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Liquid Robotics set records in PacX
Andra Keay
06 Dec 2012
It's been more than one year and 9,000 nautical miles since Liquid Robotics launched 4 Wave Gliders in San Francisco on November 17, 2011. On November 20, 2012 "Papa Mau" reached the east coast of Aus...
The nEUROn maiden flight
Wolfgang Heller
05 Dec 2012
On December 1st, the nEUROn, Europe’s unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) stealth technology demonstrator, successfully completed its maiden flight from the Dassault Aviation company’s flight test ...
AeroVironment invests $3 million in Swedish CybAero
Wolfgang Heller
05 Dec 2012
Credit. CybAero
AeroVironment Inc.(NASDAQ: AVAV) the clear leader in the man-portable, hand-launched UAS market, has announced a strategic partnership with Sweden-based CybAero (NASDAQOMXS: ...
SwRI and ROS-Industrial making progress on 5th anniversary of ROS
Frank Tobe
04 Dec 2012
... In 2011, Motoman USA partnered with SwRI (Southwest Research Institute) to enable ROS software to be available to Motoman users. “The next step for industrial robotics is to be more sensor a...
Researching robotics is getting easier
Frank Tobe
03 Dec 2012
Complementing Robohub is new app “IEEE Spectrum ROBOTS,” which provides some news but has an extensive detailed section for current-day robots of all types: from exoskeletons to remote presence; f...
KIBO robot project
Wolfgang Heller
02 Dec 2012
A Japanese humanoid communication robot being developed by the KIBO Robot project, a joint research project by Dentsu Inc., the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of...
Eating robots improve quality of life and save resources
Wolfgang Heller
01 Dec 2012
60% of EU citizens are saying that robots should be banned when it comes to the care of children, elderly people and people with disabilities, according to the Special Eurobarometer survey "Public at...
Draw precise freehand circles and copy paste drawings with the dePENd table
DigInfo TV
29 Nov 2012
This table helps you to draw precise freehand circles and lines. It is under development by a group in the Yasuaki Kakehi Lab at Keio University.
By using a computer to control the XY position of a...
TED talk with Davide Scaramuzza on visual control of MAVs
Sabine Hauert
29 Nov 2012
Davide Scaramuzza leads the Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich and is Adjunct Faculty at ETH Zurich....
Transience – Dynamic color changing calligraphy harmonizes tradition with technology
DigInfo TV
28 Nov 2012
Transience is an artwork by the Wakita Lab at Keio University. It is intended to represent a harmony between calligraphy and computers, by dynamically altering the color of calligraphy on paper.
"At ...
Swimming robots
Andra Keay
27 Nov 2012
Why should flying robots have all the headlines! This year has been full of robots that swim, so here is a small collection, from swarms to explorers, from nanobots to humanoids. ...
IEEE Spectrum Robots app
Wolfgang Heller
27 Nov 2012
Technology magazine IEEE Spectrum has launched its first iPad App "Robots" featuring 126 robots from 19 countries. The app includes technical data, interactive images, a robotic timeline and glossary....
Vision sensor capable of detecting moving spots 0.05mm in size across from distance of 2m
DigInfo TV
26 Nov 2012
Technos has introduced the Super5000K 7K Model neuro-visual sensor. This is the world's highest precision visual inspection system, and can detect spots 0.05mm in size at a distance of 2m, with a 1.4m...
Robots in the factory of the future
Wolfgang Heller
25 Nov 2012
The "Factories of the Future" is one of the three Public-Private Partnership included in the European Commission's recovery package launched in December 2008 to address the economic crisis. It consi...
Recent funding for robotics companies
Frank Tobe
24 Nov 2012
MAKO Surgical gets $43 million from the sale of common stock. MAKO produces a robotic orthopedic surgical platform for implant placement. MAKO’s stock (NASDAQ:MAKO) has had a dramatic downward ride ...
Furby’s are back – this time with an iPhone app and translator
Frank Tobe
23 Nov 2012
Hasbro has enhanced their successful Furby toy from years past with a combination of interactive programming and robotic engineering. The updated Furby includes a free Furby app to virtually feed Furb...
Iceland’s Össur wins PopSci “Best of What’s New” award for Symbionic Leg
Frank Tobe
23 Nov 2012
Iceland’s Össur, a company which develops, manufactures and sells non-invasive orthopaedic and bionic prosthetics, received a Popular Science Magazine’s 2012 “Best of What’s New” award for ...
VGo gets funding to scale up for healthcare
Frank Tobe
23 Nov 2012
VGo Communications received $900,000 debt financing to help the company scale up and focus on providing remote presence for the healthcare industry....
Quirky short film starring robot “Gumdrop”
Andra Keay
21 Nov 2012
In this short film from feature director Kerry Conran, Gumdrop is a 27 year old Bulgarian robot auditioning for a role in a feature film. Along the way some clever CGI allows Gumdrop to show her skil...
Sharp Cocorobo robot vacuum cleaner updated – smaller model and updated app functions
DigInfo TV
21 Nov 2012
Sharp have updated their Cocorobo line of intelligent robot vacuum cleaners, with a new smaller model, as well as a Cocorobo Navi function, which allows the robot to be controlled when the user is out...
Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots
Mike Hamer
20 Nov 2012
Released yesterday by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization, the report Losing Humanity: The Case against Killer Robots (herein: the report) and associated press release and video (below), w...
Robots on stage
Wolfgang Heller
20 Nov 2012
The Japanese theater company Seinendan and Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University are exploring new dimensions of human-robot-interaction on stage, a new field involving a fusion of theater, arts and...
Stanford hosts panel on making autonomous cars legal
Sabine Hauert
18 Nov 2012
The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford released a video of their panel discussion on "How an (Autonomous Driving) Bill Becomes Law" that took place earlier this month. The discussion builds o...
The world’s first mind-controlled implantable robotic arm
Wolfgang Heller
15 Nov 2012
The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is developed by researcher Max Ortiz Catalan, at the Department of Signals and Systems, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg...
Lockheed Martin acquires UAV maker Chandler/May
Frank Tobe
15 Nov 2012
Lockheed Martin acquires ChandlerMay for an undisclosed amount. The new acquisition will join Lockheed’s Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) business.
ChandlerMay, with facilities in Huntsville,...
Robot music compilation
Andra Keay
14 Nov 2012
If you love lists and robots, here's a selection of some great robot music....
Brain Computer Interface used to control the movement and actions of an android robot
DigInfo TV
13 Nov 2012
Researchers at the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory and the CNRS-LIRMM Interactive Digital Human group, are working on ways to control robots via thought alone.
"Basically we would like to create ...
Robot startup series #2: Bob Christopher
Andra Keay
13 Nov 2012
Bob Christopher was CEO of Ugobe, the company that made Pleo, the robot dinosaur, one of the first successful consumer robotics products. Greg Appelhof is the CEO of TRG, a global retail company speci...
Marketing service uses facial recognition tech to estimate gender, age, and visiting frequency
DigInfo TV
12 Nov 2012
NEC has developed a marketing service that utilizes facial recognition technology to estimates the age and gender of customers, and accumulates the data, along with the dates and times that customers ...
European Robotics Week 2012
Wolfgang Heller
10 Nov 2012
The 2nd European Robotics Week will be from 26 November to 2 December 2012 and offers one week of various robotics related activities across Europe for the general public, highlighting growing impor...
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...
Write and play your own sheet music with the Gocen
DigInfo TV
09 Nov 2012
The Gocen is a device which scans and plays handwritten sheet music in real time. It is being developed by a group at the Tokyo Metropolitan University led by Assistant Professor Tetsuaki Baba.
"Firs...
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...
