ARL in the Media

Since 2003, many media items appeared on the robots I am working on at Boston Dynamics (BigDog, LittleDog, RiSE and RHex) and on AQUA Rhex (a diving RHex project, which is continuing at McGill after my departure).

Scout, Paw, and RHex appeared on the science show Decouverte on Radio Canada October, 2003.

"Robots Display Force-Protection Prowess," (external copy), Air Force Link, August 2003, RHex.

"Robots for Air Force Protection" (external copy), Slashdot.org, August 14, 2003.

"Battle 'bots bringing future to military now," Cindy Tumiel, MySanAntonio.com, Aug 7 2003, RHex.

"Army call-up for rats, robots and reptiles: The US government is ploughing money into unconventional projects to toughen its defences against terrorism, says Geoff Dyer," Geoff Dyer, Financial Times (London), June 27 2003, RHex.

RHex on Robots.net, July 16 2003, RHex.

"Wall-Climbing Robot to Combat Terror," The Hindu: Online edition of India's national newspaper, July 9 2003, RHex.

"US Researchers Invent Wall Climbing Robot," rediff.com, June 10 2003, RHex.

"Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed" by Onnimikki, Slashdot.org, June 12, 2003. The CIM webserver got Slashdotted: over 100,000 requests for the ARL webpage and the Aqua movies were made the day the story was published! (Main Slashdot Page Mirror and Story Mirror)

"Robots Breaking New Ground," by Bruce Erskine, Halifax Mail Star, June 10 2003, Aqua.

"Beasts with byte: Centre for Intelligent Machines," (external copy), McGill Reporter, May 2003, Scout II.

"A Bug's Life for Robots," (external copy), Economist.com, March 2003, RHex.

Robot Locomotion Video, (web site), National Geographic, Science Times.

"Why 6-Legged Bots Rule," (external copy), Wired Magazine, November 2002, RHex.

"Roaches 2.0: Now they're armed, by Dave Barry," (pdf), (htm), (external copy), (Cartoon), The Miami Herald, Nov. 3, 2002.

"Lowly Roach Inspires High-Tech Robotics," (external copy) , CNN.com, Sept. 25, 2002, RHex.

"Companies make high-tech pitches to military, Article, Picture," (external copy), KY-3 (Springfield Television), Aug. 8, 2002, RHex is shown in the streaming video

RHex booth, exhibit, and demo at Homeland Security and Force Protection, Science and Technology Conference, August 7-8, 2002, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

RHex booth, exhibit and demo during DARPA Tech 2002, July 29 - August 2, Anaheim, CA

"Blinded by Science," (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, July 14, 2002, RHex

"Attack of the soccer robots," National Post, June 2002, RHex & Scout II

RHex demonstrated as part of R. J. Full talk at 2002 Public Relations Seminar, Naples, FL, May 25, 2002

"Trade Secrets of the 6-Legged Set," (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, April 04, 2002, RHex

"The TED Conference: 3 Days in the Future Page 1, Page 2" (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, February 28, 2002, RHex

RHex display at the 13th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition (external copy) in Crystal City Arlington, Virginia, February 6-8, 2002

" Robots Take a Cue from Nature", Unmanned Systems, Nov/Dec 2001. RHex.

"Eurobots - Robotic Niches in Europeans' Sights", Armed Forces Journal International, January 2002.

RHex featured at Nike 'Biomimicry' exhibit, Portland, Oregon, September 12 - November 12, 2001

PBS (U.K.), Partridge Films, "World of Wildlife III - Locomotion", August, 2001, RHex.

The Ottawa Citizen (external copy), "Robotic Revolution" by Vito Pilieci . Photo appeared on first page of Business section; June 5, 2001.

The New RO, television evening news segment regarding 11th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems; June 4, 2001.

"Cool Robot of the Week" Award, NASA Space Telerobotics Program, May 14, 2001. RHex

Canal Z Television Program, "Technofolie"; March 6, 2001.

Discover Magazine, "Pushing the Envelope on Robots" by Fenella Saunders; March 1, 2001.

CBC Radio, "All in a weekend," Oct. 28, 2000, 8:30am, Scout II.

Discovery Channel, "@discovery.ca," Sept. 28, 2000, 7pm, 11pm and Sept. 29, 2000, 9am, 1pm with RHex and Scout II.

Discover magazine, "Biobots", Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, p. 86, Sept. 2000. RHex

MIT Press, "Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species" (Material World Books),by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, ISBN: 0262133822, Aug. 11, 2000. RHex

Montreal Global TV, "This morning live," Live TV interview from Place des Arts, with RHex and Scout II, Aug. 8, 2000.

McGill Reporter, "Building a better Robot", July 26, 2000. Scout II and RHex

Science & Technology News Network, "Movie of the week", July 10, 2000. Scout II

BBC World Service, "Science in Action" radio interview (audience 40 Million), July 8/9, 2000. Scout II and RHex 0

ABC World News with Peter Jennings (airings on TV stations throughout U.S. and Canada), April 15, 2000. RHex 0

SCIENCE, "Better Than Nature Made It," Gary Taubes, 288(5463):80-3, April 7, 2000. RHex 0

"RHex, a new six-legged robot", In Focus, Engineering Newsletter, Spring 2000

Computerworld, "Putting the "real" in virtual reality", Volume 15, Number 12, June 18, 1999. Article and front page photo featuring Scout I

The Toronto Star, June 8, 1999. Scout II

Financial Post, June 8, 1999. Scout II

Tele-Quebec, "ZONE X: ROBOTS, A L'ECOLE DE LA VIE." Scout I, ARL Monopod II, and Scout II. Copyright Icotop Inc. 1999.

Maclean's, June 7, 1999. Article and photo featuring Scout II.

Discovery Channel, "LIFESPACE, THE HUMAN JOURNEY: ROBOTICS." Scout I.

YTV News, "ScienceNONFi", February 15 and 21, 1998. ARL Monopod II, Scout I

FORCES (Economic, social and cultural quarterly in Quebec), Nr. 116, 1997. 1 page interview

"Cool Robot of the Week" Award, NASA Space Telerobotics Program, Nov. 11, 1996. CARL

New Scientist, Back to Basics, B. Moran, No. 2046, Sept. 7, 1996

"The Impact of Research on Society", Contributions of McGill Scientists, Vol. I.

TV Ontario, Inquiring Minds, 1996. Features the CARL robot leg in a segment on androids.

Scientific American, The Science of Juggling, P. J. Beek and A. Lewbel, Vol 273, No. 5, Nov. 1995

CTV National TV, Leading Edge, Aug. 10, 1994

Newspaper article in NIKKEI (a large Japanese business daily), Aug. 9, 1993 (in Japanese). ARL Monopod I

Bild der Wissenschaft, Jonglierender Roboter, p. 138, June 1991 (in German)

	Media Coverage
Since 2003, many media items appeared on the robots I am working on at Boston Dynamics (BigDog, LittleDog, RiSE and RHex) and on AQUA Rhex (a diving RHex project, which is continuing at McGill after my departure). Scout, Paw, and RHex appeared on the science show Decouverte on Radio Canada October, 2003. "Robots Display Force-Protection Prowess," (external copy), Air Force Link, August 2003, RHex. "Robots for Air Force Protection" (external copy), Slashdot.org, August 14, 2003. "Battle 'bots bringing future to military now," Cindy Tumiel, MySanAntonio.com, Aug 7 2003, RHex. "Army call-up for rats, robots and reptiles: The US government is ploughing money into unconventional projects to toughen its defences against terrorism, says Geoff Dyer," Geoff Dyer, Financial Times (London), June 27 2003, RHex. RHex on Robots.net, July 16 2003, RHex. "Wall-Climbing Robot to Combat Terror," The Hindu: Online edition of India's national newspaper, July 9 2003, RHex. "US Researchers Invent Wall Climbing Robot," rediff.com, June 10 2003, RHex. "Swimming Cockroach Robot Developed" by Onnimikki, Slashdot.org, June 12, 2003. The CIM webserver got Slashdotted: over 100,000 requests for the ARL webpage and the Aqua movies were made the day the story was published! (Main Slashdot Page Mirror and Story Mirror) "Robots Breaking New Ground," by Bruce Erskine, Halifax Mail Star, June 10 2003, Aqua. "Beasts with byte: Centre for Intelligent Machines," (external copy), McGill Reporter, May 2003, Scout II. "A Bug's Life for Robots," (external copy), Economist.com, March 2003, RHex. Robot Locomotion Video, (web site), National Geographic, Science Times. "Why 6-Legged Bots Rule," (external copy), Wired Magazine, November 2002, RHex. "Roaches 2.0: Now they're armed, by Dave Barry," (pdf), (htm), (external copy), (Cartoon), The Miami Herald, Nov. 3, 2002. "Lowly Roach Inspires High-Tech Robotics," (external copy) , CNN.com, Sept. 25, 2002, RHex. "Companies make high-tech pitches to military, Article, Picture," (external copy), KY-3 (Springfield Television), Aug. 8, 2002, RHex is shown in the streaming video RHex booth, exhibit, and demo at Homeland Security and Force Protection, Science and Technology Conference, August 7-8, 2002, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri RHex booth, exhibit and demo during DARPA Tech 2002, July 29 - August 2, Anaheim, CA "Blinded by Science," (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, July 14, 2002, RHex "Attack of the soccer robots," National Post, June 2002, RHex & Scout II RHex demonstrated as part of R. J. Full talk at 2002 Public Relations Seminar, Naples, FL, May 25, 2002 "Trade Secrets of the 6-Legged Set," (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, April 04, 2002, RHex "The TED Conference: 3 Days in the Future Page 1, Page 2" (external copy) , The New York Times on the Web, February 28, 2002, RHex RHex display at the 13th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition (external copy) in Crystal City Arlington, Virginia, February 6-8, 2002 " Robots Take a Cue from Nature", Unmanned Systems, Nov/Dec 2001. RHex. "Eurobots - Robotic Niches in Europeans' Sights", Armed Forces Journal International, January 2002. RHex featured at Nike 'Biomimicry' exhibit, Portland, Oregon, September 12 - November 12, 2001 PBS (U.K.), Partridge Films, "World of Wildlife III - Locomotion", August, 2001, RHex. The Ottawa Citizen (external copy), "Robotic Revolution" by Vito Pilieci . Photo appeared on first page of Business section; June 5, 2001. The New RO, television evening news segment regarding 11th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems; June 4, 2001. "Cool Robot of the Week" Award, NASA Space Telerobotics Program, May 14, 2001. RHex Canal Z Television Program, "Technofolie"; March 6, 2001. Discover Magazine, "Pushing the Envelope on Robots" by Fenella Saunders; March 1, 2001. CBC Radio, "All in a weekend," Oct. 28, 2000, 8:30am, Scout II. Discovery Channel, "@discovery.ca," Sept. 28, 2000, 7pm, 11pm and Sept. 29, 2000, 9am, 1pm with RHex and Scout II. Discover magazine, "Biobots", Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, p. 86, Sept. 2000. RHex MIT Press, "Robo Sapiens: Evolution of a New Species" (Material World Books),by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, ISBN: 0262133822, Aug. 11, 2000. RHex Montreal Global TV, "This morning live," Live TV interview from Place des Arts, with RHex and Scout II, Aug. 8, 2000. McGill Reporter, "Building a better Robot", July 26, 2000. Scout II and RHex Science & Technology News Network, "Movie of the week", July 10, 2000. Scout II BBC World Service, "Science in Action" radio interview (audience 40 Million), July 8/9, 2000. Scout II and RHex 0 ABC World News with Peter Jennings (airings on TV stations throughout U.S. and Canada), April 15, 2000. RHex 0 SCIENCE, "Better Than Nature Made It," Gary Taubes, 288(5463):80-3, April 7, 2000. RHex 0 "RHex, a new six-legged robot", In Focus, Engineering Newsletter, Spring 2000 Computerworld, "Putting the "real" in virtual reality", Volume 15, Number 12, June 18, 1999. Article and front page photo featuring Scout I The Toronto Star, June 8, 1999. Scout II Financial Post, June 8, 1999. Scout II Tele-Quebec, "ZONE X: ROBOTS, A L'ECOLE DE LA VIE." Scout I, ARL Monopod II, and Scout II. Copyright Icotop Inc. 1999. Maclean's, June 7, 1999. Article and photo featuring Scout II. Discovery Channel, "LIFESPACE, THE HUMAN JOURNEY: ROBOTICS." Scout I. YTV News, "ScienceNONFi", February 15 and 21, 1998. ARL Monopod II, Scout I FORCES (Economic, social and cultural quarterly in Quebec), Nr. 116, 1997. 1 page interview "Cool Robot of the Week" Award, NASA Space Telerobotics Program, Nov. 11, 1996. CARL New Scientist, Back to Basics, B. Moran, No. 2046, Sept. 7, 1996 "The Impact of Research on Society", Contributions of McGill Scientists, Vol. I. TV Ontario, Inquiring Minds, 1996. Features the CARL robot leg in a segment on androids. Scientific American, The Science of Juggling, P. J. Beek and A. Lewbel, Vol 273, No. 5, Nov. 1995 CTV National TV, Leading Edge, Aug. 10, 1994 Newspaper article in NIKKEI (a large Japanese business daily), Aug. 9, 1993 (in Japanese). ARL Monopod I Bild der Wissenschaft, Jonglierender Roboter, p. 138, June 1991 (in German)