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From human bite to robot jaws

From human bite to robot jaws

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...





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Chewing gum can reduce calorie intake, increase energy expenditure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.


Fla. boaters urged to look out for missing robot

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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


Panasonic breaks into robotics with medical robot

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(AP) -- Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday has developed a medical robot that dispenses drugs to patients, the Japanese electronics giant's first step into robotics.


Fish robot as an alternative marine propulsion system of the future (w/Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The team of Darmstadt researchers analyzed videos of fish’s motions and then developed a prototype fish robot that duplicated them, and are now testing it using the locomotional patterns of various species of fish in order ...


Underwater robot with a sense of touch

Underwater robot with a sense of touch

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maintenance of offshore drilling rigs or underwater cables, taking samples of sediment - underwater robots perform a variety of deep-sea tasks. Research scientists now aim to equip robots ...


Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots

Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Look out Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka. A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been developed in Japan.


Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has launched its latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner, the Tango, which is capable of vacuuming hardwood floors, carpets, and even beds without human assistance.


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iRobot Unveils Morphing Blob Robot (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (25) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot's latest robot is unique on many levels. The doughy blob moves by inflating and deflating - a new technique its developers call "jamming." As the researchers explain in the video below, ...


Mexican labs target adulterers with DNA testing

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suspect your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure -- DNA tests.


New robot skier takes to the slopes

New robot skier takes to the slopes (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new robot skier has been invented that can be fitted with off-the-shelf skis. This is not the first skiing robot, since Japanese scientists have produced their own (see PhysOrg.com article here), but is bigger and heavie ...



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