ABB, Nike and a Silicon Valley VC invest $3 million in Grabit

... Grabit, a 2012 SRI International spin-off, secures $3 million in Series A funding from ABB Technology Ventures, Nike and Formation 8, a tech VC in Silicon Valley....

08 October 2013, by Frank Tobe

World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for ‘imperceptible electronics’

Researchers from Asia and Europe have developed the world's lightest and thinnest organic circuits, which in the future could be used in a range of healthcare applications. Lighter than a feather, ...

29 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

iRobot unveils new AVA 500 mobile robot for professionals

New iRobot AVA 500, planned for 2014 delivery, navigates autonomously and can be sent from point A to B using an iPad....

11 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Plug-and-play artificial compound eye for robotic applications

Flies have small brains that would not be able to process high-resolution images such as those that we see with our own eyes. Instead, they've perfected the use of compound eyes, composed of a dense m...

20 May 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Robotic bartender assembles personalized drinks, monitors alcohol consumption, and takes social mixing to a whole new level

You're at a busy bar. You order your personalized cocktail through a smart phone app; a drink dispenser measures out the beverage according to your instructions and a Kuka robotic arm give it a shake ...

16 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Xconomy Forum’s final word about robots and jobs

At the Xconomy Forum held in Palo Alto earlier this week, the focal topic was "Robots Remake the Workplace." It was expected that the jobs issue would permeate the event. Do robots take away jobs? Ins...

12 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

The Twitternet of things? | Digital Trends

Spambots are a vile scourge, but other bots on Twitter could turn out to be enormously helpful. Read more on Digital Trends....

25 March 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Volare robotics challenge, robot helpers for ISS competition by ESA

ESA is organizing the first robotic competition on a mock-up of the International Space Station (ISS). The competition is open for young people from ESA member states who can compete in three age grou...

27 February 2013, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Flying insects and robots

TED just released an excellent talk by Michael Dickinson from the University of Washington about how flies fly....

24 February 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Flying robot performs 2D/3D mapping in the alps

Sensefly just released a fun video of their latest product, eBee, autonomously flying over an alpine landscape near the Matterhorn while performing 2D and 3D mapping....

20 February 2013, by Sabine Hauert

ManyEars: open source framework for sound processing

One of the latest papers in the Journal Autonomous Robots presents ManyEars, an open framework for robot audition....

08 February 2013, by Sabine Hauert

3’600-strong underwater robot sensor network returns 1’000’000th measurement, has scientists craving for more

The Argo project, which has deployed a network of more than 3'600 robots covering all of the world's oceans, has returned it's 1'000'000th measurement....

05 February 2013, by Markus Waibel

Vision sensor capable of detecting moving spots 0.05mm in size across from distance of 2m

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...

26 November 2012, by DigInfo TV

Making a car for blind drivers, by Dennis Hong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2OQxHNVLNY In this recently released TED talk, Dennis Hong from VirginiaTech presents all the recent developments of his RoMeLa Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory...

06 June 2011, by Ioannis K. Erripis

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