This robot has a skill that was once reserved only for humans
The Simon robot running CADENCE. See Also Robots are becoming more capable of performing tasks like humans — we're even sending them to assist astronauts in space — but when it comes to speaking like...
View ArticleMake a customised walking robot in a jiffy
New York, Nov 10 (IANS) A new design tool developed by Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University will help even a novice design and build a customised walking robot using a 3D printer. The user...
View ArticleCan robots come to your rescue in a burning building? (USC - University of...
(Source: USC - University of Southern California) Imagine that people trapped on the top floor of a burning skyscraper as firefighters scramble to rescue them with temperatures in the structure...
View ArticleDon't fear the robots: Artificial intelligence software is already all around us
Mention artificial intelligence and the image that most quickly springs to mind is an anthropomorphic automaton, a robot. It's a recurring metaphor that peaks at times of torrid technological change...
View ArticleMerck Hosts Hall of Fame of German Research for the First Time (Merck KGaA)
(Source: Merck KGaA) 036b9fa9-7fea-4fc2-8b2b-7b94777c8107.pdf News Release Your Contact Gangolf Schrimpf +49 6151 72-9591 November 4, 2015 Merck Hosts Hall of Fame of German Research for the First Time...
View ArticleMutant fruit flies hold mirror up to humanity
Of all the creatures great and small upon this earth, who would have thought, on first sight, that we humans are close relations to the fruit fly. The. Fruit. Fly. We don't even look the same. We don't...
View ArticleLook at This Robot Stumbling Around Like a Child
Humanity is rapidly approaching an era where automation and artificial intelligence may take over labor, rendering the workforce obsolete and sparking an economic and psychological crisis: How do I...
View ArticleRead My Lips: Truly Empathic Robots Will Be A Long Time Coming
The Japanese robot Pepper, made by Aldebaran Robotics, has sparked interest regarding the potential of robots to become companions. According to its makers, Pepper can recognise emotions from your...
View ArticleWhy the 'cute robots' don't work for Rodney Brooks
Rodney Brooks is a roboticist who despises cute, seal pup-eyed "companion robots". "Robots should work!" he shouts during an otherwise calm interview in the Boston headquarters of Rethink Robotics, the...
View ArticleToyota will invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and robotics
2016 Toyota Mirai Toyota says it will spend $1 billion to build a new research institute dedicated to two things that will improve its cars: artificial intelligence, and robotics. The new...
View Article'Superhero' microbiome bacteria protect against deadly symptoms during...
(Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies) LA JOLLA-As concerns over deadly antibiotic-resistant strains of 'superbug' bacteria grow, scientists at the Salk Institute are offering a possible...
View ArticleThis futuristic robot dog will be able to go where humans can't
Scientists in Zurich are developing a robot to be used in disaster areas that are too dangerous for humans. HyQ is a quadruped robot that resembles a...
View ArticleRussian Plane 'May Well Have Been Brought Down By An Explosive Device
' There are 15,000 Brits in Sharm El-Sheikh who may have to be evacuated after disaster over Sinai which killed 224 people By Isabelle Fraser, with Raf Sanchez, Magdy Samaan, and Roland Oliphant...
View ArticleWatch: Will robots wipe out humanity one day?
Robotics is in constant development and scientists, engineers are constantly developing robots for the future. With Apple’s...
View ArticleRobot builder created for construction sites
Zurich-based architects and roboticists have created an autonomous construction robot capable of laying bricks into pre-programmed structures. Designers at the Swiss National Centre of Competence in...
View ArticleRamp Up Action to Ban Killer Robots (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) The second Convention on Conventional Weapons informal meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems at the UN in Geneva in April 2015. © 2015 United...
View ArticleUC San Diego Launches Robotics Institute (UCSD - University of California -...
(Source: UCSD - University of California - San Diego) Ph.D. students Benjamin Shih and Dylan Drotman monitor a computer while Ph.D. student Adriane Minori gets ready to remove a 3D-printed object from...
View ArticleHumans can feel empathy for robots in pain
A team of Japanese researchers has found the first neurophysiological evidence of humans' ability to empathise with robots in perceived pain, highlighting the difference in human empathy toward other...
View ArticleWorld first: Robot to copy human movements on stage in showcase of leading...
(Source: University of the West of England) Issue date: 06 November 2015 Link to video of Dr Paul Bremner demonstrating the technology A robot will replicate the movements of its human operator in a...
View Article‘Only movies build bad robots’: Google makes machine-learning software...
Google will make its machine-learning software TensorFlow available to the public as it hopes to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence, it said this week. Machine learning is the core...
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