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Russian SAR-401 Space Robot Ready for the ISS
Mar 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
The Russian robot-android which is controlled through a wearable interface will be heading to the ISS soon, the head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center an...
25 teams to participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)
The international robotics community has turned out in force for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals, a competition of robots and their human supervisors ...
Kids and robots learn to write together
Mar 06, 2015 (SPX)
A little girl lines up plastic letters fitted with QR codes in front of a little humanoid robot. The robot struggles to reproduce them on a tablet - especially ...
Rise of the Machines: video gamers beware
Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)
Researchers unveiled a software system Wednesday which had taught itself to play 49 different video games and proceeded to defeat human professionals -- a major...
Japan's Robear: Strength of a robot, face of a bear
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
Forget the frightening androids of dystopian sci-fi, the future of robots is cute polar bears that can lift elderly people into and out of bed. The "Robear" has...
Talking Japanese space robot back on Earth
Feb 12, 2015 (AFP)
A pint-sized Japanese robot that became the first android to converse with an astronaut in space has returned to Earth after 18 months in orbit, project organis...
Human insights inspire solutions for household robots
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
People typically consider doing the laundry to be a boring chore. But laundry is far from boring for artificial intelligence (AI) researchers like Siddharth Sri...
IBM brings Watson supercomputer to Japan via SoftBank
Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)
IBM announced plans Tuesday to bring its Watson supercomputer to Japan with mobile telecom group SoftBank, in a deal aimed at developing new applications for ro...
Tiny robotic 'hands' could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
Many people imagine robots today as clunky, metal versions of humans, but scientists are forging new territory in the field of 'soft robotics.' One of the lates...
HAPTIX Starts Work to Provide Prosthetic Hands with Sense of Touch
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
Despite recent advances in technology for upper-limb prostheses, artificial arms and hands are still unable to provide users with sensory feedback, such as the ...
Octopus robot makes waves with ultra-fast propulsion
Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists have developed an octopus-like robot, which can zoom through water with ultra-fast propulsion and acceleration never before seen in man-made underwat...
Researchers determine how the brain controls robotic grasping tools
Feb 09, 2015 (SPX)
Grasping an object involves a complex network of brain functions. First, visual cues are processed in specialized areas of the brain. Then, other areas of the b...
U.S. Navy unveils firefighting robot SAFFiR
Feb 05, 2015 (UPI)
At the Naval Future Force Science & Technology Expo, held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C., military engineers showed off their latest invention -- a ...
Robot acquires chef skills via YouTube instructional vids
Jan 30, 2015 (UPI)
The Internet is filled with useless info, but buried in the rubble are nuggets of information -- whole instructional videos, in fact. Building off of previous a...
Canadian students design robotic sailboat for Atlantic challenge
Jan 28, 2015 (XNA)
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned sailing boat? Yes, this is a dream of a group of students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver ...
Upgraded Atlas ready to go wireless at next DARPA Robotics Challenge
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
A total of $3.5 million in prizes will now be awarded to the top three finishers in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), the final event of which will be held Ju...
Artificial intelligence future wows Davos elite
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
From the robot that washes your clothes to the robot that marks homework: the future world of artificial intelligence wowed the Davos elite Thursday, but the ro...
This robot has the mind of a worm
Jan 21, 2015 (UPI)
Scientists working on the ragtag research operation known as Open Worm are blazing the path toward real artificial intelligence -- artificial worm intelligence,...
Musk donates $10M to keep Artificial Intelligence friendly
Jan 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
American entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he would contribute $10 million to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) for a global research program aimed at ...
Robots learn to use tools by watching YouTube videos
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
Imagine having a personal robot prepare your breakfast every morning. Now, imagine that this robot didn't need any help figuring out how to make the perfect ome...
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