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http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com [ The Neurophilosopher’s weblog] Josh Bongard, Victor Zykov and Hod Limpton of Cornell University’s Computational Synthesis Laboratory have designed and built the Black Starfish, a four-legged robot which “automatically synthesizes a predictive model of its own topology (where and how its body parts are connected) through limited yet self-directed interaction with its environment, and then uses this model to synthesize successful new locomotive behavior before and after damage.”

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Humboldt.eduhttp://www.humboldt.edu [Humboldt.edu] ScienceDaily | HSU Mathematics Club: The work was done in the Cornell Computational Synthesis Lab under Assistant Professor Hod Lipson, right, with Josh Bongard, a former Cornell postdoctoral researcher, center, and Cornell graduate student Viktor Zykov, and is published in the latest issue of Science.

http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com [Whatsnextnetwork.com] What's Next In Science & Technology - November 2006: Robots running amok and destroying property may be a staple in science fiction films, but they aren't welcome in factories, warehouses and other places where automatic guided vehicle (AGV) forklifts are used. Under a cooperative research and development agreement with Transbotics, a Charlotte, N.C., AGV manufacturer, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing advanced sensor processing and modeling algorithms to help robot forklifts verify the location and orientation of pallets laden with goods.

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