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A swarm on every desktop: Robotics experts learn from public
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
The next experiment from Rice University's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. The lab's researchers are refining their control ...
Ultra-fast trading robots can send markets out of control
Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)
Robots trading on global markets and operating at speeds beyond human capability can overwhelm the system and bring trading to a halt, U.S. researchers say. Uni...
European researchers envision wearable exoskeleton for factory workers
Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)
Seven European countries are involved in a project to test a robotic exoskeleton suit that can be worn by factory workers, European Union officials say. The goa...
Japan's robo-astronaut takes 'one small step...'
Sep 05, 2013 (AFP)
A pint-sized android has uttered the first robotic words in space, showcasing Japan's drive to combine cutting-edge technology with cuteness. The wide-eyed and ...
Brain interface allows researcher to control another's hand movements
Aug 27, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. scientists are reporting a non-invasive, human-to-human brain interface allowing one researcher to control the hand movements of a fellow researcher. Using...
Computer scientists envision computer chip working like a human brain
Aug 15, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. computer scientists say they're building a chip with computing architecture that works more like a human brain than a traditional digital computer. While t...
Remotec upgrading Army, Marine EOD robots
Aug 15, 2013 (UPI)
Robots used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps in disposal of unexploded ordnance are to be upgraded by their manufacturer, Remotec Inc. The contract for the wor...
SkySweeper Robot Makes Inspecting Power Lines Simple and Inexpensive
Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)
Mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego invented a robot designed to scoot along utility lines, searching for damage and other problems ...
Talking robot sent to ISS to 'get along' with humans
Aug 07, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
A small Japanese robot, Kirobo, that boasts the abilities to talk, recognize voice and emotions, as well as to learn, has been sent to the International Space S...
Researchers create 'soft robotic' devices using water-based gels
Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterne...
'Printable' micro-machines could bring improved bionic limbs
Aug 07, 2013 (UPI)
A method of printing biocompatible micro-machines -- tiny sensors and motors -- could bring improved medical devices like bionic arms, Israeli researchers say. ...
Japan Delivers Hardware ISS Robotic Refueling Test
Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)
It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA's RRM was built to demonstrate much more than the clever ways space robots can fill up satellites...
Robot turning Japanese children into master calligraphers
Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)
Nijiya Kurota's little hand grips a calligraphy brush dangling above a clean sheet of rice paper. The brush itself is being held dead straight, just as an exper...
ISS Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Just as remotely-operated vehicles help humans explore the depths of the ocean from above, NASA has begun studying how a similar approach may one day help astro...
Spain museum uses robot to help restore works
Jul 24, 2013 (AFP)
In the basement of Madrid's Reina Sofia museum, a giant robotic machine painstakingly scans a painting by Catalan surrealist artist Joan Miro, slowly snapping h...
Chips that mimic the brain
Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)
No computer works as efficiently as the human brain - so much so that building an artificial brain is the goal of many scientists. Neuroinformatics researchers ...
Thin 'e-skin' could lead to more 'touchy-feely' robots
Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists in California say a paper-thin e-skin that responds to touch by lighting up could give robots a finer sense of touch. The technology, using semicondu...
Best artificial intelligence programs said only as smart as 4-year-old
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. researchers say an IQ test of one of the best available artificial intelligence systems found it's about as smart as the average 4-year-old. A team at the ...
Humanoid robot makes appearance
Jul 15, 2013 (UPI)
A humanoid robot for use in disaster-relief operations has been displayed to the public by its manufacturer, Boston Dynamics, and the U.S. military. The Atlas r...
DARPA's ATLAS Robot Unveiled
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
On Monday, July 8, 2013, the seven teams that progressed from DARPA's Virtual Robotics Challenge (VRC) arrived at the headquarters of Boston Dynamics in Waltham...
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