<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Robotics @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Robotics) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 macroware.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Robotics @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Robots in Farming</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/robots_in_farming.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/robots_in_farming.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=robots%5Fin%5Ffarming</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I once read about automated farm equipment controlled by GPS to allow really precise and straight plowing and harvesting of fields.&nbsp; That seemed like a fairly straightforward application of technology to farming.&nbsp; Last year I saw an article]]></description></item><item><title>Gibson Robotic Guitar</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/gibson_robotic_guitar.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/gibson_robotic_guitar.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gibson%5Frobotic%5Fguitar</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Robotics is likely the next major technology driver for digital electronics.&nbsp; One very cool application of robotics that I read about is a self tuning guitar by Gibson [1].&nbsp; A Les Paul guitar was modified to add some electronics, sensors, a]]></description></item><item><title>Robot Experimentation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/robot_experimentation.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/robot_experimentation.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=robot%5Fexperimentation</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I believe that robots will increasingly become a part of people&#39;s everyday life.&nbsp; I have been fascinated by robots since 7th grade when I built the robot project in Boys Life Magazine as a science fair project.&nbsp; Two recent developments]]></description></item><item><title>Dirt Dog Performance in my Workshop</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog_performance_in_my_workshop.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog_performance_in_my_workshop.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dirt%5Fdog%5Fperformance%5Fin%5Fmy%5Fworkshop</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I let the Dirt Dog loose in my workshop this past weekend to clean up after some sawing with my table saw and miter saw.  He picked up all the saw dust on the floor and did a great job of manuevering around all my clutter.  I picked up a co]]></description></item><item><title>Dirt Dog Needs a Bath</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog_needs_a_bath.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog_needs_a_bath.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dirt%5Fdog%5Fneeds%5Fa%5Fbath</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My dirt dog got to the point where it wouldn't stop acting erratically and no amount of blowing on the sensors or vacuuming it would help.&nbsp; So I got my air compressor out as the manual stated and thoroughly cleaned the whole thing off with that]]></description></item><item><title>Dirt Dog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/dirt_dog.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dirt%5Fdog</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I bought one of the new dirt dog workshop cleaning robots from iRobot and it arrived last week.&nbsp; We are having an addition put on our house, and they just finished the drywall hanging and plastering.&nbsp; The new part of the house was covered i]]></description></item><item><title>Android Robots and Uncanny Valley</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/android_robots_and_uncanny_valley.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/android_robots_and_uncanny_valley.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=android%5Frobots%5Fand%5Funcanny%5Fvalley</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scientists in Japan are working on human like robots (Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro from Osaka University).&nbsp; There is a theory in android robotics that as robots increase in human like appearance, people's emotional response to them becomes more positive]]></description></item></channel></rss>