
| specific needs of customers.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9795853-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
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