The Constant Gardener: Robots raise your plants (w/video)
The future of robotics may be less Terminator and more gardener.
Feb 17th, 2013
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New EU initiative challenges rescue robots to compete in sea, land and air venues
Te new EU project euRathlon expands on the well-established SAUC-Europe underwater competition with land and airbone contests.
Feb 16th, 2013
Read moreDry ice vacuum cleaner robot to help clean up Fukushima (w/video)
A remote controlled robot that uses dry ice to vacuum up radiation was unveiled by Japanese researchers on Friday, the latest innovation to help the clean-up at Fukushima.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreRobots powered by explosions (w/video)
They can already stand, walk, wriggle under obstacles, and change colors. Now researchers are adding a new skill to the soft robot arsenal: jumping.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreMost advanced robotics test center in U.S. opens
The most advanced robotics test center in the U.S. opens today at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration and a report on the state of the industry.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreNASA has demonstrated robotic fluid transfer in space (w/video)
The first-of-its-kind demonstration was performed during the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) aboard the International Space Station.
Feb 11th, 2013
Read moreHumans and robots work better together following cross-training
Swapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots' confidence and humans' trust.
Feb 11th, 2013
Read moreSpinal cord-injured man controls robot arm with thoughts
Researchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions and also to move a robot arm.
Feb 9th, 2013
Read moreHow to build a bionic man
The bionic man featured in a Channel 4 documentary this week may not be a realistic copy of a human - but robots prompt questions about what we want from our most sophisticated machines.
Feb 8th, 2013
Read moreVGH first in Canada to use superbug-killing robot
She's just 5'5" and quiet, but don't let her demure looks fool you - she's a ruthless killer who moves at the speed of light. Meet Tru-D, the newest member of Vancouver General Hospital's (VGH) Housekeeping and Infection Control teams.
Feb 7th, 2013
Read moreU.S. Navy to develop pheromone-sniffing robotic swarms to haul weapons on carriers
The objective of a new research proposal is to develop chemical marking techniques (artificial pheromone) for information transmittal for a robotic swarm performing cooperative tasking in a fixed formation.
Feb 7th, 2013
Read moreInsect drives robot to track down smells
A small, two-wheeled robot has been driven by a male silkmoth to track down the sex pheromone usually given off by a female mate.
Feb 6th, 2013
Read moreSpace robots - coming soon to a planet near you
With the exception of a few select missions, human space flight is in a prolonged hiatus. If we want to achieve our dreams of exploring the solar system, robots will be the means.
Feb 1st, 2013
Read moreWater robots home in on pollution
Cutting-edge technology has enabled a team of experts to build remote buoys and robot platforms incorporating miniaturised sensors. Able to identify pollution types and measure concentrations in large bodies of water, this represents an ingenious advance for environmental monitoring.
Feb 1st, 2013
Read moreRobot systems for the exploration of extreme regions
German deep-sea researchers and space travel technologists jointly develop robot systems for the exploration of extreme regions.
Jan 31st, 2013
Read moreGE to develop robotic-enabled intelligent sterilization system for hospitals (w/video)
Imagine an intelligent system managing the surgical tool sterilization process in a hospital - ensuring safe delivery of care, enabling new levels of hospital efficiency, and delivering with surgical accuracy all of the medical devices doctors need to perform life-saving procedures.
Jan 30th, 2013
Read moreThe ecological badminton robot
Researchers pioneered the development of the first robot ever to play badminton. But this robot is only a guinea pig to test a software application designed to optimise energy efficiency in machine design.
Jan 30th, 2013
Read moreEngineers solve a biological mystery and boost Artificial Intelligence
By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, Cornell University engineering and robotics researchers have discovered why biological networks tend to be organized as modules - a finding that will lead to a deeper understanding of the evolution of complexity.
Jan 30th, 2013
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