Scientists create robot lobster

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By Andrew Stern in Chicago
June 27, 2005


MEET the robot lobster and the android that not only smiles, frowns and blinks but also recognises people and talks back.

They're two of the entries at Wired Magazine's annual NextFest, a high-tech carnival at a Chicago convention hall this weekend showcasing futuristic, uncannily lifelike technology.
"The difference between animals and robots is robots get stuck while animals squirm their way through," said inventor-engineer Joseph Ayers of Boston's Northeastern University.

His robo-lobsters, designed to roam the sea floor and find undersea mines, are equipped with "neurons" that allow them to work their way around clutter much as real lobsters would.

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