Robot articles

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  Robotics lab Willow Garage faces uncertain future amid reports of shutdown

  By Amar Toor on February 12, 2013 04:17 am + 1 comments

  On Monday, IEEE Spectrum reported that Willow Garage, the Silicon Valley-based robotics company Continue reading…

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  Bomb-carrying Navy robots take orders from odors

  By Amar Toor on January 29, 2013 05:08 am + 16 comments

  The US Navy is looking to develop a swarm of odor-sniffing robots to help assemble and load some of Continue reading…

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  FDA approves first autonomous telemedicine robot for use in hospitals

  By Chris Welch on January 25, 2013 11:40 am + 17 comments

  iRobot and InTouch Health have received the FDA's stamp of approval for their RP-VITA autonomous Continue reading…

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  Chainsaw robot programmed to carve two stools from a single log

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 23, 2013 01:45 pm + 51 comments

  A chainsaw robot visited Cologne last week for a single purpose: to carve stools. The robot is Continue reading…

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  Ecovacs Winbot hands-on video

  on January 10, 2013 11:17 pm

  Dante D'Ozario goes hands-on with the Ecovacs Winbot window-cleaning robot. Continue reading…

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  Winbot 7 window cleaning robot uses a vacuum seal to stick to the glass

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 10, 2013 02:55 pm + 12 comments

  Robots are supposed to do our dirty work, so why not have them deal with the unenviable task of Continue reading…

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  Lego Mindstorms EV3 hands-on: an incredible toy right out of the box (video)

  By Sean Hollister on January 9, 2013 12:46 am + 56 comments

  Lego Mindstorms build-your-own-robot kits have been with us since 1998, back when programming them Continue reading…

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  Meet Diego-san, the creepy robot baby developed by UCSD

  By Ben Kersey on January 8, 2013 04:37 pm + 26 comments

  The University of California, San Diego has been working on its robot baby for a few years now, but Continue reading…

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  Watch this: robot band riffs on Motörhead's 'Ace of Spades'

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 4, 2013 05:29 pm + 37 comments

  If it wasn't clear already, robots are well on their way to making us humans obsolete — witness Continue reading…

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  'Vomiting Larry' is a humanoid robot that projectile vomits for science

  By Amar Toor on January 4, 2013 01:47 pm + 12 comments

  Meet "Vomiting Larry," a humanoid robot that projectile vomits in the name of science. Developed by Continue reading…