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Tiny Robots Map Buildings — Without Help

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Tiny robots working by themselves and communicating only with each other can explore and map buildings, a team of U.S. researchers that built the machines says. The robots, with advanced autonomous capability, developed by a team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania and the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [...]

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New Tech: The Best of Toy Fair: Santa’s Workshop Comes to NYC

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Say the word “toy” to a techie, and his mind will think one thing: robots. But all infrared-loving, artificially-intelligent smart-toy-ogling tech-savvy aside, new toys can instill as much “ooh! shiny!” as even the hottest cellphone. And we’re not just talking about robots: This week, the International Toy Fair hit NYC, and PopSci.com found 20 funky [...]

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