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Title: using robotics technology to discover ancient Mayan ruins
Post by: Admin on May 11, 2010, 11:07:27 PM

LIDAR and SLAM, technologies developed for use in robotics, used to map an ancient Mayan city.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/science/11maya.html?pagewanted=all (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/science/11maya.html?pagewanted=all)

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