<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9631a288-0976-40e0-8e89-7364d19c3f1a/EC2D7E25-A32D-4CF6-821C-CD2FF0C7571D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/10/mits-micro-aerial-vehicle-mav.html" href="http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/10/mits-micro-aerial-vehicle-mav.html" style="font-size: 11px;">smart-machines.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/10/mits-micro-aerial-vehicle-mav.html"><H3 class="post-title entry-title"> <A href="http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/10/mits-micro-aerial-vehicle-mav.html">MIT's Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://smart-machines.blogspot.com/2009/10/mits-micro-aerial-vehicle-mav.html"><DIV>A team of students from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lead by Prof. Nick Roy developed an autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle capable of autonomously mapping and navigating a complex environment.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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