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  Robotic Ants Successfully Mimic Real Colony Behavior

  March 29, 2013 — Scientists have successfully replicated the behavior of a colony of ants on the move with the use of miniature ... > full story
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  Swarming Robots Could Be the Servants of the Future

  March 28, 2013 — Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of ... > full story
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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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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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  Highly Effective Communities of Bacteria in the World's Deepest Oceanic Trench

  March 17, 2013 — Deep sea trenches act as hot spots for microbial activity, according to new ... > 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
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  Cloud-Computing Platform for Robots Launched

  March 11, 2013 — Researchers have developed a cloud-computing platform for robots. The platform allows robots connected to the Internet to directly access the powerful computational, storage, and communications ... > full story

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