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 ... | |
 Researchers develop mobile robot that balances, moves on ball instead of wheels or legs August 09, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 53 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 ATR, Honda Develop New Brain-Machine Interface May 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 82 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 ... | |
 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. ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Engineers Unveil Futuristic Unmanned 'Crusher' Vehicle April 29, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 140 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 ... | |
 Honda unveils leg assist machine for elderly November 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Honda Motor, a pioneer of humanoid robots, on Friday unveiled a new walking assist machine designed to make it easier for the elderly to climb stairs and help factory workers. | |
 Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge November 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, ... | |
 SKorea's dancing robot can also tackle the chores October 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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South Korean researchers said Monday they have developed a robot which can dance and get emotional when it's not tackling the chores. | |
Nissan uses bumblebee power in new car technology September 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has tapped into an unlikely source of inspiration for technology to prevent car crashes -- bumblebees. | |
 Professors teach robot to 'play ball' September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Baseball is elegant in its simplicity. Pitch a ball, hit the ball. Score more runs than your opponent and you win the game. | |
 A robot in every home? (Robot Special part 3) September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the future. | |
 Robot wheelchair finds its own way September 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a ... | |
 Taming Europe’s robots (Robot Special part 1) September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe is the world leader for industrial robotics, but its leading corporations and research institute’s need to co-operate more closely to ensure that the continent also leads the world ... | |
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