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The Next Level in Robots: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Create Electronic Devices / Robotics October 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet The next level of robot is currently in the research and development stage in Japan's National Institute of Information and Communication Technology. The next level of robot untethered by human omnipresence ...

Carnegie Mellon building robot for lunar prospecting Electronic Devices / Robotics September 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Guessing robots predict their environments, navigate better Electronic Devices / Robotics June 12, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Up Close with MIT's Huggable Robot Electronic Devices / Robotics May 17, 2007 \| User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet The high-tech stuffed animal robot dubbed Huggable uses Microsoft software to connect with kids and medical patients.

Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007 Electronic Devices / Robotics May 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Electronic Devices / Robotics 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 ...

iRobot Dips Toe into Pool-Cleaning Market Electronic Devices / Robotics April 11, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Pool boys, you're on notice. iRobot has, in conjunction with AquaJet LLC and Aquatron, Inc., introduced not one, but two pool-cleaning robotics.

S. Korean scientists want android to walk Electronic Devices / Robotics March 23, 2007 \| User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet South Korean scientists are trying to develop a walking android without making its legs so thick that it would no longer look like a human.

Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge Electronic Devices / Robotics February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet When five autonomous vehicles, including the Stanford Racing Team's winning entry "Stanley," finished the 2005 Grand Challenge in the still Nevada desert, they passed a milestone of artificial intelligence. ...

NASA's robotic sub readies for dive into Earth's deepest sinkhole Electronic Devices / Robotics February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet An underwater robot, shaped like a flattened orange, maneuvered untethered and autonomously within a 115-meter-deep sinkhole during tests this month in Mexico, a prelude to its mission to probe the mysterious ...

Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progress Electronic Devices / Robotics February 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 103 vote(s) \| No comments yet Wei-Min Shen of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute recently reported to NASA significant progress in developing "SuperBot," identical modular units that plug into each other ...

Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines Electronic Devices / Robotics December 22, 2006 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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?

NC State Unveils New DARPA Urban Challenge Driverless Vehicle Electronic Devices / Robotics November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

CU Team to Build a Self-Driving Car for City Streets Electronic Devices / Robotics October 06, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Last year, the goal was to build a vehicle that could drive itself, without human intervention, across 132 miles of desert with unpaved roads, ditches, berms, sandy ground, standing water, rocks and boulders, ...

Driverless transport in big cities Electronic Devices / Robotics August 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet While traffic problems in major cities have been familiar for a long time, the measures needed to deal with them have still to be put into effect. However, in its 6th Framework Programme, the EU is beating ...

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The Next Level in Robots: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Create Electronic Devices / Robotics October 29, 2007 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet The next level of robot is currently in the research and development stage in Japan's National Institute of Information and Communication Technology. The next level of robot untethered by human omnipresence ...

Carnegie Mellon building robot for lunar prospecting Electronic Devices / Robotics September 20, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Guessing robots predict their environments, navigate better Electronic Devices / Robotics June 12, 2007 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Up Close with MIT's Huggable Robot Electronic Devices / Robotics May 17, 2007 \| User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet The high-tech stuffed animal robot dubbed Huggable uses Microsoft software to connect with kids and medical patients.

Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007 Electronic Devices / Robotics May 10, 2007 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 Electronic Devices / Robotics 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 ...

iRobot Dips Toe into Pool-Cleaning Market Electronic Devices / Robotics April 11, 2007 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Pool boys, you're on notice. iRobot has, in conjunction with AquaJet LLC and Aquatron, Inc., introduced not one, but two pool-cleaning robotics.

S. Korean scientists want android to walk Electronic Devices / Robotics March 23, 2007 \| User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet South Korean scientists are trying to develop a walking android without making its legs so thick that it would no longer look like a human.

Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge Electronic Devices / Robotics February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet When five autonomous vehicles, including the Stanford Racing Team's winning entry "Stanley," finished the 2005 Grand Challenge in the still Nevada desert, they passed a milestone of artificial intelligence. ...

NASA's robotic sub readies for dive into Earth's deepest sinkhole Electronic Devices / Robotics February 28, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| No comments yet An underwater robot, shaped like a flattened orange, maneuvered untethered and autonomously within a 115-meter-deep sinkhole during tests this month in Mexico, a prelude to its mission to probe the mysterious ...

Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progress Electronic Devices / Robotics February 21, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 103 vote(s) \| No comments yet Wei-Min Shen of the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute recently reported to NASA significant progress in developing "SuperBot," identical modular units that plug into each other ...

Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines Electronic Devices / Robotics December 22, 2006 \| User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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?

NC State Unveils New DARPA Urban Challenge Driverless Vehicle Electronic Devices / Robotics November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

CU Team to Build a Self-Driving Car for City Streets Electronic Devices / Robotics October 06, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Last year, the goal was to build a vehicle that could drive itself, without human intervention, across 132 miles of desert with unpaved roads, ditches, berms, sandy ground, standing water, rocks and boulders, ...

Driverless transport in big cities Electronic Devices / Robotics August 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet While traffic problems in major cities have been familiar for a long time, the measures needed to deal with them have still to be put into effect. However, in its 6th Framework Programme, the EU is beating ...

The Next Level in Robots: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Create

Carnegie Mellon building robot for lunar prospecting

Guessing robots predict their environments, navigate better

Up Close with MIT's Huggable Robot

Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007

Send in the robots -- Robot teams handle hazardous jobs

iRobot Dips Toe into Pool-Cleaning Market

S. Korean scientists want android to walk

Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge

NASA's robotic sub readies for dive into Earth's deepest sinkhole

Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progress

Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines

NC State Unveils New DARPA Urban Challenge Driverless Vehicle

CU Team to Build a Self-Driving Car for City Streets

Driverless transport in big cities

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