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China firm awaits ruling in Apple Siri lawsuit
Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese company suing Apple over similarities between its product and the "Siri" personal assistant believes its case has merit and is awaiting a court ruling...
RoboDoc to the rescue: NASA to send robotic doctor to space
Feb 24, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
NASA is developing a humanoid robot to perform medical procedures, including surgery, at the International Space Station and even en route to Mars. The robot, w...
Sustainable manufacturing system to better consider the human component
Feb 24, 2014 (SPX)
Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new approach toward "sustainable manufacturing" that begins on the factory floor and tries to encompass th...
Making nanoelectronics last longer for medical devices, 'cyborgs'
Feb 24, 2014 (SPX)
The debut of cyborgs who are part human and part machine may be a long way off, but researchers say they now may be getting closer. In a study published in ACS'...
Quest for jellyfish robot leads to discovery of bending rules for animal wing, fin tips
Feb 23, 2014 (SPX)
A Navy-sponsored project to design a biologically inspired, swimming jellyfish robot has led scientists to the surprising discovery of common bending rules for ...
What to expect from Dyson's new robotics lab
Feb 19, 2014 (TCM)
James Dyson's decision to fund a robotics laboratory at Imperial College London may not lead to the super advanced robot friends of our dreams, but what he has ...
Robotic fish aids understanding of how animals move
Feb 19, 2014 (SPX)
The weakly electric black ghost knifefish of the Amazon basin has inspired Northwestern University's Malcolm MacIver and an interdisciplinary team of researcher...
Busy Week of Imaging and Robotic Arm Studies
Feb 19, 2014 (JPL)
Opportunity is climbing 'Murray Ridge' up on Solander Point, part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover continues to explore the region called 'Cook Haven.'...
New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate
Feb 17, 2014 (SPX)
Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is hard enough; write one for mult...
Robotic construction crew needs no foreman
Feb 17, 2014 (SPX)
On the plains of Namibia, millions of tiny termites are building a mound of soil-an 8-foot-tall "lung" for their underground nest. During a year of construction...
NASA Tests New Technologies for Robotic Refueling
Feb 16, 2014 (SPX)
It's corrosive, it's hazardous, and it can cause an explosion powerful enough to thrust a satellite forward in space. Multiple NASA centers are currently conduc...
MIT robot may accelerate trials for stroke medications
Feb 12, 2014 (SPX)
The development of drugs to treat acute stroke or aid in stroke recovery is a multibillion-dollar endeavor that only rarely pays off in the form of government-a...
Israelis urged to prepare for battlefields dominated by robots
Feb 03, 2014 (UPI)
Israel's military planners and high-tech defense industry must accelerate development of robotic and unmanned systems that will dominate the future battlefield,...
Beer tasting with a robotic twist
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
Spanish researchers have created an electronic "tongue" capable of distinguishing between beer varieties and their alcohol content. The artificial organ was acc...
Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
Jan 22, 2014 (SPX)
The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny...
Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots!
Jan 21, 2014 (JPL)
Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went ...
BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans
Jan 21, 2014 (SPX)
If we've learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it's that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee is...
From Crime Fighting to Methane Lakes: Designing Robots for Earth and Space
Jan 21, 2014 (SPX)
In a remote corner of the Cleveland Police Museum, a famous robot languished gathering dust. In its glory days, this robot was part of the fight in the 1970s ag...
Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise for Prosthetics, Robotics
Jan 21, 2014 (SPX)
North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military o...
The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Jan 17, 2014 (SPX)
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great p...
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