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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. ...

Carnegie Mellon humanoids to provide commentary at RoboCup 2006 Electronic Devices / Robotics June 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury Electronic Devices / Robotics November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 213 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ... The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid "model" of what they and the world around them are like. If a ...

Researchers develop mobile robot that balances, moves on ball instead of wheels or legs Electronic Devices / Robotics August 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works Electronic Devices / Robotics August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 124 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 (PhysOrg.com) -- A multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first ...

Japanese researchers eye 'e-skin' for robots Electronic Devices / Robotics August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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.

Robotic technology lowers military risks Electronic Devices / Robotics June 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet With suicide bombing and improvised explosive devices escalating violence in Iraq, engineers are working to advance robotic technology to counter these deadly military problems.

Designing bug perception into robots Electronic Devices / Robotics May 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools.

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 ...

Military use of robots increases Electronic Devices / Robotics August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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. ...

Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction Electronic Devices / Robotics June 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet “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 ...

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 ...

With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery Electronic Devices / Robotics February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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 ...

Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars Electronic Devices / Robotics March 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and ...

Robot builds itself for special tasks Electronic Devices / Robotics February 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 86 vote(s) \| No comments yet In one of the latest studies on autonomous robots, scientists sat back and watched as their robot created itself out of smaller robotic modules. The result, called “swarm-bot,” comes in many varieties, depending ...

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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. ...

Carnegie Mellon humanoids to provide commentary at RoboCup 2006 Electronic Devices / Robotics June 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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.

Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury Electronic Devices / Robotics November 16, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 213 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ... The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid "model" of what they and the world around them are like. If a ...

Researchers develop mobile robot that balances, moves on ball instead of wheels or legs Electronic Devices / Robotics August 09, 2006 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 52 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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 ...

Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works Electronic Devices / Robotics August 13, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 124 vote(s) \| User comments: 16 (PhysOrg.com) -- A multidisciplinary team at the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first ...

Japanese researchers eye 'e-skin' for robots Electronic Devices / Robotics August 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 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.

Robotic technology lowers military risks Electronic Devices / Robotics June 07, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet With suicide bombing and improvised explosive devices escalating violence in Iraq, engineers are working to advance robotic technology to counter these deadly military problems.

Designing bug perception into robots Electronic Devices / Robotics May 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Insects have provided the inspiration for a team of European researchers seeking to improve the functionality of robots and robotic tools.

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 ...

Military use of robots increases Electronic Devices / Robotics August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet 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. ...

Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction Electronic Devices / Robotics June 05, 2007 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s) \| No comments yet “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 ...

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 ...

With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery Electronic Devices / Robotics February 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 66 vote(s) \| User comments: 7 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 ...

Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars Electronic Devices / Robotics March 14, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s) \| No comments yet Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and ...

Robot builds itself for special tasks Electronic Devices / Robotics February 22, 2007 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 86 vote(s) \| No comments yet In one of the latest studies on autonomous robots, scientists sat back and watched as their robot created itself out of smaller robotic modules. The result, called “swarm-bot,” comes in many varieties, depending ...

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

Carnegie Mellon humanoids to provide commentary at RoboCup 2006

Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury

Researchers develop mobile robot that balances, moves on ball instead of wheels or legs

Robot with a Biological Brain: new research provides insights into how the brain works

Japanese researchers eye 'e-skin' for robots

Robotic technology lowers military risks

Designing bug perception into robots

Vivid on-line videos demonstrate Superbot progress

Military use of robots increases

Simplicity may be key to robotic self-reproduction

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

With Mini in vivo Robots, Anyone Can do Surgery

Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars

Robot builds itself for special tasks

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