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U.S. Marine Corps rules out robotic dog, mule
Jan 01, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Marine Corps has decided its Legged Squad Support System, or LS3, also known as the "robotic mule," is too loud to use on the battlefield. The Marines ...
New social robot Nadine has a personality
Jan 01, 2016 (UPI)
On Tuesday, engineers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore unveiled an emotionally intelligent robot. The robot, named Nadine, has been employed as ...
Human-machine superintelligence can solve the world's most dire problems
Jan 01, 2016 (SPX)
The combination of human and computer intelligence might be just what we need to solve the "wicked" problems of the world, such as climate change and geopolitic...
NTU scientists unveil social and telepresence robots
Dec 31, 2015 (SPX)
Say hello to Nadine, a 'receptionist' at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). She is friendly, and will greet you back. Next time you meet her, she...
Synthetic Muscles
Dec 31, 2015 (SPX)
Muscles are miracles of nature. They convert energy into motion more efficiently than any gasoline engine or electric motor. They're extremely resilient and eve...
Teaching machines to see
Dec 25, 2015 (SPX)
Two newly-developed systems for driverless cars can identify a user's location and orientation in places where GPS does not function, and identify the various c...
Magnetic nanoparticle chains offer new technique for controlling soft robots
Dec 22, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique for using chains of magnetic nanoparticles to manipulate elastic polymers in three d...
Scientists teach machines to learn like humans
Dec 18, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that captures our learning abilities, enabling computers to recognize and draw simple visual concepts that are m...
SSL selected for NASA project to develop robotic on-orbit satellite assembly
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
Space Systems Loral has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a multi-million dollar contract to develop on-orbit roboti...
Tech titans pledge $1 bn for artificial intelligence research
Dec 12, 2015 (AFP)
Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged $1 billion to support a non-profit firm that on Friday said it would focus on the "positive human impact" o...
Swimming devices could deliver drugs inside the body
Dec 09, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at the University of Sheffield have discovered that tiny spherical bead-like devices can be guided by physical structures while swimming inside fluids...
Robot adds new twist to NIST antenna measurements and calibrations
Dec 09, 2015 (SPX)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be the ultimate innov...
UW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies
Dec 08, 2015 (SPX)
Babies learn about the world by exploring how their bodies move in space, grabbing toys, pushing things off tables and by watching and imitating what adults are...
These are the robots you're looking for
Dec 03, 2015 (SPX)
It seems that every science fiction story has a robot tightly woven into its narrative. Where there are space travelers, there are robotic sidekicks - often of ...
Kennedy now firmly established as a 21st Century Spaceport
Dec 03, 2015 (SPX)
On Thursday, Dec. 3, NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will team with industry partners to launch science and supplies to the International Space Stat...
Japan shows off disaster-response robots at android fair
Dec 02, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Wednesday displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruption...
A row-bot that loves dirty water
Dec 01, 2015 (SPX)
Polluted water can at times make swimming in the sea or a pool risky, on the other hand aquatic organisms such as water boatman need the nutrients in dirty wate...
High-tech Barbie stokes privacy fears
Nov 30, 2015 (AFP)
The new Barbie doll is "intelligent" and connected. Too connected for some privacy activists. The high-tech "Hello Barbie" doll unveiled earlier this year by to...
New detector perfect for asteroid mining, planetary research
Nov 27, 2015 (SPX)
The grizzled asteroid miner is a stock character in science fiction. Now, a couple of recent events - one legal and the other technological - have brought aster...
Human reflexes may keep legged robots from tripping
Nov 27, 2015 (SPX)
Trips and stumbles too often lead to falls for amputees using leg prosthetics, but a robotic leg prosthesis being developed at Carnegie Mellon University promis...
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