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Vision system for household robots
Jan 13, 2015 (SPX)
For household robots ever to be practical, they'll need to be able to recognize the objects they're supposed to manipulate. But while object recognition is one ...
NASA Robot Plunges Into Volcano to Explore Fissure
Jan 08, 2015 (JPL)
Volcanoes have always fascinated Carolyn Parcheta. She remembers a pivotal moment watching a researcher take a lava sample on a science TV program video in 6th ...
I, Tormentum
Dec 26, 2014 (SPX)
Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and Zeroth Law from his 1950 novel "I, Robot" concern helping humans and not hurting them, but they do not cover robots pl...
Pitt team publishes new findings from mind-controlled robot arm project
Dec 23, 2014 (SPX)
In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those unable to use their own...
QinetiQ North America refurbishing, modernizing Talon robots used by the military
Dec 19, 2014 (UPI)
Robots used by U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan are being refurbished and modernized by QinetiQ North America under U.S. Army and Navy contracts. Th...
First steps for Hector the robot stick insect
Dec 17, 2014 (SPX)
A research team at Bielefeld University has succeeded in teaching the only robot of its kind in the world how to walk. Its first steps have been recorded in a v...
Robot named 'Athena' becomes first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight
Dec 15, 2014 (UPI)
A robot named "Athena" has officially become the first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight. The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) announced the o...
New 'electronic skin' for prosthetics, robotics detects pressure from different directions
Dec 12, 2014 (SPX)
Touch can be a subtle sense, but it communicates quickly whether something in our hands is slipping, for example, so we can tighten our grip. For the first time...
Early adoption of robotic surgery leads to organ preservation for kidney cancer patients
Dec 12, 2014 (SPX)
Patients with operable kidney cancers were more likely to have a partial nephrectomy -- the recommended treatment for localized tumors -- when treated in hospit...
Two Robots, One Challenge, Endless Possibility
Dec 10, 2014 (JPL)
To the theme song of "2001: A Space Odyssey," a robot with a twisty spine rolled toward Thomas Rosenbaum, the new president of the California Institute of Techn...
Artificial intelligence: Hawking's fears stir debate
Dec 06, 2014 (AFP)
There was the psychotic HAL 9000 computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey". The humanoids which attacked their flesh-and-blood masters in "I, Robot". And, of course, ...
Engineer Applies Robot Control Theory to Improve Prosthetic Legs
Dec 05, 2014 (SPX)
A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the wearer's environment and help...
Mini Rovers Hold Big Promise for Community College Students
Dec 05, 2014 (JPL)
Four miniature rovers will go head-to-head this week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as community college students across the state...
Hawking warns AI 'could spell end of human race'
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that development of artificial intelligence could mean the end of humanity. In an interview with the BB...
An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots
Nov 28, 2014 (SPX)
On 24 October 2014, Sweden called off the hunt for a submarine after a week-long underwater search in the Stockholm archipelago. Triggered by a reported sightin...
An alternative to 'Turing Test'
Nov 24, 2014 (SPX)
A Georgia Tech professor is offering an alternative to the celebrated "Turing Test" to determine whether a machine or computer program exhibits human-level inte...
Can robots help stop the Ebola outbreak?
Nov 23, 2014 (AFP)
The US military has enlisted a new germ-killing weapon in the fight against Ebola -- a four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ul...
Elon Musk thinks robots could turn on us in the next five years
Nov 16, 2014 (UPI)
One couldn't be blamed for thinking Elon Musk knows something important that the public doesn't, since he's been sounding the alarm on dangerous robots recently...
DARPA-Funded Inflatable Robotics Helps Spark Idea for Silver Screen Star
Nov 14, 2014 (SPX)
The giant, balloon-like inflatable robot named Baymax in Disney's Big Hero 6 has its roots in real-world research conducted by iRobot Corporation, Carnegie Mell...
Moving cameras talk to each other to identify, track pedestrians
Nov 13, 2014 (SPX)
It's not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars. Came...
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