Robot articles

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  Robot finger detects textures more accurately than humans

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 19, 2012 07:29 am + 9 comments

  Researchers at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering have developed Continue reading…

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  Omnibot I-SODOG: a realistic robot dog for the smartphone generation

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 15, 2012 03:14 am + 3 comments

  If you’ve spent the last six years trying to hunt down a discontinued Aibo, we have good news. Continue reading…

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  GE uses climbing robots to inspect wind turbine blades

  By Andrew Webster on June 13, 2012 03:23 pm + 16 comments

  Inspecting the blades on a wind turbine is dangerous and time consuming work, so General Electric Continue reading…

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  Last Moment Robot will guide you through death's door

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 7, 2012 07:08 am + 33 comments

  Artist and designer Dan Chen has created the End of Life Care Machine, a robot tasked with Continue reading…

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  BaTboT drone looks like a bat, acts like a bat

  By Kimber Streams on June 4, 2012 08:12 am + 7 comments

  Researchers in the US and Spain are joining forces to create BaTboT, a drone designed to mimic the Continue reading…

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  Robot uses 3D imaging and force feedback to debone chickens

  By Aaron Souppouris on May 31, 2012 07:44 am + 17 comments

  A group of researchers at Georgia Tech Research Institute is close to perfecting a robot that can Continue reading…

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  Japanese researchers develop robot that lets you sit on a friend's shoulder

  By Kimber Streams on May 30, 2012 10:22 am + 8 comments

  Researchers at Japan's Yamagata University are developing a telepresence robot that sits on your Continue reading…

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  DARPA-backed Robbie is a dexterous two-armed robot with eyes and ears

  By Adi Robertson on May 24, 2012 09:48 pm + 2 comments

  One of DARPA's best-known research areas is robotics: it's funded everything from this super-fast Continue reading…

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  Prototype robotic fish scanning for pollution on the European coast

  By Adi Robertson on May 23, 2012 03:33 pm + 8 comments

  A collaborative scientific effort has tested pollution-detecting robotic fish off the coast of Continue reading…

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  Watch this: industrial robots make great dance partners

  By Andrew Webster on May 23, 2012 09:34 am + 4 comments

  Humans view robots as everything from personal assistants to harbingers of doom, but choreographer Continue reading…