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		<title>Roomba&#8217;s Playing Pac-Man!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roombas and humans play real life Pac-Man! The Pac-Man is controlled remotely while the ghosts are autonomous. Positioning systems tell the robots whether where they are on the map and determine whether they are allowed to turn and where the pills are located.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Roombas and humans play real life Pac-Man! The Pac-Man is controlled remotely while the ghosts are autonomous. Positioning systems tell the robots whether where they are on the map and determine whether they are allowed to turn and where the pills are&nbsp;located.</p>
<p>It would be perfect if they made Pac-Man look more like this <a href="http://roboticsblog.org/wp-content/plugins/feed-statistics.php?url=aHR0cDovL3JvYm90aWNzYmxvZy5vcmcvMjAwOS9yb2JvdGljcy12aWRlb3MvcGFjLW1hbi1yb29tYmEtaGFzLTQ0OC1sZWRzLw==">Pac-Man with several hundred LEDs</a>, we wrote about&nbsp;earlier!</p>
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		<title>Voice Activated Roomba Listens to You</title>
		<link>http://roboticsblog.org/2009/robotics-videos/voice-activated-roomba-listens-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Roomba was made to be voice activated by Verbal Machines Ltd, a company specializing in "Interactive Embedded Speech Products." This Roomba listens to you.


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		<title>Ember Military &#8216;LANdroid&#8217; Robot Video Update</title>
		<link>http://roboticsblog.org/2009/military-robots/ember-military-landroid-robot-video-update/</link>
		<comments>http://roboticsblog.org/2009/military-robots/ember-military-landroid-robot-video-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 01:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA['Ember', is their book-sized autonomous robot made for the LANdroid program.Ember's ad-hoc network maintains communication between soldiers on the battlefield.


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		<title>iRobot&#8217;s Tiny &#8216;Ember&#8217; Bot Creates an Ad-Hoc Network for Soldiers.</title>
		<link>http://roboticsblog.org/2009/military-robots/irobots-tiny-ember-bot-creates-an-ad-hoc-network-for-soldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 21:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of Ember's duties is to keep soldiers in communication. In urban environments, buildings and angle of incidents between wireless devices can greatly affect signal propegation. LANdroids are tasked with autonomously seeking a position that keeps the network alive, while still maintaining other missions objectives


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