‘Inspired by biological systems, scientists have developed miniature robots that can self-assemble using parts that float randomly in their environments. The robots also know when something is amiss and can correct their own mistakes.
Scientists have long been fascinated by how living cells are able to replicate DNA using building blocks floating randomly inside the cell’s […]
‘It won’t be long before automated DNA test contribute to providing more knowledge about the up to now nearly unknown sexually transmitted mycoplasma - truly more widespread than chlamydia. Mycoplasma is a bacterial infection of the genitals.
More effective and comprehensive testing of target groups could reveal more about the as yet little studied sexually transmitted […]
‘Faced with a growing number of medical students and few training hospitals, a Mexican university is turning to robotic patients to better train future doctors.
On Monday, Mexico City’s UNAM University opened the world’s largest “robotic hospital” where medical students practice on everything from delivering a baby from a robotic dummy to injecting the arm of […]
‘— Tomy Co said Tuesday it will start taking orders from Wednesday for its English-speaking robot in the shape of a bear. The 22 centimeter-tall robot, named Chatty Tom, is equipped with a high-quality central processing unit and can detect English sounds and answer back in English, according to the toymaker.’
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‘Fanuc Robotics America Inc is going to introduce its latest M-6iB/6S Solution Arm during the 2005 International Robots and Vision Show, which will be held on September 27 to 29 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois, USA.
The Solution Arm is a new product from the company’s M-6iB/6S robot series, offering a new […]
‘Legends of buried treasure, pirates and fortune hunters have always surrounded Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island, but now it seems that the tall tales may actually prove true.
Last Wednesday a team from Wagner Technologies announced to the world that they had discovered 800 metric tons of gold, silver, and jewels on Robinson Crusoe Island, one of […]
‘Wanted by the Pentagon: A muscular, outdoorsy specimen. Must be intelligent and, above all, self-driven. When 20 hulking robotic vehicles face off next month in a rugged race across the Nevada desert, the winning machine (if any crosses the finish line) will blend the latest technological bling and the most smarts.
The military sponsors the race […]
‘Robotic scoopers and diggers will have their chance to plough through some simulated Moon dirt for cash in a new NASA challenge.
Robots will go head-to-head in 2006 or 2007 to see who can move the most lunar dirt out of a sandbox and into a bin. The winning team will pocket $250,000.
The contest, called the […]
‘Two female university students held sway in a robot battle, a game that has been dominated by male participants.
Kwangwoon University students Kim Jin, 23, an information and control engineering student, and Kim Eun-hye, 20, an engineering student, were the only female participants at Robo-One Week Competition held on Aug. 5-7 at COEX, southern Seoul.
Robo-One, which […]
‘The War of the Machines imagined in many a dystopian fiction came a little closer on Tuesday at the government’s 10th annual meeting of science and technology ministers. The meeting decided to promote R&D cooperation between the Defense Ministry and Ministry of Information and Communication to develop a “dog/horse” military robot.
The robot would be given […]
‘The first solar-powered underwater vehicles are making waves.
The robotic devices — each two meters (6.5 feet) long and one meter (three feet) wide — are part of a network of instruments that could improve how scientists monitor and observe chemical and biological trends in lakes, rivers and waterways.
They could even play a role in maintaining […]
‘USF’s Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) has been using two kinds of compact, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to explore the devastation on site in both New Orleans and Mississippi.
The UAVs, which returned the morning of Sept. 9, were deployed on Aug. 30 to the French Quarter in New Orleans, but destroyed routes forced […]
‘Short battery life has been a drawback of robotic vacuum cleaners, but LG’s Roboking cleaner has battery life that is up to eight times longer than previous models. Its suction power is up to ten times stronger as well.
‘Today, people need more efficient, reliable and convenient consumer electronics. At LG, we are committed to delivering […]
‘Technology has always played an important role in the success of the U.S. military, and the introduction of the multi-function agile radio-controlled robot, “MARCBOT,” is one piece of technology helping in the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq.
The MARCBOT is a system developed by the Defense Department’s Rapid Equipping Force in conjunction with Exponent. […]
‘Meet Pearl the Nursebot. “She” is being shown in Denmark’s INDEX (yes, all in caps) design show, the result of an interdisciplinary team of researchers and designers at Carnegie-Mellon. From a techie robotics standpoint, Pearl is no great shakes. The real research going on here is in the field of “social robotics” - seeing just […]