Robot News

• Space Telescopes
  Internet
  Space Exploration
  Software
  Robotics
  NASA
   
  

  Robotic Telescope Network With Access Via Internet to Be Built

  October 11, 2011 — Internauts will be able to connect to 17 telescopes on four continents to share observation time. A world network of robotic telescopes is to be developed as part of a European citizen science ... > full story
• Child Development
  Robotics
  Child Psychology
  Children's Health
  Autism
  Robotics Research
   
  

  Goal to Build More Than 30 More KASPARs to Help Children With Autism

  October 11, 2011 — Researchers in the UK have a goal to build over 30 more KASPAR robots to help children with ... > full story
• Neuroscience
  Brain Injury
  Intelligence
  Psychology
  Robotics Research
  Mice
   

  Robot Brain Implanted in a Rodent: Researcher Implants Robotic Cerebellum to Repair Motor Function

  October 3, 2011 — With new cutting-edge technology aimed at providing amputees with robotic limbs, a researcher has successfully implanted a robotic cerebellum into the skull of a rodent with brain damage, restoring ... > full story
• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Robotics Research
  Engineering
  Civil Engineering
  Construction
   
  

  Robots Are Coming to Aircraft Assembly

  September 19, 2011 — Up to now, aircraft have been put together in huge assembly cells, but to build the necessary facilities is expensive and time-consuming. That is why researchers have come up with a flexible ... > full story
• Robotics Research
  Engineering
  Detectors
  Sustainability
  Geography
  Nanotechnology
   
  

  Self-Steering Automated Tractor Offers More Precision in the Field

  September 19, 2011 — A farmer rising at the crack of dawn to till his fields in a tractor all day? This could soon become a thing of the past. Scientists have now engineered a fully automated, self-steering robotic ... > full story
• Robotics
  Robotics Research
  Artificial Intelligence
  Engineering
  Computer Science
  Vehicles
   
  

  Robots Learn to Handle Objects, Understand New Places

  September 3, 2011 — Infants spend their first few months learning to find their way around and manipulating objects, and they are very flexible about it: Cups can come in different shapes and sizes, but they all have ... > full story
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Satellites
  Space Telescopes
  Space Missions
   
  

  Robotic Refueling Module, Soon to Be Relocated to Permanent Space Station Position

  August 17, 2011 — NASA's groundbreaking Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) will reach a key milestone in September when the International Space Station (ISS) robots transfer the module to its permanent home on space ... > full story
• Robotics Research
  Engineering
  Mining
  Weapons Technology
  Vehicles
  Construction
   
  

  Gemini-Scout Robot Likely to Reach Trapped Miners Ahead of Rescuers

  August 16, 2011 — Robotics engineers have designed the Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Robot, which finds dangers and can provide relief to trapped ... > full story
• Wounds and Healing
  Robotics Research
  Stroke
  Disability
  Fitness
  Stroke Prevention
   

  Rehab Robots Lend Stroke Patients a Hand

  August 10, 2011 — Robot-assisted therapy has measurable benefits for patients with a weaker arm following a ... > full story
• Thyroid Disease
  Hormone Disorders
  Back and Neck Pain
  Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Today's Healthcare
   

  New Approach to Thyroid Surgery Eliminates Neck Scar

  August 9, 2011 — Thyroid nodules affect nearly 13 million Americans and are a result of abnormal cell growth on the gland. Until recently, the only way to remove nodules and rule out cancer was through surgery that ... > full story

Search ScienceDaily