Research on brain-computer interface will be presented at the International Human-Centered Robotics Symposium, and UC's work to pioneer a human-centered robotics curriculum will be discussed.
Nov 14th, 2013
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Worried that machines will someday control the human race? If so, relax.
Nov 14th, 2013
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Members of the public would prefer to look at human hands or robotic hands rather than prosthetic hands which they view as eerie, a new study has shown.
Nov 14th, 2013
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NEC Corp. said Monday it will start a new service that will allow family members living apart to watch over each other utilizing a small robot and cloud computing technology.
Nov 13th, 2013
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New experiments offer insight into how insects fly and how to design tiny flying robots
Nov 12th, 2013
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Engineering has always taken cues from biology. Natural organisms and systems have done well at evolving to perform tasks and achieve objectives within the limits set by nature and physics.
Nov 12th, 2013
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A new device capable of pumping human waste into the "engine room" of a self-sustaining robot has been created by a group of researchers from Bristol.
Nov 8th, 2013
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Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs. This capability promises to dramatically improve the mobility of lower-limb amputees, allowing them to negotiate stairs and slopes and uneven ground, significantly reducing their risk of falling as well as reducing stress on the rest of their bodies.
Nov 7th, 2013
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Cornell University engineers have taught a robot to work in a mock-supermarket checkout line, modifying a Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics in Boston to 'coactively learn' from humans and make adjustments while an action is in progress.
Nov 5th, 2013
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Recent studies from two research teams at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University demonstrate how underwater robots can be used to understand and influence the complex swimming behaviors of schooling fish.
Oct 31st, 2013
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In response to industry's growing need for engineers with the specialized skills and expertise to design and deploy advanced robotics systems, The Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering now offers a Master of Science in Engineering in Robotics (MSE Robotics) degree program.
Oct 31st, 2013
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Gimball bumps into and ricochets off of obstacles, rather than avoiding them. This 34-cm in diameter spherical flying robot buzzes around the most unpredictable, chaotic environments, without the need for fragile detection sensors.
Oct 30th, 2013
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Scientists at The University of Queensland have discovered how the honeybee can land anywhere with utmost precision and grace - and the knowledge may soon help build incredible robot aircraft.
Oct 29th, 2013
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Providing surgical robots with a new kind of machine intelligence that significantly extends their capabilities and makes them much easier and more intuitive for surgeons to operate is the goal of a major new grant announced as part of the National Robotics Initiative.
Oct 26th, 2013
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Cornell engineers are helping humans and robots work together to find the best way to do a job, an approach called 'coactive learning'.
Oct 24th, 2013
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The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NASA, announced new investments totaling approximately $38 million for the development and use of robots that cooperatively work with people to enhance individual human capabilities, performance and safety.
Oct 24th, 2013
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Jellyfish are one of the most energetically efficient natural propulsors on the planet, according to Shashank Priya, professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech. He led a study highlighting the motion of the jellyfish.
Oct 17th, 2013
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Teaching two-legged robots a stable, robust 'human' way of walking - this is the goal of the international research project KoroiBot with scientists from seven institutions from Germany, France, Israel, Italy and the Netherlands.
Oct 17th, 2013
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