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Turning four toy helis into one quadcopter | DIY Drones
Andra Keay
04 Dec 2012
From Hackaday: There’s a reason we’ve seen a menagerie of quadcopters over the past few years – the key piece of any quadcopter build is an inertial measuremen…...Se...
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife | MIT News Office
Andra Keay
04 Dec 2012
Reconfigurable robot a step toward something that can become almost anything.See on web.mit.edu...
ABB Robotics – Dancing with robots
Andra Keay
04 Dec 2012
ABB's industrial robots enjoy the pleasure of contemporary dance in the modern dance performance "Human Interface". The movement of the robots were programme...See on www.youtube.com...
Helen Greiner’s CyPhy Works startup finally out of stealth mode | Boston Globe
Markus Waibel
04 Dec 2012
Three years after it was founded, Danvers-based CyPhy Works is finally showing off what has been working on this week, unveiling two hovering drones designed for indoor and outdoor operations....
MIT researchers take inspiration from protein folding to create small robot | The Verge
Sabine Hauert
04 Dec 2012
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a series of tiny, motorized robots that they think could lead to shape-shifting machines that change their structure to meet the...
Asparagus to be harvested by robotic vision system | Farming & Agriculture blog
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
“Until now, the level of automation in asparagus harvesting has been negligible due to the absence of cost-effective technology. But harvesting the products manually can lead to losses of ...
SparkFun National Tour KickStarter campaign
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
“In today’s global climate, education in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) initiatives is more important than ever. The goal of the SparkFun National ...
Former Z Corp. chief executive joins Harvest Automation | Boston.com
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
Harvest Automation, the company building rugged robots that work in commercial nurseries, has recruited a new chief executive from the 3-D printing industry. John Kawola, who'd served as the head of Z...
Slate blog features robot videos | Slate
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
Every Friday, Future Tense rounds up the best robot videos of the week. Seen a great robot video? Tweet it to @FutureTenseNow, or email us. This week, robots get classical, cruise around und...
Willow Garage scientists who make robots to help disabled people | Mercury News
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
“Their project is called the Robots for Humanity. And, says Romania-born Ciocarlie, ‘with PR2, we hope to use mobile manipulation to help people with disabilities regain a sense of indepen...
MIT spin-off Robot Rebuilt working on sensitive robotic hands | Gizmag
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
An MIT spin-off called Robot Rebuilt wants to build robot hands with human-like sensitivity.See on www.gizmag.com...
An exclusive look inside Israel’s drones | CNNMoney
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
CNNMoney visits Israel's biggest defense manufacturer and gets special access to the drones of today and the future.See on money.cnn.com...
The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife | MIT News Office
John Payne
03 Dec 2012
“The little device is called a milli-motein — a name melding its millimeter-sized components and a motorized design inspired by proteins, which naturally fold themselves into incredibly co...
Do robots rule the galaxy? | Discovery News, by Ray Villard
John Payne
02 Dec 2012
“…the rulers of our galaxy may have brains made of the semiconductor materials silicon, germanium and gallium. In other words, they are artificially intelligent machines that have no use ...
Future of farming geared for efficient robotic workers | Design News, by Cabe Atwell
John Payne
29 Nov 2012
“One way to achieve increased efficiency is to employ robotic farmers and automated tools, which never get tired. Not to mention bots achieve a level of precision that can’t be matched by ...
Kinect 3D camera used to create realtime water simulation
John Payne
28 Nov 2012
In this amazing video you see a sandbox equipped with a Kinect 3D camera and a projector used to create a real-time colored topographic map with contour line...See on www.youtube.com...
CMU’s robot crew for aircraft maintenance | Gizmag
Andra Keay
27 Nov 2012
Researchers have developed a team of robots to autonomously strip paint and other exterior coatings from military aircraft using a continuous wave laser.See on www.gizmag.com...
Robotswim, specialist in designing mini autonomous robot fish
Andra Keay
27 Nov 2012
Robotswim, specialist in designing mini autonomous robot fish.See on www.robotswim.com...
Google’s driver-less car and morality
Andra Keay
27 Nov 2012
Within two or three decades the difference between automated driving and human driving will be so great you may not be legally allowed to drive your own car, and even if you are allowed, it would immo...
iPad robot app from IEEE Spectrum
Andra Keay
27 Nov 2012
IEEE Spectrum is proud to unveil Robots for iPad, a fun and engaging app featuring the world’s coolest robots...See on spectrum.ieee.org...
Robot allowed to prune French vines | Singularity Hub
John Payne
27 Nov 2012
Now that Wall-Ye V.I.N. has been built we can rest assured that there are no jobs too sacred to be handed over to the automated expertise of robots.See on singularityhub.com...
Robot uprising risk to be studied | BBC
Markus Waibel
26 Nov 2012
The fear of a robot uprising, machines taking over the planet, an artificial intelligence waging war on humans is a recurring theme in popular culture such as the "Terminator" series pictured above.
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Syfy about to unleash the Robot Combat League | EW.com
John Payne
26 Nov 2012
“Ready for the next generation of robot combat? Syfy has greenlit and shot the first season of a new show where eight-foot-tall state-of-the-art humanoid robots will rock ‘em and sock &lsq...
HiBot ACM-R5 at home in the water
John Payne
26 Nov 2012
This snake robot, from the Japanese company HiBot, may be a little clumsy on solid ground, but, once in motion underwater, it glides gracefully, moving very much like living snakes. Gizmodo expresses ...
Stanford holding second conference on robotics and the law | CIS blog
Sabine Hauert
22 Nov 2012
The program committee of We Robot: Getting Down To Business invites submissions from legal scholars and roboticists to the second annual conference on robotics and the law, scheduled to take place Apr...
A leap forward for prosthetic systems | Stanford School of Engineering
Andra Keay
21 Nov 2012
Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people maneuver computer cursors with their thoughts. The al...
Mars rover makes discovery | NPR
Andra Keay
21 Nov 2012
Data from a soil sample on Mars have NASA scientists buzzing with excitement over a finding that could be "one for the history books." But they're not spilling the beans about their discovery just yet...
Juggle – with a robot! | The Disney Blog
Markus Waibel
21 Nov 2012
Disney Research has developed a robot you can juggle with!
Entertainment robots in theme park environments typically do not allow for physical interaction and contact with guests. However, catching a...
Pterodactyl UAS: China’s Predator clone mobile GCS | The Aviationist
Ioannis K. Erripis
20 Nov 2012
Among the highlights of the recent Zhuhai Airshow, taking place from Nov. 13 to 18, there was China’s clone of the U.S. MQ-1 Predator drone called the Wing Loong (Pterodactyl). See on theav...
Best robot photos of the week | robots.net
Andra Keay
20 Nov 2012
Each week on Robots.net see the best photos of real robots, robot competitions, robot being used in research and STEM education projects, robot art of all kinds, movie robot replica projects, vintage ...
This burger was made entirely by a robot
Andra Keay
20 Nov 2012
You know that awkward moment when you realize a robot might be making your burgers in the future?See on www.huffingtonpost.com...
3D Robotics’ Chris Anderson discusses a drone-filled future (video)
Andra Keay
20 Nov 2012
3D Robotics operates out of San Diego and just over the border in Tijuana, where the majority of the company's manufacturing occurs, successful enough to lead Anderson to jump ship from his longtime g...
Of parents, puppies and robots
Andra Keay
20 Nov 2012
Methods of assessing the cost and benefits of children often fail to acknowledge the broader benefits that they bring society, particularly in caring for older generations, an economist writes. ...
HEARBO Robot by Honda localizes and recognizes sounds | Automaton
Sabine Hauert
20 Nov 2012
Honda Research Institute creates HEARBO (HEAR-ing roBOT), a robot capable of localizing, separating, and recognizing sound sources. This allows the robot to focus on important sound sources, su...
Drone variant of F-16 deploying to Tyndall AFB | WJHG
John Payne
19 Nov 2012
“The latest weapon in the military’s arsenal will arrive in Panama City on Monday. The first of six QF-16’s, an unmanned version of the F-16 Falcon fighter jet, will land at Ty...
Robotic explorers may usher in lunar ‘water rush’ | NASA
John Payne
19 Nov 2012
“The American space program stands at the cusp of a ‘water rush’ to the moon by several companies developing robotic prospectors for launch in the near future, according to a NASA sc...
