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Robot rat could save you from a burning building — but would it want to?
Thursday, July 2, 2009Bow down, people, and worship your new leader, the SCRATCHbot. Cute little critter, isn't he? This biomimetic rodent robot has been developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab and the University of Sheffield and could be used to rescue people from disaster zones. And it's all got something to do with the bot's whiskers.
SCRATCHbot, which stands for Spatial Cognition and Representation through Active To...
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