 Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," ... | |
 Robotic Boat Geared to Simplify Life for Scientists November 02, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Though it looks like a miniature yellow catamaran, a craft designed by professors and students at Rowan University is not your father’s toy boat. | |
 Hopping Robot Captures Top Research Expo Honor February 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The goal of Christopher M. Schmidt-Wetekam was to build a robot with off-the-shelf parts for his graduate research project that could roll around and hop over obstacles like a motorized kangaroo on roller ... | |
Robots to do household work in S. Korea July 03, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Approximately 1,000 families in Seoul will use remote-controlled robots to perform household chores this fall, the Korea Times reports. | |
 Cornell robot fails to break a record, but students learn April 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Engineering education needs to include a few rough spots to be worthwhile. An attempt to set an unofficial world record for how far a robot could walk failed the night of March 30, but the team will keep trying. | |
 Robots from 33 Countries Clash at RoboCup 2007 June 14, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Nearly 300 teams from 33 countries are gearing up to compete at RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, the world’s most renowned competition for research robotics, at the Georgia Institute of Technology July 3-10. | |
Japan drafts rules for advanced robots April 06, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted guidelines designed to keep future generations of robots on their best behavior. | |
 Robotics: Taking soldiers out of harm's way June 01, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The explosives, placed near or buried under roadways and often ... | |
Electronic nurses January 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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It may not be long before swarms of tiny mobile robots will be giving a hand to the nurses and medical orderlies in hospitals. | |
Scientists study robot-human interactions August 30, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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British scientists are studying how people interact with robots to determine what future machines should look like and how they should behave. | |
Students cut grass with robotic-controlled mower May 31, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cutting the lawn has taken on significant importance for a group of Wright State University students. The 11-member team is entered in the Fourth Annual Institute of Navigation (ION) Autonomous Lawnmower Competition hosted ... | |
Robotic technology lowers military risks June 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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With suicide bombing and improvised explosive devices escalating violence in Iraq, engineers are working to advance robotic technology to counter these deadly military problems. | |
Robots are becoming part of everyday life July 18, 2006 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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The advent of robots is no longer an idea of science fiction, but is quickly becoming an intrinsic part of our daily lives. | |
Robot teaches medical school students August 10, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Wake Forest University School of Medicine students expecting a lecture on the brain and nervous system instead find themselves treating a robotic patient. | |
 NASA Robots Practice Moon Survey in the Arctic Circle July 20, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two NASA robots are surveying a rocky, isolated polar desert within a crater in the Arctic Circle. The study will help scientists learn how robots could evaluate potential outposts on the moon or Mars. | |
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