Pushing the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence
CAS lab develops robots modeled on the human brain.
Jul 26th, 2012
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Robot Road Run: Racing robots game inspired by EU robotic project arrives as iPhone app
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have launched a fun new smartphone app that lets users interact with and control their own emotional pet robot, using ideas taken from a recent European robotics research project called LIREC.
Jul 25th, 2012
Read moreThe artificial finger (w/video)
European researchers of the projects NanoBioTact and NanoBioTouch delve deep into the mysteries of touch and have developed the first sensitive artificial finger.
Jul 19th, 2012
Read moreNRL brings inertia of space to robotics research
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Spacecraft Engineering Department's space robotics research facility recently took possession of a one-of-a-kind 75,000 pound Gravity Offset Table (GOT) made from a single slab of solid granite.
Jul 18th, 2012
Read moreAutonomous robot maps ship hulls for mines
Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
Jul 17th, 2012
Read moreStudent-designed robots play games, make art, try to catch a toy helicopter (w/video)
At their final class presentation, students show off the robots they conceived and designed during the last few weeks of the course.
Jul 17th, 2012
Read moreCan robots improve patient care in the ICU?
Remote presence robots are used in intensive care units (ICUs) to help critical care physicians supplement on-site patient visits and maintain more frequent patient interactions. Physicians who employ this technology to supplement day-to-day patient care strongly support the positive clinical and social impact of using robots.
Jul 11th, 2012
Read moreEducational robotics kit can turn artwork and crafts into robots
Almost anything that can be made with paper, paint and cardboard can be animated with an educational robotics kit developed at Carnegie Mellon University?s Robotics Institute.
Jul 10th, 2012
Read moreAAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems awarded $358 million for upgraded U.S. Army and Marine Corps RQ-7B Shadow TUAS
Deliveries of 43 systems for the Army and two for the Marine Corps are expected to begin in late 2013.
Jul 9th, 2012
Read moreNew technologies spread arrival of robots into our lives
Robots, it seems, are everywhere - ranging from microbots, which are tiny black dots to the naked eye, to bots that resemble bees and bats, to gigantic models.
Jul 9th, 2012
Read moreRobot vision: Muscle-like action allows camera to mimic human eye movement
Using piezoelectric materials, researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems in a way designed to improve the operation of robots. This new muscle-like action could help make robotic tools safer and more effective for MRI-guided surgery and robotic rehabilitation.
Jul 5th, 2012
Read moreRevenge of the Robot Film Festival opens July 14
The annual celebration of robots on film will open with Sundance winner 'Robot & Frank', a story of a retired jewelry thief and his companion robot.
Jun 27th, 2012
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