IEEE Spectrum: Weird Robots Revealed at IROS 2009

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Robots inspired by nature were a common sight at this year's conference on intelligent robots and systems

Last week in St. Louis, Missouri, robotics researchers gathered from around the world for the 2009 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). In this podcast, IEEE Spectrum correspondent Anne-Marie Corley talks about what she saw at the conference, including cockroach inspired critter bots, rolling robots, and a dancing humanoid.

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