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Robotic Exo-Skeletons to Help Post Stroke Sufferers
Feb 23, 2016 (SPX)
A stroke happens when blood flow is cut off from an area of the brain, and the cells begin to die. This means that the person suffering from a stroke loses abil...
A global Olympic-style competition to advance assistive and robotic technologies
Feb 17, 2016 (SPX)
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of the world's population is physically impaired to some degree. In order to overcome the hurdles o...
X Prize aims to show AI is friend not foe
Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)
An X Prize unveiled on Wednesday promised millions of dollars to a team that could best show that artificial intelligence is humanity's friend, not its enemy. X...
Can fables, fairy tales teach robots morality?
Feb 17, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers at Georgia Tech are attempting to give robots a sense of right and wrong by teaching them fairy tales. The teaching is done via programming. Mark Ri...
Russia Developing Remote Controlled Robot for Space Tasks
Feb 16, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia is developing a remote controlled robot to carry out tasks at Russia's planned national space station, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said ...
When machines can do any job, what will humans do?
Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)
University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost any job that a human can. In anticipation, he i...
Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs
Feb 14, 2016 (AFP)
Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming...
Robotically driven system could reduce cost of discovering drug and target interactions
Feb 12, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of...
Cockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks
Feb 09, 2016 (SPX)
Our fear and disgust that cockroaches can quickly squeeze through the tiniest cracks are well justified, say University of California, Berkeley scientists. Not ...
Chip could bring deep learning to mobile devices
Feb 04, 2016 (SPX)
In recent years, some of the most exciting advances in artificial intelligence have come courtesy of convolutional neural networks, large virtual networks of si...
Arlington Capital Partners buying iRobot business unit
Feb 04, 2016 (UPI)
The Defense & Security business unit of iRobot Corporation is being acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm. According to ACP, the unit wi...
Thales, ASV to jointly develop unmanned surface vehicle technology
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
Thales and ASV have signed an agreement to cooperate on the development of unmanned surface vehicle technology. The announcement by the two companies to collabo...
Russia launches ambitious cosmic robotics project
Jan 27, 2016 (Sputnik)
The development of state-of-the-art robots capable of operating in outer space will begin in Russia this year, media reports said. Russian scientists will begin...
NASA counting on humanoid robots in deep space exploration
Jan 25, 2016 (SPX)
As humanity moves forward with space exploration, we should prepare for risky and extremely hazardous endeavors such as manned missions to Mars and asteroids. H...
Scientists urge world to stop killer robots
Jan 22, 2016 (AFP)
The world must act quickly to avert a future in which autonomous robots with artificial intelligence roam the battlefields killing humans, scientists and arms e...
Microbots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers are using a technology likened to "mini force fields" to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at u...
Russian Scientists Developing Avatar Robot for Extraterrestrial Exploration
Jan 13, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russian scientists from the state-run Android Technics firm are working on an "avatar robot" that will replace humans on dangerous missions, such as during the ...
Will computers ever truly understand what we're saying
Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)
From Apple's Siri to Honda's robot Asimo, machines seem to be getting better and better at communicating with humans. But some neuroscientists caution that toda...
NASA Marshall Center to Host FIRST Robotics Kick-Off at USSRC
Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)
The 2016 FIRST Robotics season, a national robotic competition for students grades 9-12, will kick-off Jan. 9, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the U.S. Space and Roc...
Smart tech: This year's CES big on artificial intelligence
Jan 03, 2016 (UPI)
The first week of every new year brings a slew of eye-opening technology for gadget lovers at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the 2017 edition w...
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