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Squirrels and Birds Inspire Researchers to Create Deceptive Robots
December 3, 2012 — Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers have developed robots that are able to deceive each other. The applications could be implemented by the military in the ... > full story -
Robotic Equivalent of a Swiss Army Knife: Reconfigurable Robot a Step Toward Something That Can Become Almost Anything
November 30, 2012 — The device doesn't look like much: a caterpillar-sized assembly of metal rings and strips resembling something you might find buried in a home-workshop drawer. But the technology behind it, and the ... > full story -
Bioinspired Robot Meets Fish: Robotic Fish Research Swims Into New Ethorobotics Waters
November 20, 2012 — New research is illuminating the emerging field of ethorobotics -- the study of bioinspired robots interacting with animal counterparts. They studied how real-time feedback attracted or repelled live ... > full story -
Robotic Explorers May Usher in Lunar 'Water Rush'
November 15, 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 scientist ... > full story -
Using Skills Gleaned from Video Games, High School and College Students Outmatch Medical Residents in Surgical Simulations
November 15, 2012 — What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training? According to a new study the superior hand-eye coordination and hand skills gained from hours of ... > full story -
Robots Enable Scar-Free Hysterectomies for Some Women
November 12, 2012 — The precision and three-dimensional view provided by robots can enable essentially scar-free surgery for some women needing hysterectomies, physicians ... > full story -
Experimental Interplanetary Internet Used to Test Robot from International Space Station
November 8, 2012 — NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully have used an experimental version of interplanetary Internet to control an educational rover from the International Space Station. The experiment ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Puts Human in Rat World: 'Beaming' Technology Transforms Human-Animal Interaction
October 31, 2012 — Using cutting-edge virtual reality technology, researchers have "beamed" a person into a rat facility allowing the rat and human to interact with each other on the same ... > full story -
Smart as a Bird: Flying Rescue Robot Will Autonomously Avoid Obstacles
October 30, 2012 — Researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around ... > full story -
New Soccer Robot Has Human-Like Agility
October 30, 2012 — Computer scientists have developed a new robot whose source code and design plan is publicly accessible. It is intended to facilitate the entry into research on humanoids, in particular, the TeenSize ... > full story
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