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Insect-inspired device lets micro air vehicles perch on vertical surfaces
Jun 30th
A young robotics engineer has developed a perching mechanism that could be invaluable to the field of Micro Air Vehicles , or MAVs. Mirko Kovac, of Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), envisions a system wherein swarms of tiny robotic gliders would be deployed over scenes of disasters, such as forest fires or earthquakes
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Insect-inspired device lets micro air vehicles perch on vertical surfaces
Earthwatch expeditions – 40 years of ‘citizen science’
May 25th
It can be extremely frustrating, watching the destruction of our environment and not being able to do a thing about it. Sure, you can give money, write letters and take part in rallies, but…
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Earthwatch expeditions – 40 years of ‘citizen science’
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio: for now on, it’s a free download
May 21st
We’ve seen plenty of interesting projects roll out of Microsoft’s Robotics Studio , but the Robotics Developer Studio package of programming and design tools has not been the smash success that the company had hoped. In a move to expand its user base and drum up grass roots support, the company has done something that might have once been unthinkable: As of today, they’re giving away the store, making the RDS available as a free download from the company’s website. “We decided to take out all of the barriers that today our users might have in order to help them build these new technologies,” Stathis Papaefstathiou, the head of the robotics studio, told IEEE Spectrum .
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Virtual auto worker will provide data on real-world physical strain
May 19th
He may look like he stepped straight out of Second Life, but he isn’t here to kid around. Santos is a computer-generated auto worker who will perform various tasks on a virtual Ford assembly line, showing real-world researchers how those tasks affect his body.
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Jartron is a Robot Made from a Jar That Loves to Dance [Video]
May 10th
You know what we don’t see enough of anymore? Robots that dance. Sure, we’ve got robots that can balance on balls, and even robots powered by phones that can solve Rubik’s Cubes
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Jartron is a Robot Made from a Jar That Loves to Dance [Video]
Latest Invention: CHARLI – First Full-Sized Humanoid Robot in the United States
May 5th
Specialists from Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory managed to come up with the first full-sized humanoid machine in the United States.
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Latest Invention: CHARLI – First Full-Sized Humanoid Robot in the United States
Remote Heart Surgery Success by Robotic Arm
May 4th
So, what does the future mean? Apparently it means getting rid of the human element as much as possible. Or, completely.
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Remote Heart Surgery Success by Robotic Arm
Qbo Robot Gets Detailed Schematics Along with Current Set of Skills
May 4th
Building a robot is a lofty goal.
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Qbo Robot Gets Detailed Schematics Along with Current Set of Skills
Festo Bionic Handling Assistant Shows Humans and Machines Can Work Together [Video]
Apr 23rd
Until they become sentient and ultimately lead to the destruction of human kind. Oh, wait, that’s a movie. Anyway, we’d love to introduce you to the Bionic Handling Assitant, and the crazy mechanical arms that they are
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Festo Bionic Handling Assistant Shows Humans and Machines Can Work Together [Video]
Japan plans mind-reading robots and brain interface devices ‘by 2020′
Apr 23rd
Our grandparents did warn us that laziness would get us in trouble. The Japanese government and private sector are, according to the Nikkei , all set to begin work on a collaborative new project to develop thought-controlled gadgets, devices … and robots
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Japan plans mind-reading robots and brain interface devices ‘by 2020′
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