http://www.physorg.com/electronics-news/robotics/ en-us PhysOrg Team PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on robotics, robots, robotics sciences and technology science. (PhysOrg.com) -- A flute playing robot unveiled by Waseda University last year has been joined by a robot saxophonist in a Classical music duet. The aim of the project was to design robots that could respond to each other's visual and aural cues. http://www.physorg.com/news178442951.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-26T09:30:01-07:00 Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims. http://www.physorg.com/news178439624.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-26T06:34:40-07:00 To design a lightweight anchor that can dig itself in to hold small underwater submersibles, Anette (Peko) Hosoi of MIT borrowed techniques from one of nature's best diggers -- the razor clam. http://www.physorg.com/news178119439.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-22T13:40:26-07:00 Maja Mataric', who directs the University of Southern California Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems, will lead an effort to evaluate robots as exercise coaches for adults of all ages, with a particular focus on the elderly. http://www.physorg.com/news177864557.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-19T15:40:25-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- At the graduate school of media design at Keio University in Tokyo, a project called "Walky" is under developed. Researchers have developed specifically designed software for the iPhone that can control android movements by using natural gestures. http://www.physorg.com/news177771547.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-18T12:59:56-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers, at Northeastern University, have developed several portable robotic devices to aid in the rehabilitation process of stroke victims. These devices are small enough for patients to continue rehabilitation at home, thereby cutting down on the number of visits to the rehab center. http://www.physorg.com/news177334289.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-13T11:50:02-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- The research, led by Wolfgang Fink, will aid both people with visual impairments and scientists involved in planetary exploration. http://www.physorg.com/news177152124.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-11T09:10:02-07:00 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news176581936.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-04T18:34:30-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news176449854.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-03T06:20:02-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news176362489.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-11-02T05:36:33-07:00 (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 heavier, being around the same size as an eight-year-old child. http://www.physorg.com/news175503348.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-23T07:56:41-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense of touch in his new prosthesis hand. http://www.physorg.com/news175354299.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-21T14:34:32-07:00 (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, the jamming mechanism enables the robot to transition from a liquid-like to a solid-like state. http://www.physorg.com/news174831238.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-15T13:14:25-07:00 People are increasingly using household robots for chores, communication, entertainment and companionship. But safety and privacy risks of information-gathering objects that move around our homes are not yet adequately addressed, according to a new University of Washington study. http://www.physorg.com/news174242334.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-08T17:39:26-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two South Korean firms have developed mini firefighting robots to help human firefighters safely plan their course of action before entering a blazing building. http://www.physorg.com/news174201096.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-08T09:20:01-07:00 (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 commander Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," American pop culture has shown a future where humans do little work, leaving the heavy labor to their robot friends. Yet here we are in the year 2009 without a mechanical maid or butler in sight. It may seem petty to ask, but where are all the cool robots? http://www.physorg.com/news173636356.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-10-01T18:20:08-07:00 (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 engineering at MIT. "As an engineer, looking at them and speculating is fascinating." http://www.physorg.com/news173096794.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-25T11:27:23-07:00 (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 next step. As a system, the blocks create an infinite walking surface, acting somewhat like moving stones as you cross an invisible creek. http://www.physorg.com/news172837515.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-22T11:25:50-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news172395058.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-17T08:31:30-07:00 (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. In a recent study, scientists have used evolutionary robots to investigate the evolution of social information. Their results mirror theoretical predictions more closely than results from experiments with real organisms, and may provide an explanation for some of the observed variation in animal species. http://www.physorg.com/news172304708.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-16T09:30:02-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news172218212.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-15T07:40:03-07:00 (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 and think, using a robot with the size and brain of a toddler, but the study is also expected to have practical applications in the near future. http://www.physorg.com/news171703166.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-09T08:20:19-07:00 (AP) -- Scientists on Florida's Gulf Coast are trying to find an underwater robot that has mysteriously vanished. http://www.physorg.com/news171350922.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-05T07:00:01-07:00 (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 finalists were selected from over 900 entries. http://www.physorg.com/news171180338.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-03T11:50:04-07:00 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Swedish programmer, Hans Andersson, has used a Lego Mindstorms NXT kit to develop a robot to solve Sudoku puzzles. http://www.physorg.com/news171179534.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-09-03T07:30:02-07:00 (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, and more. In an effort to reach this goal, a recent study has demonstrated the initial tests for fabricating microrobots on a large scale. http://www.physorg.com/news170678733.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-08-28T11:47:01-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news170489411.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-08-26T07:10:35-07:00 (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. http://www.physorg.com/news170329010.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-08-24T10:37:37-07:00 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 by National Instruments. http://www.physorg.com/news170006182.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-08-20T16:58:15-07:00 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. http://www.physorg.com/news169378206.html Electronics - Robotics 2009-08-13T10:31:24-07:00