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The U.S. Defense Department has issued a new directive on the use of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems, an attempt to regulate a technology that officials say could be years from becoming reality.
Dec 4th, 2012
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Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed robots that are able to deceive each other.
Dec 3rd, 2012
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The device doesn't look like much: a caterpillar-sized assembly of metal rings and strips resembling something you might find buried in a home-workshop drawer. But the technology behind it, and the long-range possibilities it represents, are quite remarkable.
Nov 30th, 2012
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Whirligig beetles are named for their whirling movement on top of water, moving rapidly in and taking off into flight. While many may have found the movements curious, scientists have puzzled over the apparatus behind their energy efficiency - until now, thanks to a study.
Nov 30th, 2012
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A future where robots are as common as cars - and cheaper - is on the way. This is according to Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro, named one of the top 100 geniuses alive in the world today, who has devoted himself to creating robots so humanlike it's hard to tell the difference.
Nov 29th, 2012
Read moreThe EcoBotIII feeds off and is powered by sewage from Saltford sewage treatment works, near Bristol, and can move and operate its onboard mechanisms unaided.
Nov 29th, 2012
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Dentsu announced that the humanoid communication robot being developed under the KIBO ROBOT PROJECT is expected to be completed in February 2013. In the summer of the same year, it will be sent to the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo' in the International Space Station.
Nov 29th, 2012
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The fifth China Arctic research expedition trip has witnessed the first field test of robotic fish in Polar Regions ever in the history of China.
Nov 29th, 2012
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The world's first implantable robotic arm controlled by thoughts is being developed by Chalmers researcher Max Ortiz Catalan. The first operations on patients will take place this winter.
Nov 28th, 2012
Read moreGalileo Group, Inc., announced today that it has completed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions supporting a NASA sponsored project to map sea grass beds and coral reefs in the Florida keys.
Nov 28th, 2012
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You move, he moves. You smile, he smiles. You get angry, he gets angry. "He" is the avator you chose. Faceshift, from EPFL's Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory, now offers a software program that could save time for the designers of animation or video games.
Nov 28th, 2012
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Are you into robots? Do you like finding out what types of robots are roaming around the world - and sometimes in space - and seeing how they work? If so, you're in luck because now there's an app for that.
Nov 27th, 2012
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Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) of Johnstown, Pa., are working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Ogden Air Logistics Center 309 AMXG to develop and demonstrate a robotic system that uses high-powered lasers to remove coatings from fighter and cargo aircraft.
Nov 26th, 2012
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A fully actuated and independant 3DOF fin actuation system is the main speciality of this underwater robot. This actuation system allows efficient as well as agile movements.
Nov 26th, 2012
Read moreUsing a theme park type animatronic humanoid robot, Disney Research developed a test bed for a throwing and catching game scenario.
Nov 23rd, 2012
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BFS-Auto can achieve high-speed and high-definition book digitization at over 250 pages/min using the original media format. This performance is realized by three key points: high-speed fully-automated page flipping, real-time 3D recognition of the flipped pages, and high-accuracy restoration to a flat document image.
Nov 23rd, 2012
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QBotix, a company bringing the power of robotics to solar energy, developed the QBotix Tracking System, a comprehensive dual-axis tracking system that employs rugged, intelligent and mobile robots to dynamically operate solar power plants and maximize energy output.
Nov 23rd, 2012
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Georgia Tech's networked robots coordinate their movements to play music on a simulated piano.
Nov 22nd, 2012
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