New study questions benefits of robotic surgery
A new study raises doubts as to whether robotic surgery provides any greater benefits to patients than conventional laparoscopic surgery.
Feb 21st, 2013
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A new study raises doubts as to whether robotic surgery provides any greater benefits to patients than conventional laparoscopic surgery.
Feb 21st, 2013
Read moreScientists from the University of Lincoln and Newcastle University have created a computerised system which allows for autonomous navigation of mobile robots based on the locust's unique visual system.
Feb 21st, 2013
Read moreThis technological prowess was made possible by the development of a "simplified artificial brain" that reproduces certain types of so-called "recurrent" connections observed in the human brain.
Feb 19th, 2013
Read moreThe ability to track wildlife in natural environments while remaining undetected poses many technological challenges. The goal of CSIRO's "robotic stealthy tracking" project, however, is to directly address these challenges.
Feb 19th, 2013
Read moreTaking a different approach to Google's self-driving cars, Oxford University has come up with a new autonomous car, which can drive itself, interact safely with other road users and can use roads efficiently.
Feb 17th, 2013
Read moreAutodesk, Inc., a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, has partnered with The LEGO Group to provide 3D interactive building instructions for LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, a new platform designed to introduce a younger generation to the excitement of building and programming robots.
Feb 17th, 2013
Read moreThe future of robotics may be less Terminator and more gardener.
Feb 17th, 2013
Read moreTe new EU project euRathlon expands on the well-established SAUC-Europe underwater competition with land and airbone contests.
Feb 16th, 2013
Read moreA remote controlled robot that uses dry ice to vacuum up radiation was unveiled by Japanese researchers on Friday, the latest innovation to help the clean-up at Fukushima.
Feb 15th, 2013
Read moreThey can already stand, walk, wriggle under obstacles, and change colors. Now researchers are adding a new skill to the soft robot arsenal: jumping.
Feb 13th, 2013
Read moreThe most advanced robotics test center in the U.S. opens today at UMass Lowell with a robotics demonstration and a report on the state of the industry.
Feb 12th, 2013
Read moreThe first-of-its-kind demonstration was performed during the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) aboard the International Space Station.
Feb 11th, 2013
Read moreSwapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots' confidence and humans' trust.
Feb 11th, 2013
Read moreResearchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions and also to move a robot arm.
Feb 9th, 2013
Read moreThe bionic man featured in a Channel 4 documentary this week may not be a realistic copy of a human - but robots prompt questions about what we want from our most sophisticated machines.
Feb 8th, 2013
Read moreShe's just 5'5" and quiet, but don't let her demure looks fool you - she's a ruthless killer who moves at the speed of light. Meet Tru-D, the newest member of Vancouver General Hospital's (VGH) Housekeeping and Infection Control teams.
Feb 7th, 2013
Read moreThe objective of a new research proposal is to develop chemical marking techniques (artificial pheromone) for information transmittal for a robotic swarm performing cooperative tasking in a fixed formation.
Feb 7th, 2013
Read moreA small, two-wheeled robot has been driven by a male silkmoth to track down the sex pheromone usually given off by a female mate.
Feb 6th, 2013
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