News tagged with roomba vacuum
60-second review: Auto-vacuuming robots
This column kicks off our series on gadgets to help you achieve your New Year's Resolution. Today's review: the latest in auto-vacuuming robots to aid our lazy readers who resolve to have a cleaner home. ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find
Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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I, robot -- and gardener: MIT droids tend plants
(AP) -- These gardeners would have green thumbs - if they had thumbs.
Apr 10, 2009 |
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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.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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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 ...
May 10, 2011 |
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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.
Apr 22, 2011 |
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A closer look at how humans interact with technology
Most people have just one question regarding Roombas: How well do the robotic floor vacuums suck up pet hair and dust bunnies? A few might even wonder if their Roomba could go rogue and chase the family cat ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Emotional robot pets
Designers of robot pets are fighting a never-ending battle with consumers to provide entertaining and realistic gadgets that respond to human interaction in ever more nuanced ways, mimicking the behavior of real pet animals ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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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
Jan 11, 2010 |
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Hot gadgets at show: Wireless charging, iPhone TV
(AP) -- At the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, 3-D television, electronic readers and little laptops captured much of the attention.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 10, 2010 |
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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.
Dec 05, 2009 |
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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
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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
Nov 06, 2009 |
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