 The next step in robot development is child’s play April 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 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. | |
 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 ... | |
Meet Nexi, MIT Media Lab's latest robot and Internet star April 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new experimental robot from the MIT Media Lab can slant its eyebrows in anger, or raise them in surprise, and show a wide assortment of facial expressions to communicate with people in human-centric terms. Called Nexi, ... | |
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 ... | |
 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. | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 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. | |
 Carnegie Mellon building robot for lunar prospecting September 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers in the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science are building a robotic prospector for NASA that can creep over rocky slopes and then anchor itself as a stable ... | |
 Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007 May 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Georgia Tech will be the site of this year's RoboCup competition, with approximately 2,000 students and faculty from 20 nations participating. | |
Send in the robots -- Robot teams handle hazardous jobs May 02, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Searching buildings for weapons of mass destruction and supply routes for improvised bombs are extremely dangerous but important jobs. That's why Scott DeLoach is working to create robots and robot teams to handle these and ... | |
 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. | |
 Soccer robots compete for the title April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Robot soccer is an ambitious high-tech competition for universities, research institutes and industry. Several major tournaments are planned for 2008, the biggest of which is the 'RoboCup German Open.' From ... | |
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