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Robots for iPad screenshots

on November 27, 2012 10:29 am

Screenshots of Robots for iPad, an app that offers an interactive look at the history of robotics Continue reading…
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Robots iPad app offers interactive look at robotics history with hundreds of photos, videos

By Chris Welch on November 27, 2012 10:13 am + 11 comments

Robot enthusiasts may find this hard to pass up: a new app for iPad provides an interactive look at Continue reading…
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Eight-foot tall humanoid robots set for cage match battles in SyFy's 'Robot Combat League'

By T.C. Sottek on November 25, 2012 02:23 pm + 55 comments

According to Entertainment Weekly, SyFy is set to air "Robot Combat League:" a new show hosted by Continue reading…
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University of Illinois researchers make walking 'bio-bots' from heart cells and hydrogels

By Jeff Blagdon on November 18, 2012 12:21 pm + 12 comments

Move over, robots. Researchers at the University of Illinois are working on a different kind of Continue reading…
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DARPA's latest humanoid robot jumps and climbs with athletic precision

By Jeff Blagdon on October 25, 2012 06:23 am + 26 comments

The firm behind some of the most impressive robots we’ve seen this year is back at it again with Continue reading…
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Watch this: a robot successfully traverses a steel wire tightrope

By Ben Kersey on October 23, 2012 08:43 am + 15 comments

We’ve seen robots strive to be the best footballers, dance with human counterparts, and serve as re Continue reading…
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NASA working on X1 exoskeleton to aid astronauts, paraplegics

By Aaron Souppouris on October 12, 2012 07:16 am + 14 comments

NASA has announced that it's working on the X1, an exoskeleton that will give users improved Continue reading…
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French vineyards look to robots as new source of manual labor

By Andrew Webster on September 26, 2012 06:56 pm + 15 comments

Robots are no strangers to jobs in manufacturing, but in France they may soon expand into the wine Continue reading…
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'City, Paint, Machine' robot makes abstract art from traffic patterns

By Adi Robertson on September 22, 2012 10:20 am + 3 comments

What does it take to automate art? Artist Krzysztof Golinski has been interviewed in Fast Co.Design a Continue reading…
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DARPA's four-legged robotic pack mule wants to follow you around

By Andrew Webster on September 10, 2012 04:24 pm + 83 comments

We've already seen how DARPA's Legged Squad Support System (or LS3 for short) can manage itself on Continue reading…