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Bee model will help development of aerial robotics
May 08, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have built a computer model that shows how bees use vision to detect the movement of the world around them and avoid crashing. This research, publish...
Johns Hopkins scientist programs robot for 'soft tissue' surgery
May 06, 2016 (SPX)
Not even the surest surgeon's hand is quite as steady and consistent as a robotic arm built of metal and plastic, programmed to perform the same motions over an...
Newly developed EOD robot delivered to Army
May 03, 2016 (UPI)
An enhanced robotic explosive ordnance disposal device has been delivered to the U.S. Army by RE2 Robotics of Pennsylvania. The Highly Dexterous Manipulation Sy...
Machines can learn to respond to new situations like human beings would
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
How does the image-recognition technology in a self-driving car respond to a blurred shape suddenly appearing on the road? Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, ...
New tools for human-machine collaborative design
Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)
Advanced materials are increasingly embodying counterintuitive properties, such as extreme strength and super lightness, while additive manufacturing and other ...
Algorithm for robot teams handles moving obstacles
Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)
Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and dec...
Autonomous vehicles face test limits tto prove safety
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clea...
Robots could get 'touchy' with self-powered smart skin
Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)
Smart synthetic skins have the potential to allow robots to touch and sense what's around them, but keeping them powered up and highly sensitive at low cost has...
University of Sussex research brings 'smart hands' closer to reality
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on the palm using ultrasound sent th...
Humanoid robotics and computer avatars could help treat social disorders
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
A collaborative research team has found humanoid robotics and computer avatars could help rehabilitate people suffering from social disorders such as schizophre...
Scientists invent robotic 'artist' that spray paints giant murals
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
Robots do many things formerly done only by humans - from bartending and farming to driving cars - but a Dartmouth researcher and his colleagues have invented a...
Touching a robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
On the scale of the "uncanny valley," the humanoid robot registers a positive response with humans just before the dip into repulsion. Its resemblance hovers be...
Gestures improve communication - even with robots
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
In the world of robot communication, it seems actions speak louder than words. Scientists in the UK have discovered that by getting robot avatars to "talk with ...
Robot Technology Set to Invade Earth
Apr 04, 2016 (JPN)
Wearable robots could finally be migrating from the movie screen to the workplace floor. If so, the task of lifting heavy objects may at last cease to pose a wo...
Private equity firm acquires iRobot defense business
Apr 04, 2016 (UPI)
The Defense and Security business of iRobot has been acquired by Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm. iRobot, the largest provider of ground-based...
Moving microswimmers with tiny swirling flows
Apr 01, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to use a microscopic, swirling flow to rapidly clear a circle of...
No plans for killer US military robots... yet
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military -- but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the...
Program Aims to Facilitate Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites
Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)
Hundreds of military, government and commercial satellites reside today in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Eart...
Microsoft grounds foul-mouthed teen-speak bot
Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)
A Microsoft "chatbot" designed to converse like a teenage girl was grounded on Thursday after its artificial intelligence software was coaxed into firing off ha...
Robot learning companion offers custom-tailored tutoring
Mar 21, 2016 (SPX)
Parents want the best for their children's education and often complain about large class sizes and the lack of individual attention. Goren Gordon, an artificia...
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