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Lego robot controlled from space
Wolfgang Heller
10 Nov 2012
Researchers from the METERON space project have for the first time ever successfully controlled a LEGO robot at ESA's Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, from the International Space Station (IS...
Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)
Mike Hamer
08 Nov 2012
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Robot Dragonfly from TechJect. Developed over four years by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the US Air Force, the researchers are now i...
Video: Quadrocopter learns from its mistakes, perfects air racing
Markus Waibel
08 Nov 2012
Manual programming of robots only gets you so far. And, as you can see in the video, for quadrocopters that's not very far at all (see the "Without Learning" part starting at 1:30):...
European robotics law
Wolfgang Heller
08 Nov 2012
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, "bladerunner" Oscar Pistorius became the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics when he entered the men's 400 metres race and was part of South...
Robot competitions, challenges and awards
Andra Keay
06 Nov 2012
Robotdalen is accepting submissions for their International Innovation Award 2013, aimed at innovators with commercially viable robotics solutions. The Innovation Award replaced the previous Robotdale...
Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief, resigns to run 3D Robotics
Frank Tobe
05 Nov 2012
... Anderson has held the editor-in-chief position for 11 years during which time, in addition to his work at Wired, he authored three books and founded DIY Drones and co-founded 3D Robotics. He also ...
OmniGuide in the news
Frank Tobe
04 Nov 2012
... Cambridge, MA-based OmniGuide recently got $35 million non-dilutive financing from OrbiMed Advisors enabling company to grow toward profitability over the next several years....
Europeans attitudes towards robots 2012
Wolfgang Heller
04 Nov 2012
Credit: Infonaut, AEC
Europeans attitudes towards robots
Overall EU citizens have a positive view of robots: more than two-thirds of Europeans are of this opinion, according to a Special Eur...
Service robots boost Danish welfare
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
In 2006, Denmark created a fund of three billion Danish kronor ($519-million) to study how technologies like service robots can be used to replace manual labour in various public services.
Social r...
NASA X1 robotic exoskeleton
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
NASA's X1 robotic exoskeleton is a mechanical suit designed to help astronauts exercise while in space, and here on Earth it can help paraplegics walk. In space, the joints would be configured to resi...
US$ 316M investment in Korean robotics
Wolfgang Heller
03 Nov 2012
The South Korean government plans to expand the country's robot industry by more than 10 times over the next decade, the Korean Times reports. ...
9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition
RobotsAndi
02 Nov 2012
On Saturday, October 20, 2012 the 9th Korea Robot Supporters Competition was held at Yuhan Technical High School. Students from all over the country took part in the preliminary competitions held at t...
New Russian entrant into creepiest robot face contest
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... Neurobotics, a Russian brain research organization, has just released videos of their new human-like woman robotic head....
Accuray launches new TomoHDA and gets FDA okay for CyberKnife M6
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... New TomoTherapy System enables faster planning and more focused delivery often resulting in half beam-on time than previously....
Robotic future of retail
Wolfgang Heller
01 Nov 2012
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University see the future of retail — with AndyVision, technology that helps to improve the shopping experience for both customers and retail staff.
AndyVision is a...
Wave Glider transmits real time weather data during Hurricane Sandy
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... One of Liquid Robotics’ Wave Gliders successfully piloted itself through Hurricane Sandy winds and transmitted weather data in real time....
Hansen Medical stock (HNSN:NASDAQ) jumps 22%
Frank Tobe
01 Nov 2012
... Intuitive Surgical updated their co-exclusive rights to certain of Hansen Medical‘s patent portfolio for a fee of $20 million. Intuitive also purchased $10 million of Hansen Medical’s ...
Fly and film in HD
Frank Tobe
31 Oct 2012
... Parrot (PARRO on the Euronext Paris exchange), a French company famous for its audio and wireless devices for phones and cars, unveiled their first AR.Drone at CES in 2010 to huge crowds (I was th...
Two-armed robot system for under US$20k
Wolfgang Heller
30 Oct 2012
ST Robotics announced today the latest addition to their R12 robot product line, the Tandem R125, a low cost two-armed robot system for under $20,000. ST Robotics, based in Princeton, New Jersey and...
Ball rolling robots
Wolfgang Heller
25 Oct 2012
San Francisco based Bossa Nova Robotics develops personal robots for the home based on the ballbot technology under license from CMU. Founded by robotics entrepreneur Sarjoun Skaff as a spin-off out o...
Robot Companions: Flagship funding proposal for 1 billion euro submitted
Markus Waibel
25 Oct 2012
The Coordination Action Robot Companions for Citizens has submitted its proposal for the European Commission's FET Flagship Initiative....
NAO, WALL-E, PackBot and BigDog inducted into Robot Hall of Fame
Frank Tobe
24 Oct 2012
Aldebaran Robotics’ NAO humanoid robot won in the Education & Consumer category.
... WALL-E, the star of the 2008 Disney/Pixar movie of the same name, won in the Entertainment category.
... iR...
Robobusiness getting lean
Andra Keay
23 Oct 2012
Bossa Nova Robotics launched the lean version of Rosie, the robot maid from the Jetsons, today at Robobusiness. CEO Martin Hitch explained how Bossa Nova have taken their experience in the brutal and ...
Making an iCub robot “clever”
Mike Hamer
23 Oct 2012
As part of the IM-CLeVeR project, the IDSIA robotics laboratory recently released a video-overview of their work on the technologies, architectures and algorithms required to give an iCub robot mo...
RoboBusiness Summit: Workshops feature experts in manufacturing, assistive robotics
David Pietrocola
23 Oct 2012
Robots In DC made the trip from Washington and we’re ready to kick off our coverage of the unique and exciting RoboBusiness event, which is bringing together leaders from robotics businesses, resea...
Drone on YOMYOMF
John Payne
17 Oct 2012
http://youtu.be/u8PzkGM60Lc
YOMYOMF is one of a long, and growing, list of YouTube funded channels. Drone is a four-part series of short-format videos, telling the story of a humanoid com...
First sighting of FoxBots in China
Frank Tobe
15 Oct 2012
... Foxconn said they would be deploying 1 million robots in their factories in China. The first photographs of one of those appeared in Chinese news last week.
... 10,000 turquoise FoxBots have been...
FoxBots being deployed in China
Frank Tobe
15 Oct 2012
Foxconn-built robot FoxBot. Source: TechWeb.com.cn
Foxconn, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision (2317:TW), has begun deploying their own brand of industrial robots to ...
Rodney Brooks speaking at the CMU Robotics Institute
John Payne
15 Oct 2012
http://youtu.be/RDvgNB2OZxI
Speaking at CMU Robotics Institute as part of their RI Seminar Series, Rodney Brooks, Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Rethink Robotics (originally Heartland Robo...
Exoskeletons: New and old
Andra Keay
12 Oct 2012
With NASA's X1 Robotic Exoskeleton in the news today, it's timely to look at the increasing range of exoskeletons in development or use today.
X1 (NASA, IHMC)
Built in conjunction with...
Robot video roundup: music+
Andra Keay
10 Oct 2012
This robotic installation actually plays the whole song 40°42’48.46 N 73°58’18.38 by German rock/electronic artist Bonaparte. Filmed by French team Jul & Mat, the installation is the brain ...
eBee first product from Parrot/senseFly investment
Frank Tobe
10 Oct 2012
In July, the Parrot Group partnered with senseFly, a Swiss start-up and spin-off from the Swiss EPFL, and invested $5.3 million to help senseFly grow. Their initial plan was to develop a hig...
Chinese companies cited by US congress as IP threats
Frank Tobe
08 Oct 2012
... “I would find another vendor if you care about your intellectual property, if you care about your consumer’s privacy and you care about the national security of the United States of Am...
TEDxHelvetia features soft robots
Sabine Hauert
08 Oct 2012
TEDxHelvetia, which took place at the Rolex Learning Center in Switzerland, featured two EPFL professors in the rising fields of soft robotics and stretchable electronics....
Robot video roundup: Gangnam style
Andra Keay
03 Oct 2012
What's better than a selection of fun robot videos to brighten up the week? This week's videos range from the sublime of "How to engineer a dog" and "Flying copters shooting hoops" to the ridiculously...
