 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 ... | |
 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. | |
 Wearable Robotics Aid Construction Workers February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Applied scientists and engineers at Nagayo University in Japan introduced a prototype wearable half-robotic device designed for carpentry workers. The study of carpentry workers utilizing the device in the ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction June 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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“Self-reproduction is one of the remarkable feats of biological systems which has remained largely outside the scope of capabilities of traditional engineered systems,” explains Victor Zykov and his colleagues ... | |
 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. ... | |
 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 ... | |
Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines December 22, 2006 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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To your left runs a high-voltage power cable that is worn, but still physically sound. To your right runs a cable that looks identical, but damaged insulation means the cable is vulnerable to a short. Can you tell the difference? | |
 Cornell robot sets a record for distance walking April 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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We're not sure what brand of batteries it was using, but the Cornell Ranger robot just kept going and going April 3 when it set an unofficial world record by walking nonstop for 45 laps -- a little over 9 ... | |
 NC State Unveils New DARPA Urban Challenge Driverless Vehicle November 16, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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In a race that can only be described as futuristic, the Insight Racing team will field a driverless Lotus Elise to compete in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. The team will modify the sports car with sensors ... | |
 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. | |
 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 ... | |
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. | |
 Pomi the robot penguin has hidden depths June 13, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 15 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. | |
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. | |
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