Robots

On Tuesday morning, a group of Scituate teachers worked in the high school to build small robots that could maneuver through water.They were going to test their creations in a local swimming pool that afternoon, so they wanted to make sure the robots worked correctly.In building his robot, high school technology education teacher John Sullivan kept himself from getting overheated when he felt a little confused. Instead, he contemplated his creation."I'm not really a robotics guy," he said before almost surprising himself by correctly ...

Drum-Playing Robot Doesn't Quite Threaten the Livelihood of Real Drummersas drum machines are pretty ubiquitous in music these days, the idea of a machine that plays the drums doesn't sound all that groundbreaking. But what about a robot that plays the drums? Eh? Not impressed? What if I told you it played the most rudimentary beats possible? Now are you impressed? I thought so.