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iRobot planning an Android-based robot

(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot is working on robots that have the brains of an Android tablet. The goal is an Android-based tablet that is able to see the world around it, hear input from humans, respond and think ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Robotic gardening: MIT course creates robot-tending tomatoes

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the middle of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) sits a platform of fake grass with tomato plants nestled in terra cotta pots, growing under the light of an ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3




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Transforming robotics with biologically inspired learning models

I walked into the building and there was a human-sized robot waiting to greet me. 

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Of minds and machines

In the 1950s and '60s -- when MIT’s Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts were building networks of artificial neurons, John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky were helping to create the discipline of artificial intelligence and ...

Technology / Other

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Roomba-maker iRobot clears path for robotics

Top scientists around the world are trying to improve upon robots, which can already detect bombs, perform surgery and even go into battle.

Technology / Business

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Useful, useless and unusual at US gadget show

Cutting-edge technology grabbed the headlines at the premier US gadget show here but the showrooms also featured products better described as useful, useless and downright unusual.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Evolution Robotics is betting that folks with hardwood or tile floors are craving mechanical maids to keep them beautiful.

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots

(AP) -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine.

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 9

As robots become more common, Stanford experts consider the legal challenges

(PhysOrg.com) -- They already detect and defuse bombs, control traffic patterns and do some basic household chores. And scientists predict that pretty soon, robots will be using artificial intelligence to play a larger role ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot

(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.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

US military embraces robot 'revolution'

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.

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (20) | comments 46

iRobot Introduces its Pet and Pro Series

Today, iRobot has just announced a new line of robotic friends. Their Pet Series includes: the iRobot Roomba Pet Series and Professional Series Vacuum Cleaning Robots. As the name implies, the Pet Series is ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 weblog


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