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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Only compatible with certain nets?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fanman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[@fanman: it's compatible with all nets, you just need a net adapter dongle for the ball.<br><br>And people say macs don't play games!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NoAndThen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our ball-grabbing overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Why should I have all the fun?]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 10:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[30 seconds to pick up the ball...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blueangel00100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tetzlaff!  (if you don't know, don't bother looking it up XD)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mmmm... Dohnuts.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 7:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow...now that's a lift if I've ever seen one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[El Capitan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 11:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Didn't even put it over the net.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Templarian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[AHAHAHHAAH!!!<br><br>While real computers are out putting their lives on the line disarming Bombs and what not Stupid APple Mac is playing on the beach.. and still fails..<br><br>Apple stuff sucks and blows at the same time...<br><br>AHAHAHAHA!!!!<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Major_Player]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Go away, troll.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iKurt 5D]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[You know, because the army will start using the iPod touch, plus they use Macs...<br>Yeah... more like Macs are playing in the beach, and saving our lives (Chuck Norris - like)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DCheat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I missed the part where Apple designed the robot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ironic that the iTroll is telling another Troll to go away. I thought you trolls stuck together. You know Buy One, Get One Free, even if you just want one and not two?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shyam D]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't volleyball players have friends?  Couldn't they find at least one person who wants to hang out on the beach with them?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[howsyredge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sweet.. someone queue up "Final Countdown" or "Eye of the Tiger" STAT!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Level 5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I didn't know it took a diesel engine to lift a volleyball...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[enz1ey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[It doesn't use a diesel engine. It uses a 24V battery. Read the article.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spiraling Shape]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[enz1ey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 11:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like the robot sent on Mars !<br>---------------------------------------<br>arnaud<br><a href="http://podzrebi.over-blog.fr" rel="nofollow">http://podzrebi.over-blog.fr</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[arnaud]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 8:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think this is pretty cool.  And I think it's designed for hitting drills, not for shooting over the net.  <br><br>Relax ya'll.  It's just volleyball.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[E]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 5:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[And how many macbook pro iphones do you have stapled together to get your macprophone pro?<br><br><br><br> macs don't play games.<br><br>/s]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lawyer bird]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 6:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[That ball has drm?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[barracuda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[See that ball?It will be replaced by your head some day....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I play volleyball every summer and the only drawback for this robot is Id have no one to sh!t talk back to me....... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hackettman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[And I shall call him (it?), "Mini me."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wonderkid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[That wasn't volleyball "playing." That was picking up a ball and randomly firing it at the sky.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andyhilal236]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wall-E?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AlexD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 6:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[More like "Net-E"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Uchiha Sasuke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 7:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Voll-E]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Agent .25i]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 29th 2009 11:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[You need GPS to make a robot that plays volleyboll?  Talk about overkill.  Read the work of Rodney Brooks sometime.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[G Scott J]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 1:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Rodney Brooks is a hero of mine and an inspiration. However, think about this: on a large beach full of flat sand, there are few, if any, landmarks for a robot to detect. The net would be a good one, but as anyone with experience knows, a net or fence or any object that is mostly open air, is a very difficult computer vision problem. An inertial navigation system, with GPS for correction, is the best solution for localizing in such a sparse landscape. Which is why this robot has a GPS...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RobotBuilder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2009 6:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[I too have created a volleyball playing robot superior to this robot. It uses absolutely no power and has never allowed a point by contact with the court floor against a serving opponent. I call it Volleybot 1.<br><br>Volleybot 1's main structural component is a system of two vertical poles, each forty meters high, installed immediately behind the volleyball net at opposite boundary line. The ball-handling facility Volleybot 1 is provided by a section of tight, elastic netting the width of the volleyball court and forty meters in height, stretched between the two structural poles. In operation, Volleybot 1 is capable of sustaining a rally indefinitely. Unfortunately, Volleybot 1 is incapable of serving the ball, retrieving an errant dead ball, or of reliably returning service or an attack without incurring an out-of-bounds fault. Also, Volleybot 1 is incapable of love. <br><br>Volleybot 2 will probably add support for serving the ball; love support is a maybe for the next release. By Volleybot 4, human players will be as obsolete as human computers, human chess players, or human print journalists. Expected advances in self-replicating pole and net technology should enable Volleybot 6 to make all humans obsolete. <br><br><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[out on a limn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 3:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[WWWWWWIIIIIIIIIIILSOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 30th 2009 10:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[volleyball robot needs a GPS ? what for?.. bahh.. i'd rather play with my friends than with some robots..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blogs explorer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2009 4:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Volleyball-playing robot has Mac mini brain, heart of a champion]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/29/volleyball-playing-robot-has-mac-mini-brain-heart-of-a-champion/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can your friend give you the perfect set every time???]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RobotBuilder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2009 6:35PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
