March 29, 2024

Carnegie Mellon’s Chimp robot is reporting for duty, sir

See that guy? He's for real. He's also from Pittsburgh. A team of wizards from Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center is presently building a new "human-scale" robot in order to compete in DARPA's Robotics Challenge. Part of its charm revolves around the rubberized tracks on its feet as well as on the extremities of each … [Read more...]

BCTF reporting efforts to break a deadlock rejected by the Education Minister

The BC teachers federation is reporting solid efforts to break a deadlock in the dispute with the provincial government have been rejected.BCTF president Susan Lambert called Education Minister George Abbott on Friday to tell him the union is offering to compromise on every issue including wage demands as long as an independent mediator … [Read more...]