http://www.itworld.com/robotics xx http://www.itworld.com/science/84326/mit-rsearchers-developing-robotic-driving-companion Need help staying awake or finding the cheapest gas? In-car robot is designed to help http://www.itworld.com/science/84326/mit-rsearchers-developing-robotic-driving-companion#comments Science Tech & society News MIT robotics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:11:02 -0500 ITworld staff 84326 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/82801/slideshow-scary-technology Halloween is fast approaching. Time to don your "clever" iPod costume or put on a bathrobe and be Arthur Dent. But there's also a world of technology out there that's scarier than anything M. Night Shyamalan ever produced (admittedly, not that difficult). Read on, and get ready to hide under your bed...or drool with anticipation. http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/82801/slideshow-scary-technology#comments Offbeat Feature future tech robotics slideshow Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:06:06 -0400 mulderjoe 82801 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/%5Bprimary-term%5D/82311/virtual-bears-futuristic-pods-and-spaghetti-rain-tokyo It might earn them university credits but a robot developed by students in Japan won't help dispel the image of the lazy student. The robot has been designed to fold clothes. http://www.itworld.com/%5Bprimary-term%5D/82311/virtual-bears-futuristic-pods-and-spaghetti-rain-tokyo#comments Science News robotics Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:22:16 -0400 ITworld staff 82311 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/80201/harvard-s-robotic-bees-generate-high-tech-buzz Harvard researchers recently got a $10 million grant to create a colony of flying robotic bees, or RoboBees to among other things, spur innovation in ultra-low-power computing and electronic "smart" sensors; and refine coordination algorithms to manage multiple, independent machines. http://www.itworld.com/software/80201/harvard-s-robotic-bees-generate-high-tech-buzz#comments Science News robotics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:57:35 -0400 ITworld staff 80201 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/%5Bprimary-term%5D/78193/robotic-arm-fetches-japanese-cargo-ship-space-station The International Space Station crew used the Canadarm robotic arm to pluck a cargo spacecraft as it hovered 30 feet away. http://www.itworld.com/%5Bprimary-term%5D/78193/robotic-arm-fetches-japanese-cargo-ship-space-station#comments Science News robotics Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:51:57 -0400 ITworld staff 78193 at http://www.itworld.com