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Apple 'HomePod' speaker to take on Amazon, Google
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
HomePod, aided by Apple's Siri digital assistant, will be priced at $349 when it begins shipping in December in the United States, Australia and Britain, the te...
Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built
Jun 06, 2017 (SPX)
In a significant step toward overcoming this problem, roboticists at UC Berkeley have a built a robot that can pick up and move unfamiliar, real-world objects w...
Muscle grafts could help amputees sense and control artificial limbs
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
This type of system could help to reduce the rejection rate of prosthetic limbs, which is around 20 percent. "We're talking about a dramatic improvement in pati...
Configuration and manipulation of soft robotics for on-orbit servicing
Jun 05, 2017 (SPX)
With respect to on-orbit servicing (OOS), soft robots have great value of application, which can be reflected as follows. (1) Flexibility (large degrees of free...
Teaching robots good manners
Jun 01, 2017 (SPX)
To address that challenge, DARPA-funded researchers recently completed a project that aimed to provide a theoretical and formal framework for what norms and nor...
Tactile feedback adds 'muscle sense' to prosthetic hand
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
"Humans have an innate sense of how the parts of their bodies are positioned, even if they can't see them," said Marcia O'Malley, professor of mechanical engine...
CMU's interactive tool helps novices and experts make custom robots
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
Using a familiar drag-and-drop interface, individuals can choose from a library of components and place them into the design. The tool suggests components that ...
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
Engineers recently presented their research, which is still at the prototype stage, at the Electronic Imaging, Engineering Reality for Virtual Reality conferenc...
Chess-playing robot star of Taiwan tech fair
May 30, 2017 (AFP)
The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to boost the island's economy with her "Asian Silicon Valley" project, n...
Google's AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No. 1
May 27, 2017 (AFP)
AlphaGo defeated brash 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie of China on Saturday to sweep a three-game series that was closely watched as a measure of how far ar...
Robots help shed light on how humans walk
May 25, 2017 (SPX)
With the recent boom of the robotic exoskeleton industry, more and more patients are being strapped into machines that apply forces to their legs as they walk, ...
Chinese fans trash blackout as Google AI wins again
May 25, 2017 (AFP)
The artificial intelligence (AI) programme won its second straight match against 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who will try to salvage some pride...
3-D-printed, soft, four legged robot can walk on sand and stone
May 23, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers led by Michael Tolley, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California San Diego, will present the robot at the IEEE Internationa...
AI wins as Google algorithm beats No. 1 Go player
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
AlphaGo took the first of a scheduled three games against brash 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who after the match annointed the programme as the ...
Lockheed Martin exoskeleton helps soldiers carry heavy gear
May 22, 2017 (SPX)
Using licensed DermoskeletonTM bionic augmentation technology, the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD)TM is a computer-controlled exoskeleton that counter...
Ready, Set, Go! Rematch of man vs machine in ancient game
May 21, 2017 (AFP)
China's 19-year-old Ke Jie is given little chance in the three-game series beginning Tuesday in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen after AlphaGo stunned observe...
Building a better 'bot': Artificial intelligence helps human groups
May 19, 2017 (SPX)
In a series of experiments using teams of human players and robotic AI players, the inclusion of "bots" boosted the performance of human groups and the individu...
Virtual top hats allow swarming robots to fly in tight formation
May 18, 2017 (SPX)
In the first, five swarm quadcopters zip back and forth in formation, then change their behaviors based on user commands. The trick is to maneuver without smack...
GE Appliances to get Google voice control option
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
The deal enables GE's "Geneva" to communicate with the Google Assistant, so users can say: "Ok Google, ask Geneva Home to set the oven timer for 10 minutes." Th...
Live interactions with robots increase their perceived human likeness
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
How do we break down this barrier? A recent study by researchers at the University of Koblenz-Landau, University of Wurzburg, and Arts Electronica Futurelab, fo...
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