 Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 113 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first ... | |
 Japanese researchers eye 'e-skin' for robots August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable "e-skin" that can feel heat and pressure like humans. | |
 Military use of robots increases August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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War casualties are typically kept behind tightly closed doors, but one company keeps the mangled pieces of its first casualty on display. This is no ordinary soldier, though—it is Packbot from iRobot Corporation. ... | |
 Robo-relationships are virtually assured: British experts July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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David McGoran cradles his baby in his arms. As he looks down into its big, dark eyes, it turns its head towards him and blinks, looking contented as it curls a bony white finger around his hand. | |
 Robot walks on water July 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 130 vote(s)
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Water striders, insects that walk on the surface of the water, may never set foot on land in their lives, and yet they’re not swimmers. Over the past million or so years, this insect—sometimes called a water ... | |
 Emotional robots in the spotlight July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks European researchers are developing robots in tune with our emotions. The tantalising work ... | |
 Make way Ronaldo, here come the robots July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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After Euro 2008, now Austria is preparing to host RoboCup, where 500 robots take to the football field hoping to prove their mettle. | |
 Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury November 16, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 213 vote(s)
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Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ... The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid "model" of what they and the world around them are like. If a ... | |
Europe, Japan join forces to map out future of intelligent robots July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The field of robotics could be poised for a breakthrough, leading to a new generation of intelligent machines capable of taking on multiple tasks and moving out of the factory into the home and general workplace. The great ... | |
 Robot builds itself for special tasks February 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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In one of the latest studies on autonomous robots, scientists sat back and watched as their robot created itself out of smaller robotic modules. The result, called “swarm-bot,” comes in many varieties, depending ... | |
 Dutch robot Flame walks like a human May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 113 vote(s)
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Researcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is important as it provides ... | |
 Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars March 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and ... | |
 With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery February 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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By attaching a millimeter-sized camera robot to a tether, scientists have designed a way to allow individuals with non-medical backgrounds to perform minimally invasive surgery in almost any location. Unlike ... | |
 Jumping robots take clues from nature July 06, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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A group of mechanical engineers from the University of Bath has a peculiar interest in flying squirrels, fleas, and grasshoppers. Inspired by animals considered to be excellent jumpers, the researchers have ... | |
Musical Robot Tags Along as your Serenading Sidekick June 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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If you ever thought it would be cool to be serenaded by a robot, you might get a kick out of the new A.M.P. Bot. Developed by Hasbro Tiger Electronics, the 2.5-foot-tall humanoid rolls around on a Segway-type platform, blasting ... | |
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