Zoobotics



While robots have thus far have been inspired by human forms, but a new trend in robotics is pushing robot design toward the shape of animals. And this isn’t just that robotic dog that was popular a few years ago; these robots will serve a functional purpose in the new world of “zoobotics.”


Humanoid robots and gadget-y autonomous machines can perform lots of tasks pretty admirably. But when you have a specific need, you need a specifically-equipped robot — which can mean making modifications to existing robot archetypes, or building a specialized ‘bot designed for a sole purpose. Welcome to the age of zoobotics, in which robots are inspired not by people, or restrained by technology like in the early days of robotics. Instead, zoobotics is animal-inspired.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-07/hordes-animal-inspired-machines-lead-new-robotic-phylogenesis

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Lincoln and Byron's condition - the twin-to-twin transfusion - is actually not terribly rare; it's caused by a malformation of the placenta that results in one of the twins getting far greater blood flow than the other. A couple I know has a set of twins that had the same thing going on, but the OB/GYN caught it early and an in-utero surgical procedure corrected it.

It's hard to tell them apart now, 18 months later, as they tear around like mad-toddlers!
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more like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito in the movie TWINS
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096320/

I just hope that their mom doesn't run off to an Artist's commune...Sorry could help myself.
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