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Humanoid robot will fight shipboard fires
Mar 08, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. scientists say they're developing a humanoid robot to fight fires aboard warships, moving autonomously to handle firefighting tasks usually done by humans....
Enjoying massage of the future at the world's top IT fair
Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)
With all the frantic deal-making and head-spinning gadgets at the world's top IT fair, it is perhaps no surprise that a chair promising the benefit of two hours...
Robot artist 'draws' crowds at world's top tech fair
Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)
A robot caricaturist that can draw an accurate likeness of its subject in just three minutes was wowing the crowds on Wednesday at the world's biggest IT fair, ...
Ground robot speed records raise hopes
Mar 07, 2012 (UPI)
Record ground speeds achieved by robots in recent tests by the U.S. Department of Defense raise hopes more robots will be put to military use in the years to co...
New computers respond to students' emotions, boredom
Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)
Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students' cognitive and emotional states - including frustration and boredom - has been developed ...
Russia building robot to go into space
Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)
Russia says it is building a humanoid robot to work in orbit on the International Space Station within two years, its first space robot in two decades. The robo...
What Makes a Robot Fish Attractive?
Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)
Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robo...
Pole-dancing robots wow world's biggest high-tech fair
Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)
Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets and inventions at this year's CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole...
US robotic 'cheetah' breaks speed records
Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)
The Pentagon's main research agency has created the fastest-ever land robot, named "Cheetah," which can gallop at a speed of 18 miles (29 kilometers) per hour, ...
Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team
Mar 02, 2012 (AFP)
Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James B...
Humanoid Robot Exhibition Opens Drexel Engineers Week
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
Drexel's College of Engineering will kick off its National Engineers Week celebration with an unprecedented unveiling of seven adult-size humanoid robots as par...
A robot sketches portraits
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
An industrial robot as artist? From March 6-10, 2012, researchers will be presenting what may at first seem to be a contradiction at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. ...
In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers at...
'Duet of 1' possible with hand-controlled voice synthesizer
Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)
New technology at the University of British Columbia makes it possible for a person to speak or sing just by using their hands to control a speech synthesizer. ...
Robot reconnoiters uncharted terrain
Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)
Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them thro...
New 'soft' motor made from artificial muscles
Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)
"Perhaps the earliest public demonstration of an electric motor," writes a team of researchers from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, "involved the aut...
New system allows robots to continuously map their environment
Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)
Robots could one day navigate through constantly changing surroundings with virtually no input from humans, thanks to a system that allows them to build and con...
Human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug delivery chip
Feb 20, 2012 (SPX)
About 15 years ago, MIT professors Robert Langer and Michael Cima had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver dru...
Robot seals heal hearts of Japan tsunami survivors
Feb 17, 2012 (AFP)
High-tech fluffy seals that respond to human touch are the latest weapon in the battle against depression for survivors of Japan's tsunami disaster. "Paro" is b...
Japan scientist makes 'Avatar' robot
Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)
A Japanese-developed robot that mimics the movements of its human controller is bringing the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" one step closer to reality. Users of...
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