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Why astronomers hate the lawn-mowing Roomba
Apr 17, 2015 (UPI)
Astronomers may have formed secret alliance with the lawn care industry. What else can explain the anger of star-watching scientists over iRobot's forthcoming l...
Inkjet-printed liquid metal could bring wearable tech, soft robotics
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
New research shows how inkjet-printing technology can be used to mass-produce electronic circuits made of liquid-metal alloys for "soft robots" and flexible ele...
All dolled up: China sex toys play for real
Apr 14, 2015 (AFP)
She lay quietly on a narrow bed, greeting potential customers with an impassive stare and a disproportionately buxom form: meet "156", a stand-in companion for ...
DARPA Seeks to Create Software Systems That Could Last 100 Years
Apr 12, 2015 (SPX)
As modern software systems continue inexorably to increase in complexity and capability, users have become accustomed to periodic cycles of updating and upgradi...
Home Away From Home: NASA Spider-Droids to Build in Space
Apr 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
A company called Tethers Unlimited is developing a futuristic "Arachnid-like" droid system, funded by the North American Space Agency, that hopes to help humani...
Saucers, totes, cans, passion and dedication shape local students at JSC
Apr 10, 2015 (SPX)
Flying saucers have landed at Johnson Space Center-and they are taking over the minds of our youth. OK, so they are not really flying saucers. Those landed a fe...
Ultra-realistic robot proves there's more than one way to scare a fish
Apr 09, 2015 (SPX)
In the world of the tiny zebrafish, the predatory red tiger oscar is the stuff of nightmares. And while the species has no natural reason to fear robots, resear...
Modular brains help organisms learn new skills without forgetting old skills
Apr 07, 2015 (SPX)
New research suggests that when brains are organized into modules they are better at learning new information without forgetting old knowledge. The findings - p...
Researchers build brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered o...
Computer sharing of personality in sight: inventor
Apr 03, 2015 (AFP)
The world has only touched the surface of technological progress and computers may soon be able to transmit the complexities of human personalities, a prominent...
Soft, energy-efficient robotic wings
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
Dielectric elastomers are novel materials for making actuators or motors with soft and lightweight properties that can undergo large active deformations with hi...
Artificial hand able to respond sensitively using smart metal wires
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at Saarland University have taken a leaf out of nature's book by equipping an artificial hand with muscles made from shape-memory wire. The new techno...
Tiny bio-robot is a germ suited-up with graphene quantum dots
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
As nanotechnology makes possible a world of machines too tiny to see, researchers are finding ways to combine living organisms with nonliving machinery to solve...
Snake robots learn to turn by following the lead of real sidewinders
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who develop snake-like robots have picked up a few tricks from real sidewinder rattlesnakes on how to make rapid and e...
Robotic SPACE Explorers Need Smarts to Survive
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
If a robot plunges into the ocean of an icy moon, perhaps near Saturn or Jupiter, its main problem will be figuring out what to do next. Even at light speed, it...
Robotic materials: Changing with the world around them
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
Prosthetics with a realistic sense of touch. Bridges that detect and repair their own damage. Vehicles with camouflaging capabilities. Advances in materials sci...
Robot finds bodily posture may affect memory and learning
Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)
An Indiana University cognitive scientist and collaborators have found that posture is critical in the early stages of acquiring new knowledge. The study, condu...
USAF funds sense-and-avoid technology development
Mar 20, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force reports it is providing nearly $1.5 million in SBIR funding for development and maturation of sense-and-avoid technology for remotely piloted...
Anti-robot march held at SXSW
Mar 16, 2015 (UPI)
At South by Southwest this weekend, the week-long event commonly known as SXSW featured an outburst of dissent. The target wasn't what one might expect -- polic...
Liquid Metal Robots Are Almost Here
Mar 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Chinese researchers hope to create a non-rigid robot resembling the fictional T-1000 from Terminator 2, however, the robot would be used mostly to observe e...
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