Robo-Roundup 20-21

Hello fans, I am still on vacation, but I will still post when I can. So this week will feature the roundup that was supposed to be last week's and today's.

1. Soccer robots learn awesome human soccer tricks: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/robot-soccer-players-learning-fancy-human-skills

2. Robot vacuum that has the ability to suck up radiation at a plant in Japan: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/robot-vacuum-sucks-up-radiation-at-fukushima

3. New unique drive system for robot: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/youve-never-seen-a-drive-system-like-this-before

4. Meet the new snail robot: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/omnidirectional-robot-moves-like-a-galloping-snail 

5. Check out the new LG vacuum robot: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/lgs-new-roboking-vacuum-can-now-explain-its-failures 

6. Meet SUPCON, the new service robot: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=28544

7. New little robot interacts with humans: http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=28858

8. Nao robots get ready for RoboCup: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14070141 

9. Kinect controlls flying robot: http://robots.net/article/3199.html 

10. Can you spot the real life transformer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hag6Zgj78o 

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