 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," ... | |
 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. | |
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. | |
 Latest in Robotics: Shuffle, Twists & Turns 90° November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The robot has come one shuffle step closer to becoming an aid to its human counterparts. The scientific explorers in robotics led by Dr. Koeda take a series of shuffle steps for mankind. | |
Androids might soon become science fact May 09, 2006 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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New Zealand and European scientists say it's time to send R2-D2 back to science fiction land -- and get ready to greet androids that think and act 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. ... | |
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. | |
iRobot Dips Toe into Pool-Cleaning Market April 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Pool boys, you're on notice. iRobot has, in conjunction with AquaJet LLC and Aquatron, Inc., introduced not one, but two pool-cleaning robotics. | |
 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. | |
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. | |
 Guessing robots predict their environments, navigate better June 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots able to make "educated guesses" about what lies ahead as they traverse unfamiliar surroundings, reducing the amount of time it takes to successfully navigate ... | |
 Robot fetches objects with just a point and a click March 19, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Robots are fluent in their native language of 1 and 0 absolutes but struggle to grasp the nuances and imprecise nature of human language. While scientists are making slow, incremental progress in their quest ... | |
 Care-O-bot 3: Always at your service July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 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 ... | |
 The next step in robot development is child’s play April 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Teaching robots to understand enough about the real world to allow them act independently has proved to be much more difficult than first thought. | |
Carnegie Mellon humanoids to provide commentary at RoboCup 2006 June 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon University is sending two small bipedal robots to the RoboCup 2006 World Championship June 14–18 in Bremen, Germany, to provide color commentary for robot soccer matches -- a first for humanoid robots. | |
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