‘A team of autonomous flying and ground-based robots have successfully cooperated to search for and locate targets in the streets of an urban warfare training ground in the US. The system could help in search and rescue efforts and military operations – and even has the potential to include humans in the team.
Researchers at the […]
‘A robot sales assistant started work for the first time at a Japanese department store on Saturday morning.
The 130cm high machine is able to guide customers around the store’s supermarket section and carry shopping, according to its manufacturer, Fujitsu.
The first robot employee, dubbed ‘Enon’, will work every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 6pm at […]
‘A Robot developed by the students of the Nigeria-Turkish International College, Abuja has earned for the country a silver medal at the just concluded international computer project competition held in Romania. The Robot which can speak, walk, and share knowledge with people has made the country proud out of the 32 participating countries around the […]
‘SCIENTISTS yesterday unveiled a robotic rover vehicle nicknamed Bridget that will be the centrepiece of the most advanced attempt to find life on Mars.
The 10ft by 6ft, six-wheeled vehicle, called an “autonomous robotic scientist”, will be able to patrol the surface of Mars carrying sophisticated equipment and panoramic cameras, enabling it to operate without the […]
‘For more than 20 years, Paul Saffo has been Silicon Valley’s resident prophet, a tarot card reader of sorts who makes forecasts about technology and business.
As a fellow at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto non-profit research group, Saffo counts Samsung and the Singapore government among his clients. As a consulting professor at […]
‘Deep in the basement of the Stanford University library, hidden among the volumes of Homer and Shakespeare, is Stanford’s fastest reader.
It is a robot, invented in Switzerland, that can scan up to 1,000 pages an hour. It turns the pages itself, and even blows air to separate them when they’re stuck together.
Stanford’s librarian, Michael Keller, […]
‘Technology is being developed that will allow robots to have the same sense of touch as humans.
Today’s robots are only as good as a six-year-old at doing tasks like tying shoelaces as their sense of touch is not good enough.
But a specially-made surface will improve robots’ touch.’
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‘Over the past three years, thousands of American soldiers in Iraq have been horribly injured or killed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The explosives, placed near or buried under roadways and often detonated by remote control, frequently target U.S. military vehicles and convoys—often with deadly success.
Emmanuel G. Collins with a CISCOR robotic vehicle
At Florida State […]
‘Three engineering students went shopping for a toy robot. They bought one that was about a foot high, with wheels under its feet. It moved back and forth in response to commands from a wireless remote control.
They opened the front portion of its face and installed a web camera of the type often connected to […]
‘Lying in his hospital room, on a mattress designed to protect his fragile skin, 13-year-old Achim Nurse poked his bandaged fingers at an orange button on what looked like a souped-up video game console.
Half a second later, in a social studies class discussing the Erie Canal, a 5-foot-tall steel-blue robot raised its hand.
Achim is using […]
‘Lying in his hospital room, on a mattress designed to protect his fragile skin, 13-year-old Achim Nurse poked his bandaged fingers at an orange button on what looked like a souped-up video game console.
Half a second later, in a social studies class discussing the Erie Canal, a 5-foot-tall steel-blue robot raised its hand.
“You have a […]
‘The transformer robot that did more for Citroen than any car has had a winter makeover.
The dancing C4, which has transformed from car to ‘bot on a rooftop rap dance in the past, is now a skate star.
Citroen says its hero has become a speed skater to highlight the handling, braking and agility of the […]