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UCI robot to aid brain research

Electronics / Robotics

Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot powered by a computerized model of a rodent brain will help researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego understand how people recognize and adapt to change.

Robots primed for 'are you being served' role in Arabic

Electronics / Robotics

Nov 03, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (5) | 0

A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls.

Robot fish could monitor water quality

Electronics / Robotics

Nov 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater environments.

Probing Question: Where are all the cool robots?

Electronics / Robotics

Oct 01, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the better part of a century, they’ve promised us robots. From Elektro, the 7-foot metal man of the 1939 World’s Fair, to Rosie the robot maid on "The Jetsons" to the android lieutenant ...

From nature, robots

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- To a robot designer like Sangbae Kim, the animal kingdom is full of inspiration. "I always look at animals and ask why they are the way they are," says Kim, an assistant professor of mechanical ...

Robot Floor Tiles Move Beneath Your Feet

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 22, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (10) | 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a stroke of odd creativity, Japanese researchers have created robotic blocks that automatically detect where you're walking and position themselves in front of you before you take your ...

Taiwan lab develops panda robot

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 17, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

The world's first panda robot is taking shape at a cutting-edge lab in Taiwan where an ambitious group of scientists hope to add new dimensions to the island's reputation as a high-tech power.

Robots Reveal Insights into Evolution

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Sep 16, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (13) | 22

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an ironic twist to our understanding of life, robots may offer a greater degree of realism for studying some of the intricacies of natural selection and evolution than real organisms offer. ...

The robot children

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 15, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

The brains of the snake robots are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists at SINTEF (Norway) want to bring them up to the level of a teenager. At least.

iCub, the Toddler Robot (w/ Videos, Pictures)

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 09, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (12) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A little humanoid robot called iCub is learning how to think for itself, bringing the world of science fiction to reality. The major goal of the "RobotCub" project is to study how humans learn ...

Fla. boaters urged to look out for missing robot

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Sep 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished.

Le Petit Prince -- the Cute Little Gardener Meant for Mars (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Le Petit Prince" is a cute one-eyed robot greenhouse designed for use on Mars, and is among the top eight finalists announced last week in the 2009 Electrolux Design Lab competition. The ...

Toy Robot to Solve Sudoku (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

Sep 03, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Swedish programmer, Hans Andersson, has used a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to develop a robot to solve Sudoku puzzles.

Researchers Hope to Mass-Produce Tiny Robots

Electronics / Robotics

Aug 28, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (26) | 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, ...

Japan robotics experts unveil sci-fi wheelchair

Electronics / Robotics

Aug 26, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 5

Robotics and medical experts in Japan on Wednesday unveiled the prototype of a new hi-tech electric wheelchair that resembles a scooter and promises greater mobility.

New robots mimic fish's swimming (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

Aug 24, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real thing, if not quite as fast.

UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference

Electronics / Robotics

Aug 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...

US military embraces robot 'revolution'

Electronics / Robotics

Aug 13, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (19) | 46

Robots in the sky and on the ground are transforming warfare, and the US military is rushing to recruit the new warriors that never sleep and never bleed.