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Large Robotic Jellyfish Could One Day Patrol Oceans
March 28, 2013 Researchers have unveiled Cyro, a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 ... > full story -
Terradynamics: Technique Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Surfaces
March 21, 2013 Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots -- and potentially also animals -- move on and ... > full story -
Robot-Delivered Speech and Physical Therapy a Success
March 20, 2013 In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers saw notable speech and physical therapy gains and significant ... > full story -
Humanoid Robot Helps Teach Children With Autism
March 20, 2013 An interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers and autism experts have developed an adaptive robotic system and used it to demonstrate that humanoid robots can be powerful tools for enhancing the ... > full story -
From Complex Living Systems to Smarter Computers
March 19, 2013 Compared to human-made technology, living organisms have an enviable ability to adjust to new situations, make complex decisions, and even to heal themselves when damaged. By contrast, technological ... > full story -
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Face of the Future Rears Its Head: Digital Talking Head Expresses Human Emotions on Demand
March 19, 2013 Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with "unprecedented realism" and could herald a new era of human-computer ... > full story -
Swarm Intelligence: New Collective Properties of Swarm Dynamics Uncovered
March 15, 2013 A new study of animal swarms uncovers some new features of their collective behavior when overcrowding sets in. Swarming is the spontaneous organized motion of a large number of individuals. It is ... > full story -
Predictive Analysis: New Generation of Computational Intelligence Systems
March 13, 2013 Large parts of our lives are now being monitored and analysed by computers. Log on to Amazon and intelligent data analysis software can recommend a selection of books you might like to read. Far from ... > full story -
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Robots to Get Stroke Patients Back on Their Feet
March 11, 2013 Strokes are the most common cause of physical disability among the elderly. This often result in paralysis of one side of the body, and many patients suffer much reduced physical mobility and are ... > full story -
Cricket-Hair Sensor Used in Bio-Inspired Technology
March 11, 2013 Crickets use sensitive hairs on their cerci (projections on the abdomen) to detect predators. For these insects, air currents carry information about the location of nearby predators and the ... > full story
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