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EU, Berlin oppose Chinese bid for German robotics maker: report
May 30, 2016 (AFP)
Top officials in Brussels and Berlin oppose a Chinese takeover bid of German industrial robotics supplier Kuka, a newspaper reported Monday. "Kuka is a successf...
Russia to test humanoid robot at space station in 2020
May 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
According to a deputy chief of the space agency Roscosmos, Russian scientists plan to test their first humanoid robot capable of performing outer space missions...
DRS Technologies, Roboteam partner for Army program
May 25, 2016 (UPI)
DRS Technologies Inc and Roboteam Ltd have partnered to develop a joint solution for the U.S. Army's Common Robotic System – Individual program. The emerging ...
RE2 Robotics contracted to support USAF airfield damage repair program
May 25, 2016 (UPI)
RE2 Robotics is to provide manipulation and ground robotics expertise for the U.S. Air Force's Rapid Airfield Damage Repair program. The services come under a t...
Smart home gadgets need to live together
May 25, 2016 (AFP)
Smart home technology that has long been knocking at doors will settle into the mainstream after rival gadgets and services become hassle-free guests that get a...
New technique controls autonomous vehicles on a dirt track
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
A Georgia Institute of Technology research team has devised a novel way to help keep a driverless vehicle under control as it maneuvers at the edge of its handl...
Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces
May 20, 2016 (SPX)
Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch dur...
Robots get creative to cut through clutter
May 20, 2016 (SPX)
Clutter is a special challenge for robots, but new Carnegie Mellon University software is helping robots cope, whether they're beating a path across the Moon or...
Robot's in-hand eye maps surroundings, determines hand's location
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Before a robot arm can reach into a tight space or pick up a delicate object, the robot needs to know precisely where its hand is. Researchers at Carnegie Mello...
Artificial intelligence replaces physicists
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
Physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using artificial intelligence to run a complex experiment. The experiment, developed by physicists from The Aust...
China's Midea makes takeover offer for German robotics firm
May 18, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese appliance giant Midea on Wednesday launched a takeover offer for German industrial robotics supplier Kuka and is seeking at least a 30 percent stake, ac...
Animal training techniques teach robots new tricks
May 18, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at Washington State University are using ideas from animal training to help non-expert users teach robots how to do desired tasks. The researchers r...
Macau shows off robot croupiers as hopes of recovery rise
May 17, 2016 (AFP)
Robot roulette dealers, animated playing cards and a gaming table that shakes its own dice were on show in the gambling hub of Macau Tuesday as experts forecast...
Hybrid hydrostatic transmission enables robots with human-like grace and precision
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
A new type of hydrostatic transmission that combines hydraulic and pneumatic lines can safely and precisely drive robot arms, giving them the delicacy necessary...
Researchers teach AI system to run complex physics experiment
May 16, 2016 (UPI)
A pair of physicists in Australia have trained an artificial intelligence system to replicate the experiment that won the 2001 Nobel Prize. The experiment invol...
Ingestible robot operates in simulated stomach
May 16, 2016 (SPX)
In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology...
Soft wearable robot lightens heavy loads
May 13, 2016 (SPX)
A flexible exosuit, developed by researchers at Harvard University, reduces the energy cost of walking when carrying heavy load, according to a proof-of-princip...
This 5-fingered robot hand learns to get a grip on its own
May 11, 2016 (SPX)
Robots today can perform space missions, solve a Rubik's cube, sort hospital medication and even make pancakes. But most can't manage the simple act of grasping...
Rover technology for space now being used on Earth
May 10, 2016 (SPX)
Every day, people around the world use thousands of products and services that have originated or advanced, through space research and technology. Canadian comp...
Robot built to aid astronauts nearly ready for Mars
May 09, 2016 (SPX)
A robot developed in Scotland could be ready to set foot on Mars by 2021. Valkyrie, the humanoid is 1.8 meters tall, weighs 125 kilograms, walks on two legs and...
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