The first bio-inspired microrobot capable of not just walking on water like the water strider - but continuously jumping up and down like a real water strider - now is a reality.
Jul 26th, 2012
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CAS lab develops robots modeled on the human brain.
Jul 26th, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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Algorithms enable robot to navigate and view propellers and other complex structures.
Jul 17th, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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Deliveries of 43 systems for the Army and two for the Marine Corps are expected to begin in late 2013.
Jul 9th, 2012
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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
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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
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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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