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  Robot of legendary Japanese comic Beicho Katsura III goes on display next month

  By Justin Rubio on July 23, 2012 04:38 pm + 4 comments

  Beicho Katsura III is a legendary rakugo performer — a comedic form of Japanese art involving a Continue reading…

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  $10 Robot Design Challenge hopes to make robotics accessible in schools around the world

  By Bryan Bishop on July 14, 2012 11:23 am + 9 comments

  AFRON — the African Robotics Network — has recently launched a new contest that it hopes will Continue reading…

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  Sun Valley robot offers remote control stone skipping

  By Louis Goddard on July 12, 2012 07:33 am + 5 comments

  For anyone who didn't get an invite to the annual Sun Valley conference in Idaho this week, ad Continue reading…

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  How self-assembly could help us build things in space

  By Andrew Webster on July 11, 2012 10:08 am + 5 comments

  People sometimes worry about robots taking manufacturing jobs from humans, but one day the robots Continue reading…

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  Flexible Japanese robot could replace human lab assistants using 3D 'virtual lab bench'

  By Adi Robertson on July 9, 2012 01:08 am + 9 comments

  A versatile, humanoid robot can perform common lab tasks more quickly and safely than its human Continue reading…

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  Researchers at Georgia Tech develop robot cameras that replicate eye movement

  By Chris Welch on July 8, 2012 12:49 am + 8 comments

  Scientists at Georgia Tech have successfully replicated muscle movement of the human eye in robots, Continue reading…

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  Furby returns in September with iPad compatibility and LCD eyes

  By Andrew Webster on July 6, 2012 05:53 pm + 58 comments

  It's been well over a decade since Furby first hit store shelves, but the wildly popular toy is Continue reading…

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  Robot legs accurately mimic human movement

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 6, 2012 07:24 am + 16 comments

  Researchers from the University of Arizona has built a pair of robotic legs that mimics our own. Continue reading…

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  Mars Rover Opportunity returns amazing panorama from the Red Planet

  By Sam Byford on July 6, 2012 12:04 am + 56 comments

  Almost exactly nine years after first blasting off from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity just keeps Continue reading…

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  Tokyo University's unbeatable Rock, Paper, Scissors robot crushes all challengers

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 27, 2012 08:32 pm + 18 comments

  We like to think we’re pretty good at Rock, Paper, Scissors, but this robot from the Ishikawa Oku Continue reading…