Robots must learn to say 'no' for your own safety
Matthias Scheutz, a Tufts University professor in the school of engineering, is teaching robots to say 'no.' It's a slightly difficult concept to wrap your head around. At a time of deep concern over...
View ArticleToyota ambitious for its ‘partner robot’ business
Toyota Motor Corp is harboring big ambitions to become a significant player in the growing market for robots that help the elderly and other people get around in everyday life. The company believes it...
View ArticleZero to Expert in Eight Hours: These Robots Can Learn For Themselves
A yellow robotic arm pauses over a pile of metal cylinders, snaps a photo, then proceeds to confidently pick pieces out of the jumble. What’s impressive is that just eight hours ago, its bin-picking...
View ArticleRobotics Market Forecasts: Consumer Robots, Enterprise Robots, Industrial...
LONDON, Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The global robotics industry is at a critical turning point, at which new and upcoming non-industrial markets like autonomous vehicles, consumer robots, enterprise...
View ArticleRobot to help guide lost passengers at airport
London: A new stately looking robot with a friendly but unstirring 'face' has been developed to help lost passengers find their way around a busy airport. The robot will be tested over the course of...
View ArticleThe DNA dilemma: Opposition mounts to genetic modification of human embryos
A group of scientists and activists have called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued ahead of a major international meeting in Washington to...
View ArticleCan robots be creative and use their imagination?
Rachel David overhears 2 scientists and 2 artists discuss about creativity and robots DAVID COPE Composer, author and professor emeritus of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz I define...
View ArticleUW roboticists learn to teach robots from babies (University of Washington)
(Source: University of Washington) December 1, 2015 Babies learn about the world by exploring how their bodies move in space, grabbing toys, pushing things off tables and by watching and imitating what...
View ArticleNZ-German joint project wins recognition (New Zealand Government)
(Source: New Zealand Government) A pioneering Kiwi-German artificial limb project has been recognised by Europe's largest applied research institution, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce...
View ArticleGerman as an Additional Foreign Language (Ministry of Human Resource...
(Source: Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Republic of India) Students from classes VI to VIII of Kendriya Vidyalayas desirous of learning German language are allowed to study it as an...
View ArticleFraunhofer and the University of Auckland to co-develop a bionic elbow joint...
(Source: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft) The exoskeleton that the researchers aim to develop in the course of this project will be able to analyze and support movements of the elbow. To do so, this arm...
View ArticleBetter science can now show how humans are making extreme weather worse
Political squabbles over global warming don’t extend to scientists, who are forming an increasingly clear picture of how climate change is contributing to...
View ArticleWalk-Man humanoid robot could be future of dangerous work
In a world designed to accommodate the shape of the human body, anthropomorphic robots could have advantages over wheeled and animal-shaped robots that could help them integrate into society more...
View ArticleReview: "Robot Overlords" is more than just a great title
“Robot Overlords” is such a great title for a science-fiction/adventure movie it is astounding it has not been used more often. It tells you pretty much everything you need to know right from the...
View ArticleBTN LiveBIG: Maryland scientists build brainy bots (Big Ten Network)
(Source: Big Ten Network) In science fiction, the presence of machines that can learn and adapt like their human creators generally indicates something bad is going to happen. Think of Skynet from the...
View ArticleNo teacher lets them suffer: inside the German schools taking in refugees
With 325,000 refugee children expected to enter German schools, teachers face unprecedented challenges. But they are determined to support new arrivals...
View ArticleRobot to help guide lost passengers at airport
London: A new stately looking robot with a friendly but unstirring 'face' has been developed to help lost passengers find their way around a busy airport. The robot will be tested over the course of...
View ArticleFuture of human gene editing to be decided at landmark summit
Now that the ability to selectively insert or remove genes from DNA is widespread, a ‘global discussion’ is being convened to agree fresh safeguards...
View ArticleMeet Walk-Man, The Emergency Response Robot
This is Walk-Man - he's a robot designed to fit in a world built for humans. Walk-Man can operate tools and interact with his environment in the same way that a person does. He was built by roboticists...
View ArticleHow Nazi scientists and their wind tunnels ended up in the Washington suburbs
WASHINGTON — What is it? Hanging from the seven-story dome of the largest indoor atrium in federal government hands, the newly installed sculpture is sleek yet weighty, covered in polished metal but...
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