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How to control the unknown: Novel method for robotic manipulation
Jan 11, 2017 (SPX)
A simple, linear robot is easy to control. With known goals and a clear understanding of variables, a controller tells the robot the rules to follow. If button ...
Textron begins testing Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle
Jan 11, 2017 (UPI)
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems began on-water testing for the 4th-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle, a project for the U.S. Navy. The testing support...
Bionic woman: Chinese robot turns on the charm
Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)
"Jia Jia" can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked, and her creator believes the eerily life-like robot heralds a future o...
Brazil orders remote-controlled weapon stations from Elbit
Jan 09, 2017 (UPI)
A Brazilian subsidiary of Israel's Elbit Systems has received a framework contract to supply remote-controlled weapon stations to the Brazilian army. The contra...
For 'intelligent' robot, chess is just a hobby
Jan 08, 2017 (AFP)
A robot developed by engineers in Taiwan can pour coffee and move chess pieces on a board against an opponent, but he's looking for a real job. The robot develo...
Robots show their 'personality' at big tech show
Jan 07, 2017 (AFP)
Professor Einstein rolls his eyes, sticks out his tongue, and can give a simple explanation of the theory of relativity. With his lifelike rubbery "skin" and bu...
Baidu family robot a Chinese spin on Amazon Echo
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese internet colossus Baidu is out to make a splash with 'Little Fish,' a family robot that is a voice-controlled virtual valet akin to Amazon Echo or Googl...
ELFI: Engine for Likelihood-Free Inference facilitates more effective simulation
Jan 06, 2017 (SPX)
The Engine for Likelihood-Free Inference is open to everyone, and it can help significantly reduce the number of simulator runs. Researchers have succeeded in b...
Amazon Alexa virtual assistant shines at tech show
Jan 06, 2017 (AFP)
Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa is emerging as one of the big winners at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, cropping up in TVs, cars, fridges -- you name i...
China's Huawei adds Amazon Alexa to flagship phone
Jan 05, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese tech giant Huawei is adding Amazon's artificial intelligence application Alexa to its flagship smartphone for its US launch. The number three global sma...
Fractional calculus helps control systems hit their mark
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
If you've ever searched for ways to curb your car's gas-guzzling appetite, you've probably heard that running on cruise control can help reduce your trips to th...
Fractional disturbance observers could help machines stay on track
Jan 03, 2017 (SPX)
Roads are paved with obstacles than can interfere with our driving. They can be as easy to avoid or adjust to as far-away debris or as hard to anticipate as str...
Driverless platoons
Dec 29, 2016 (SPX)
As driverless cars merge into our transportation system in the coming years, some researchers believe autonomous vehicles may save fuel by trailing each other i...
Avatar-style S. Korean manned robot takes first baby steps
Dec 27, 2016 (AFP)
A giant South Korean-built manned robot that walks like a human but makes the ground shake under its weight has taken its first baby steps. Designed by a vetera...
Marriage and more with robots: science fiction or new reality?
Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)
Sex with robots is "just around the corner", an expert told a global conference in London this week featuring interactive sex toys and discussions on the ethics...
Mimicking biological movements with soft robots
Dec 22, 2016 (SPX)
Designing a soft robot to move organically - to bend like a finger or twist like a wrist - has always been a process of trial and error. Now, researchers from t...
NIST device for detecting subatomic-scale motion may aid robotics, homeland security
Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new device that measures the motion of super-tiny particles traversing ...
Zuckerberg builds software butler for his home
Dec 19, 2016 (AFP)
Mark Zuckerberg's artificial intelligence-imbued software "butler" -- named Jarvis -- is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said...
A hardware-based approach for real world collaborative multi-robots
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
Technological revolution means robots no longer are the song of the future. The Governor of the Bank of England predicts today that up to half of British workfo...
Research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people to control a robotic arm using only their minds. The research has t...
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