Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100413/0915038996/dailydirt-national-robotics-week-save-bots.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100413/0915038996/dailydirt-national-robotics-week-save-bots.shtml House Resolution 1055. If you haven't hugged your robot today, it's about time you did, perhaps.

• A full calendar of events is available at nationalroboticsweek.org. There's something going on in every state, and you can keep up with some of the activity via Facebook. [url]
• The iRobot Corp, famous for its line of robot vacuum cleaners, is sponsoring some public awareness projects for students to get kids interested in robots and science/technology subjects. FYI, iRobot products are also serving in the military to help clear out explosives from the battlefield, so its robots don't just clean up dirt. [url]
• If you're in Florida, the University of Miami School of Law will be discussing legal and policy issues relating to robotics at its inaugural 'We Robot' conference, April 21-22. The future of lawsuits against robots covers some things you might not expect. [url]
• To discover more interesting robotics-related content, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]  

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