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Nintendo Link Zelda Actors Official Photo Movie Bo Bragason

Nintendo Pulls Back the Curtain on Link and Zelda in Official Movie Photos

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Nintendo Link Zelda Actors Official Photo Movie Bo Bragason
Over the weekend, videos of The Legend of Zelda’s New Zealand set were posted online. Low-resolution footage showed actors sliding into costume while they went about their business in the midst of a lush forest, with horses dressed in what appeared to be Hylian armor, which was a very fantastic touch. Fans spotted Bo Bragason preparing her bow as Princess Zelda, while Benjamin Evan Ainsworth was getting into character as Link. Early this morning, the Nintendo Today app was filled with crisp, high-resolution photographs directly from Shigeru Miyamoto.

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Disney Research Robot Fall

Disney Researchers Train Robots to Land Like Stars When They Trip and Fall

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Disney Research Robot Fall
Falling has long been a major issue in robotics, and engineers have been working for years to keep their creations upright, often transforming twitchy bipedal walkers into virtual acrobats capable of navigating all types of uneven terrain or avoiding obstacles with eerie mechanical poise. But when gravity ultimately gets the best of them, those same robots collapse to the ground like a pile of discarded garbage, their joints locking up in a sort of robotic horror or flailing madly until something breaks or bends.

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Autonomous Drone Team Heavy Lifting

When Autonomous Drones Team Up, the Heavy Lifting Gets Lighter

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Autonomous Drone Team Heavy Lifting
A group of miniature quadcopter drones sit in a lab at TU Delft, cables trailing from their bellies like umbilical cords to a shared load beneath. The load sways slightly as they lift off, but the machines quickly settle into a pattern, pulling together with silent precision. Researchers have spent years working toward this kind of harmony, and now they’ve cracked the code to turn a slew of off-the-shelf drones into a force capable of lifting weights much beyond what one could manage alone.

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MAN-KAT Truck Maniac Expedition Vehicle

MAN-KAT Truck Gets Transformed Into Luxurious Maniac Expedition Vehicle, Complete with Terrace

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MAN-KAT Truck Maniac Expedition Vehicle
Expedition trucks typically start as military surplus, but few end up feeling like mobile hotel suites. The Maniac takes that concept to the next level, with a MAN-KAT truck, one of those old German army beasts designed to move goods over mud and mountains. Turkish contractors at Sya Mobil spent nearly two years converting it into a people mover before delivering it to the Atik family in 2023. What they got was a 4×4 home on wheels that sleeps four but shines as a couple’s escape pod, with 215 square feet of living space in a shell that can withstand tough terrain.

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Real TARS Robot Interstellar Movie TARS3D

TARS Robot from Interstellar Comes Alive, Becomes TARS3D

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Real TARS Robot Interstellar Movie TARS3D
Aditya Sripada still gets a kick out of those all-night robot build marathons where time just slips away, and you’re completely fixated on getting that next piece to fall into place. Back in November 2022 he found himself spending every free weekend at Nimble, chipping away at a whole robot for fun, in a bit of a makeshift junkyard space with no lab of his own to call home and a pretty tight budget to boot. At first, it seemed like a simple idea: take the famous robot sidekick from Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, TARS, and bring him to life using good old fashioned 3D printing.

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Valve Steam Frame VR Headset Deep Dive

A Closer Look at Valve’s Steam Frame, the VR Headset That Could Revolutionize Wireless Play

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Valve Steam Frame VR Headset Deep Dive
Valve has always developed gear with a purpose in mind, and the Steam Frame is no exception. This portable VR headset promises to bring the whole Steam library into your living room without a tangle of cords or a PC tethered to your waist. The developers discussed the design in a recent video session with Gamers Nexus, revealing the choices they made to balance power, comfort, and transparency.

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