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Autonomous robot maps ship hulls for mines

Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.

Jul 17th, 2012

Student-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

Can 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

Educational 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

AAI 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

New 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

Robot 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

Revenge 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