Robot articles

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  Romeo robot caught on video for the first time

  By Sam Byford on February 17, 2012 08:40 am + 8 comments

  At 143cm (4ft 8in) tall, Romeo from Aldebaran Robotics is the first "full-scale" humanoid robot to Continue reading…

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  Cornell's robotic arm shuns the humanoid hand

  By Jamie Keene on February 16, 2012 07:07 am + 5 comments

  Cornell University and the University of Chicago have developed a new robotic arm that works in much Continue reading…

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  Pneumatic Lego arm can lift a cup with articulated fingers

  By Adi Robertson on February 11, 2012 09:52 am + 6 comments

  Madmen have long sought to blur the line between human and Lego, but few have gone so far as this Continue reading…

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  Boston Robotics' AlphaDog takes its first steps in the wilderness

  By Ryan Heise on February 9, 2012 08:10 am + 18 comments

  We watched Boston Robotics' LS3 AlphaDog traipse around the confines of a lab last October, but the Continue reading…

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  H-Agent robot stores heat to keep you warm later

  By Jamie Keene on February 7, 2012 09:22 am + 12 comments

  A pair of German designers have created the H-Agent, a tiny black box which absorbs heat from other Continue reading…

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  Nano quadrotor swarm hints at the robotic air force of the future

  By Jamie Keene on February 1, 2012 07:40 am + 38 comments

  The University of Pennsylvania has collaborated with KMel Robotics in creating an array of nano Continue reading…

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  Kissenger and Mini-Surrogate bring digital love to the real world

  By Jamie Keene on January 30, 2012 04:01 pm + 59 comments

  Hooman Samani, a researcher in "lovotics" — the science of special relationships between humans Continue reading…

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  Eye3 hexacopter does aerial photography for $999

  By Joseph Parish on January 24, 2012 09:12 pm + 7 comments

  The Eye3 is a robotic hexacopter kit designed by a husband-and-wife team to be used as an aerial Continue reading…

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  NEC PaPeRo robot Android app demo

  on January 12, 2012 07:18 pm

  Video of NEC's PapeRo robot and accompanying Android tablet app. Continue reading…

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  NEC's new Android app brings PaPeRo robot controls to tablets

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 12, 2012 07:17 pm + 1 comments

  NEC was showing off its PaPeRo robot at its CES booth, and while he's been around in one form or Continue reading…