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Cockroach-inspired robot can navigate cluttered environs
Jun 23, 2015 (UPI)
Cockroaches are notoriously indestructible. And it turns out their body shape is ideal for maneuvering through densely cluttered environments. Researchers at th...
Robot border guards among new airport tech at Paris Air Show
Jun 19, 2015 (AFP)
New airport technologies unveiled at the Paris Air Show this week promise robots replacing immigration officers and much faster identification of criminals thro...
Japan's humanoid robot 'Pepper' set to hit stores
Jun 18, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's SoftBank said Thursday that its chatty humanoid robot Pepper would go on sale this weekend, as it announced a deal with China's biggest e-commerce websi...
Planarian regeneration model discovered by artificial intelligence
Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)
An artificial intelligence system has for the first time reverse-engineered the regeneration mechanism of planaria--the small worms whose extraordinary power to...
Robot eyes will benefit from insect vision
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
The way insects see and track their prey is being applied to a new robot under development at the University of Adelaide, in the hopes of improving robot visual...
RoboSimian Drives, Walks and Drills in Robotics Finals
Jun 14, 2015 (JPL)
Showing off its robustness and versatility, the ape-like RoboSimian robot, developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, took fifth place...
Using Minecraft to unboggle the robot mind
Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from Brown University are developing a new algorithm to help robots better plan their actions in complex environments. It's designed to help robots ...
Breakthroughs in providing 'sensory feedback' from artificial limbs
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing "sensory feedback." Advances toward developing prostheses with a sen...
South Koreans triumph in US robot challenge
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
South Korean boffins carried home the $2 million top prize Saturday after their robot triumphed in a disaster-response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fukushima ...
Robots compete in Fukushima-inspired US challenge
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
Robots from six countries including the United States, Japan and South Korea went diode-to-diode Friday in a disaster response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fu...
Robots can recover from damage in minutes
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
Robots will one day provide tremendous benefits to society, such as in search and rescue missions and putting out forest fires - but not until they can learn to...
Helping robots handle uncertainty
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes are a way to model autonomous robots' behavior in circumstances where neither their communication w...
Helping robots put it all together
Jun 02, 2015 (SPX)
Today's industrial robots are remarkably efficient - as long as they're in a controlled environment where everything is exactly where they expect it to be. But ...
JPL's RoboSimian to compete in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
May 31, 2015 (JPL)
RoboSimian, the ape-like robot developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals at the F...
Robotic cheetah jumps hurdles while running
May 29, 2015 (UPI)
A year after showing off a robotic cheetah that can run while not tethered to a machine, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have trained i...
Disney develop 2-legged robot that walks like an animated character
May 29, 2015 (SPX)
When Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse, he didn't give much thought to how he might bring his character to life in the real world. But robotics now puts that pos...
Researchers develop intelligent handheld robots
May 28, 2015 (SPX)
What if handheld tools know what needs to be done and were even able to guide and help inexperienced users to complete jobs that require skill? Researchers at t...
Robot masters new skills through trial and error
May 28, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a process...
Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers o...
Robotic bird takes flight from back of robot roach
May 26, 2015 (UPI)
Unique partnership between a robot bird and robot roach proves the sum is greater than its parts. In a recent demonstration, a land-based robot roach helped lau...
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