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Google recently acquired eight high profile start-up robotics companies, providing strong evidence of a strategy to create breakthrough applications for robotics over the next decade. This strategy is most likely to concentrate on manufacturing and logistics.
Jan 8th, 2014
Read moreFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) will be joined by public figures to launch the 2014 season of the FIRST� Robotics Competition (FRC�) with a worldwide Kickoff event originating from Manchester, N.H.
Jan 6th, 2014
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The sticky feet of a climbing, gecko-like robot developed by SFU researchers could be useful in space, international tests show.
Jan 6th, 2014
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The Cubli is a 15 � 15 � 15 cm cube that can jump up and balance on its corner. Reaction wheels mounted on three faces of the cube rotate at high angular velocities and then brake suddenly, causing the Cubli to jump up.
Dec 20th, 2013
Read moreThe trials for the final 2014 event will take place at December 20-21, 2013 and you can watch them live on YouTube.
Dec 20th, 2013
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Mechatronics is an exciting, interdisciplinary field that combines electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials, robotics, and control systems. here is a list of 99 sites that cater o advanced mechatronics students and professionals, as well as those just starting out.
Dec 19th, 2013
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Maintenance and repair work in the aeronautics and construction industries can be both time-consuming and dangerous, which is why an EU project is developing robots that are a cost-effective way to get the job done without exposing workers to potential harm.
Dec 17th, 2013
Read moreCollaborations between robotics specialists and biologists have never been so successful. The former draw their ideas from animal morphology while the latter have found in technology a useful tool for studying nature.
Dec 11th, 2013
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Increasingly small robots that carry out their functions even inside the human body. No, this isn't a sci-fi dream but a close possibility. On one condition: the miniaturization of these devices requires them to acquire the same 'softness' and flexibility as biological tissues.
Dec 5th, 2013
Read more'Twill be nearly the night before Christmas, but at Florida's Homestead-Miami Speedway many a robotic creature will be stirring, while visions of a $2 million prize and international prestige dance in the heads of the machines' creators.
Dec 4th, 2013
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Human interaction with robots is about to get a little more personal. Meet 'Furhat', the face of tomorrow's interactive technology.
Dec 3rd, 2013
Read moreIntelligence is a very difficult concept and, until recently, no one has succeeded in giving it a satisfactory formal definition.
Nov 28th, 2013
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What laws and regulations are needed concerning robotic technology and similar systems? An EU project is finding out.
Nov 26th, 2013
Read moreEU robotics week kicked off yesterday with an aim to draw attention to the various robotics research activities taking shape across Europe. During the course of the coming week the growing importance and influence of robotics systems in a variety of industrial sectors will take centre stage in a series of EU-wide events.
Nov 26th, 2013
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The Robot Safari in London Science Museum will see the world premiere of the underwater robot U-CAT, a highly maneuverable robot turtle, designed to penetrate shipwrecks.
Nov 26th, 2013
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This November, Robot SafariEU at the Science Museum will explore the fascinating world of biomimetic robots. Beginning on Wednesday 27 November 2013 at Lates and continuing over the weekend (30 November to 1 December 2013), visitors can trek through the un-natural habitats of these robots, interacting with creatures that swim, flap, and crawl, in a unique safari experience.
Nov 26th, 2013
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In a European consortium, scientists will develop cost-effective robot systems and applications for assembly. The collaboration between humans and robots will help to combine the cognitive abilities of humans with the strength and repeatability of robots. It will not only increase productivity and relieve workers but also reduce the costs for automation solutions.
Nov 25th, 2013
Read moreUp, up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . jellyfish? That's what researchers have built - a small vehicle whose flying motion resembles the movements of those boneless, pulsating, water-dwelling creatures. The work, which will be presented at the APS's DFD meeting on November 24, demonstrates a new method of flight that could transport miniaturized future robots for surveillance, search-and-rescue, and monitoring of the atmosphere and traffic.
Nov 24th, 2013
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