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CSE Media Mentions
CSE Professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos featured in Star Tribune article about Scout Robots
The June 2, 2009 Star Tribune featured the Scout robots developed by Nikos Papanikolopoulos at the University of Minnesota. Papanikolopoulos began research to develop the scout robot in the late 90s with the backing of several government agency grants.
The Scout is used by the military and police teams on reconnaissance missions. The Scout enters dangerous environments before officers and troops, it then transmits images of its surroundings. One of the special features of the Scout is its unique ability to remain undamaged when thrown.
More...CSE Professor Jaideep Srivastava featured in artstechinca.com
CSE Professor Jaideep Srivastava's team of academic researchers was recently featured in an article on arstechnica.com. The story highlights Professor Srivastava's cooperation with Sony on the study of the complete server logs from Sony's Everquest 2.
Srivastava and his collaborative team of researchers recently presented their project in a Saturday morning session at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
See the full story at Science gleans 60TB of behavior data from Everquest 2 logs.
CSE Assistant Professor Paul Schrater Explains Phantom Cell Phone Vibrations
Kare 11 news recently featured CSE Assistant Professor Paul Schrater in a story about phantom cell phone vibrations. Schrater offers his theories on the phenomenon in the full story, available at the Kare 11 website.
Phantom cell phone vibrations? It could be all in your head
CSE Professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos featured in NewScientist
NewScientist recently featured the research of CSE Professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos. Papanikolopoulos was quoted on the needs of robots for exploration on the moon and on Mars. See the full story here:
'Marsupial' robots could roam Mars and the Moon
CSE Professor David Du Answers A Good Question
CSE professor David Du was interviewed on WCCO 4 News at 10, November 24th. Du was featured in an interview as part of the Good Question feature. The feature’s Good Question was about the cost of text messaging.
Text of the news segment can be found online at Good Question: Why Is Texting So Expensive? A video of the segment can be found in the WCCO Video Library.
"Scout" Robot Helping Plymouth Police
The "scout" robot, a 7-inch robot that was developed at the Univeristy of Minnesota by CSE professor Nikos Papanikolopoulos was featured recently on kare11.com.
The article detailed the ways in which the wireless robot is helping the Plymouth Swat Team with reconnaissance work. The officers control with the robot with a joystick. The robot carries a camera the size of a teardtrop, and a stabilizing tail to make sure it always lands on its feet.
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