Nurses Open to Idea of Robots
A study performed by SINTEF for the Norwegian Association of Local Regional Authorities found that nurses and care-sector employees would welcome sensor and robot technology to help them in nursing...
View ArticleRobot With Bones Moves Like You Do
Human anatomy could serve as the blueprint for humanoid robots and enable them to interact with their environment in a more human manner, according to the European team behind the Eccerobot project....
View ArticleResearchers Reveal New Robot: A Fish Called WANDA
Scientists at Australia’s Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, the National Centre for Sensor Research at Dublin City University, and the Defense Science and Technology Organisation Maritime...
View ArticleUWE Scientists Design First Robot Using Mould
University of the West of England scientists have created a biological robot using mold. The researchers, led by professor Andy Adamatzky, developed an amorphous non-silicon biological robot, called...
View ArticleGetting Your Robot On: Wearable Machines’ Intimate Interface
Engineers around the world are exploring all kinds of possibilities for wearable robot interfaces, from brain implants to touch interfaces. Professor Jacob Rosen and colleagues at the University of...
View ArticleUS and Australia Dominate MAGIC Robot Competition Short List
The organizers of the Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC) have created a list of 12 teams to develop their proposals. Ten teams will receive $50,000, and the remaining two...
View ArticleSlam Dunk for Future Smart Robots
For 30 years there has been intense research in the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) field of robotics, which is the process by which machines employ various sensors to concurrently map out...
View ArticleMoving Video to “CAPTCHA” Robot Hackers
Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have developed a new Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) security mechanism designed to stop computer algorithms...
View ArticleJapanese Researcher Unveils ‘Hummingbird Robot’
Japanese researchers have developed a hummingbird robot that has the potential to help rescue people trapped in damaged buildings, search for criminals, or operate as a probe vehicle on Mars....
View ArticleJapan’s Robot Revolution Moves From Factory to the Home
Japan is undergoing a revolution in robot technology as increasingly intelligent robotics make the transition from labs and factories to the outside world and everyday consumer applications. Already in...
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