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Sweet! Tiny, far-flying robot based on honeybee

Posted September 18, 2013 - 3:40 pm

To develop tiny flying robots that are agile and can navigate on their own, researchers in Australia are turning to the honeybee.
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NASA celebrates Curiosity's first year on Mars with this highlight reel

Posted August 5, 2013 - 3:23 pm

August 6th marks one year since NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in a process that required the car-sized robot to endure "seven minutes of terror." To commemorate the occasion, NASA has put together a short video entitled "Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's first year on Mars."
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Drone show attendees flock to new $700 model

Posted July 26, 2013 - 8:05 pm

3D Robotics gave a sneak preview of a comparatively cheap consumer drone at an unmanned aircraft convention in San Francisco this week.
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Astronaut controls robot on Earth from the ISS

Posted July 26, 2013 - 7:14 pm

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station used an extraterrestrial remote control system on Friday to maneuver a robot rover at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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DARPA's newest humanoid robot takes blows from wrecking balls without flinching

Posted July 15, 2013 - 12:25 pm

If you've ever needed a legitimate reason to question human obsolescence, DARPA just gave you one in the form of an ATLAS.
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DARPA's robots keep getting scarier

Posted July 12, 2013 - 4:55 pm

More video footage released of robots that will help us (and hopefully not enslave us).
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Posted June 28, 2013 - 1:16 pm

We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win!
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You had me at Robot Astronaut

Posted June 26, 2013 - 10:50 am

Japan plans to send communications robot to International Space Station.
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Now, a robot with nine lives

Posted June 18, 2013 - 12:09 pm

Swiss scientists have created a cat-like robot with the stability and agility to one day be used in search-and-rescue missions.
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Japan's NHK develops robot camera array for Matrix-like effects

Posted June 18, 2013 - 6:56 am

Japan's public television broadcaster, NHK, has developed an array of video cameras that are synchronized to create "bullet time" shots like those popularized in the film The Matrix.
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You had me at beer-pouring robot butler

Posted May 30, 2013 - 10:20 am

Forget about killer robots - the ones we're going to buy will be the ones that can pour us a cold beer and serve us a microwave dinner.
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Today feels like a dancing robot day

Posted May 22, 2013 - 9:34 am

MIT project shows what happens when one robot falls out of synch with others.
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Ten jobs robots won't take away from you in the next 10 years

Posted May 20, 2013 - 4:42 pm

Robots can do lots of things -- but not THESE things.
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Arduino's first robotics kit is coming, and it rolls around like a Roomba

Posted May 20, 2013 - 12:57 pm

Arduino has already made it easier to build your own electronics projects. Now, the microcontroller board maker is about to enter the robotics market with what it calls the first official Arduino on wheels.
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Coralbots will restore and rebuild damaged coral reefs

Posted May 16, 2013 - 3:55 pm

Repairing coral reefs takes oodles of human hours. So once again we ask ourselves: Why not build robots to do it for us? As it happens, that's what the Coralbot Kickstarter project is all about.
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Virginia Tech researchers create underwater spy robot

Posted May 10, 2013 - 4:16 pm

Researchers at Virginia Tech have built an autonomous, robotic jellyfish that could someday work as an underwater military spy.
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United Nations report says no to killer robots

Posted May 7, 2013 - 1:49 pm

The Human Rights Watch isn't the only international organization with a vendetta against killer automatons. According to a recent United Nations report, the U.N. is already working to stem the development of killer robots.
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MIT envisions future of talking cars that can plan driver's day

Posted May 5, 2013 - 2:10 am

You wake up in the morning and your robot starts the coffee maker and then sends your daily calendar to your car, which then chooses alternate routes to work so you can avoid major construction on your normal path.
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Insect-like flying robot developed by Harvard researchers

Posted May 2, 2013 - 2:01 pm

Researchers at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed an insect-like robot that achieves flight by flapping a pair of tiny wings.
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Robot brain can learn by scanning Internet images

Posted May 1, 2013 - 10:42 am

Imagine if a robot could learn the names of objects through Google Image-like searches. That's what these Japanese researchers are working on.
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Japan uses robots, tech to care for elderly

Posted April 26, 2013 - 2:49 pm

Japanese firms in Osaka showed their solutions to caring for the country's handicapped and increasing number of elderly
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Health care robot brings experts to bedside

Posted April 22, 2013 - 4:57 pm

A health care robot developed by iRobot and InTouch Health allows doctors who may be thousands of miles away to interact with patients at their bedsides.
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Need to control your futuristic bionic robot hand? There's an app for that

Posted April 18, 2013 - 10:49 am

Touch Bionics creates the first robotic hand controlled by an iPhone app.
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This Nao Robot can spell out any word, could get all A's in spelling

Posted April 16, 2013 - 2:41 pm

If spelling isn't your strong suit, be wary of this robot that can write out any word.
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Nagaina robot snake slivers at the Robot Block Party

Posted April 11, 2013 - 8:53 pm

Stanford University's Robot Block Party got a preview of a robotic snake that will be on show at the upcoming Maker Faire.
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