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 ... | |
Europe, Japan join forces to map out future of intelligent robots July 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 Engineers Unveil Futuristic Unmanned 'Crusher' Vehicle April 29, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 139 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in the School of Computer Science's Robotics Institute is unveiling a unique unmanned ground vehicle that offers new strength, mobility ... | |
 In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot June 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex. | |
 Care-O-bot 3: Always at your service July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household ... | |
 Researchers develop mobile robot that balances, moves on ball instead of wheels or legs August 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new type of mobile robot that balances on a ball instead of legs or wheels. "Ballbot" is a self-contained, battery-operated, omnidirectional robot that ... | |
 Assistive robot adapts to people, new places April 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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In the futuristic cartoon series "The Jetsons," a robotic maid named Rosie whizzed around the Jetsons' home doing household chores--cleaning, cooking dinner and washing dishes. | |
 ATR, Honda Develop New Brain-Machine Interface May 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Honda Research Institute Japan Co. (HRI) have collaboratively developed a new “Brain Machine Interface” (BMI) for manipulating robots using ... | |
 Robot Salamander May Give Evolution Clues March 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A group of European researchers has developed a spinal cord model of the salamander and implemented it in a novel amphibious salamander-like robot. The robot changes its speed and gait in response to simple ... | |
 Japan companies unite to bring robots to homes June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Four Japanese companies joined together Wednesday in a bid to create a mainstream market for robots and to stay a step ahead of rising competition from South Korea. | |
 Pomi the robot penguin has hidden depths June 13, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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South Korean researchers, showcasing their latest line in robotic pets, have unveiled a penguin which can interact with humans. | |
 Existing Technologies Combine to Make Automated Home April 30, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), Ymatic Ltd., and Biometrica Systems Asia Co. Ltd. have jointly developed a novel automated home – not with new technology, but with ... | |
 Robots manipulating animal behaviour May 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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A pet dog sits on command, but nobody expects an insect to follow human instructions. So it may come as a surprise to learn that researchers recently succeeded in controlling cockroaches with tiny mobile robots. ... | |
Robotic whiskers can sense 3D environment October 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Many mammals use their whiskers to explore their environment and to construct a three-dimensional image of their world. Rodents, for example, use their whiskers to determine the size, shape and texture of objects, and seals ... | |
Robots duke it out in Germany for RoboCup June 13, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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In 2050, soccer and robot fans may soon be rooting for their favorite teams in a Cup game of human world soccer champion teams vs. a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots -- that's at least the ultimate vision of the RoboCup ... | |
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