Robot News

Posted March 1, 2012:

• In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It for You?

Posted February 28, 2012:

• Enhanced Brain-Computer Interface Promises Unparalleled Autonomy for Disabled

Posted February 24, 2012:

• Robot Obeys to Commands and Gestures

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Seven Adult-Sized Humanoid Robots Together for First Time in the U.S.
• Robotic Dinosaurs on the Way for Next-Gen Paleontology

Posted February 17, 2012:

• A Robot Sketches Portraits

Posted February 16, 2012:

• Robot Reconnoiters Uncharted Terrain
• New Robots Can Continuously Map Their Environment With Low-Cost Camera

Posted February 15, 2012:

• In New Mass-Production Technique, Robotic Insects Spring to Life

Posted February 9, 2012:

• To Perform With Less Effort, Practice Beyond Perfection

Posted February 3, 2012:

• To Make a Social Robot, Key Is Satisfying the Human Mind

Posted January 19, 2012:

• Speed Limit for Birds: Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure to Crash
• Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots: New Design Uses Less Energy

Posted January 12, 2012:

• 'Open-Source' Robotic Surgery Platform Going to Top Medical Research Labs

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Leaping Lizards and Dinosaurs Inspire Robot Design

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Sensing the Deep Ocean

Posted December 15, 2011:

• Robotic Therapy May Provide Lasting Gains for Immobilized Stroke Survivors

Posted December 6, 2011:

• New Move to Use Robots for Stroke Rehabilitation

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Robojelly Gets an Upgrade: Underwater Robot Learns to Swim More Like the Real Thing
• Kilobots Are Leaving the Nest: Swarm of Tiny, Collaborative Robots Will Be Made Available to Researchers, Educators, and Enthusiasts

Posted November 21, 2011:

• NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights

Posted November 14, 2011:

• Robot Speeds Up Glass Development

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Mask-Bot: A Robot With a Human Face

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Is That a Robot in Your Suitcase?

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Gecko-Inspired Tank Robot Scales Walls

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Fast High Precision Eye-Surgery Robot Developed

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Robotic Bug Gets Wings, Sheds Light on Evolution of Flight
• Natural Disasters: Networking Robots and Sensor Systems to Help First Responders React More Quickly

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Robotic Telescope Network With Access Via Internet to Be Built
• Goal to Build More Than 30 More KASPARs to Help Children With Autism

Posted October 3, 2011:

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

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Robots Are Coming to Aircraft Assembly
• Self-Steering Automated Tractor Offers More Precision in the Field

Posted September 3, 2011:

• Robots Learn to Handle Objects, Understand New Places

Posted August 17, 2011:

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

Posted August 16, 2011:

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

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Rehab Robots Lend Stroke Patients a Hand

Posted August 9, 2011:

• New Approach to Thyroid Surgery Eliminates Neck Scar

Posted August 2, 2011:

• RIBA-II: The Next Generation Care-Giving Robot

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Bionic Microrobot Mimics the 'Water Strider' and Walks on Water
• It’s Official: Computerized Trading Agents Do Beat Humans in Foreign Exchange Markets

Posted July 25, 2011:

• Researchers Mimic Nature to Create a 'Bio-Inspired Brain' for Robots

Posted July 21, 2011:

• Inside the Innards of a Nuclear Reactor: Tiny Robots May Monitor Underground Pipes for Radioactive Leaks

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Your Brain on Androids

Posted July 8, 2011:

• Robotics: Safety Without Protective Barriers

Posted July 5, 2011:

• New Technology Enables Quick and Scarless Surgery for Stomach Tumors

Posted July 1, 2011:

• Auto-Pilots Need a Birds-Eye View: Pigeons Can Inform Navigation Technology Design
• New Procedure to Eliminate Scarring in Kidney Surgeries

Posted June 29, 2011:

• Scientists Develop Sensitive Skin for Robots: Intelligent Machines Develop 'Self-Awareness'
• Scientists Developing Robotic Hand of the Future

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