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09/18/12 — Engineers at the Tecnalia Research and Innovation Centre in San Sebastián, Spain will further develop the intelligence of a Japanese humanoid robot to enable the device to work alongside humans in European factories. The robot model, known as Hiro — short for Human Interactive Robot — is made by Kawada…
09/12/12 — Platypus, a robotics company founded by six researchers at the CMU Robotics Institute, has developed a fully autonomous watercraft that they hope to introduce to various uses in environmental monitoring. “It’s a tool to do what you want,” said Balajee Kannan, project scientist at CMU and chief financial officer at Platypus. The…
09/05/12 — Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have developed a swarm of intelligent “coralbots” that will piece together damaged bits of coral, with the goal of regrowing and saving endangered reefs. The robotic swarm approach mimics that of insects like bees that collectively build nests or other large structures. The team is still "training" the…
09/05/12 — Students in Western Australia's Pilbara region are using a popular toy to help equip them with skills to pursue careers in the mining industry. It's a program being welcomed by the industry which is facing an increasing skills shortage. The Principal of Newman Senior High Milanna Heberle says teachers are…
08/29/12 — NICO spends a lot of time looking in the mirror. But it's not mere vanity - Nico is a humanoid robot that can recognise its reflection - a step on the path towards true self-awareness. In fact, Nico can identify almost exactly where its arm is in space based on…
08/27/12 — Sending medical first responders into battle may be getting a little safer thanks to research at the University of Dayton. Researchers are developing robots with facial-recognition capabilities that can be air-dropped into dangerous areas, reducing the danger to humans susceptible to ambush by enemies posing as wounded. "There are a…
08/23/12 — Harvard University researchers have developed a squishy robot that can disguise itself or change its color to stand out from its background. Those features, scientists say, could help surgeons plan complicated operations or aid search and rescue crews after disasters. The soft, silicone-based walking robots, first developed last year by…
08/09/12 — POPSCI—The exhibition floor at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual North American show—the largest expo for both civilian and military unmanned robotic hardware in the country—opened in Las Vegas (August 6-9), and for the rest of the week the unmanned robots took over. When the age of…
08/02/12 — The DARPA Phoenix Program is targeted at developing entirely new systems for servicing and re-purposing the thousands of broken satellites still in geosynchronous orbit (about 22,000 miles above Earth). The program’s success will ultimately solve two major problems: The disruptions caused by failed satellites, which can effect vital communications to…
08/02/12 — There is a revolution occurring in today’s robotics industry. It is no longer only about heavy-duty industrial robots the world is accustomed to seeing. What was once limited to the pages of science fiction is becoming reality, thanks to a host of technological advancements, especially within motion control. Whether it’s…
08/01/12 — Suidobashi Heavy Industry has just introduced the finished version of its heavy-duty robot dream machine at the Wonder Festival in Tokyo. Developers have been working on the robot, Kuratas, since 2010. Kuratas, is 12 feet tall and weighs five tons. The robot is modeled to be a human shaped tank with…
07/10/12 — Cameras with swiveling, nimble robotic heads will be deployed by photographers who work for Getty Images, the official agency of the International Olympics Committee. The robotic heads will be perchedon scaffolding above several of the sporting sites. The photographers themselves will be stationed below with what one Getty photographer described…
06/26/12 — DENSO’s new VS-Series six-axis articulated robots are now available in ISO 5 (class 100) cleanroom versions, in addition to the standard IP40 and optional IP67 dust- and waterproof models. The new VS-Series robots, claim DENSO, offer the world's highest New VS-Series six-axis articulated robot speed and precision in their class,…
06/14/12 — Reuters—This summer, a robotic geologist arrives on Mars to try out a new strategy forsearching for life beyond Earth. Mars Science Laboratory due to land on Mars on Aug. 6 Rather than hunt for microbes like the Viking missions of the 1970s, NASA's Mars ScienceLaboratory, nicknamed Curiosity, will look for…
06/11/12 — Reuters--This summer, a robotic geologist arrives on Mars to try out a new strategy for searching for life beyond Earth. Mars Science Laboratory due to land on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012 Will explore places that could have hosted life Focus on geology of mound of sediment inside crater Rather…
06/01/12 — The Industrial 3D-Eye offered by Eye Vision Technology has been designed for industrial environments. Similar to the “Kinect” sensor, is equipped with more powerful illumination and is put into a robust aluminum metal case. The housing is completely waterproof and the sensor is therefore applicable in all industrial environments. The…
05/24/12 — The lunar rover 'Asimov' due to land on the Moon in 2014, will be the first autonomously navigated rover on the Moon. It's autonomous navigation system is a major technological leap. While the Russian Moon rovers Lunokhod 1 and 2 in the early 70s were fully controlled from Earth, today's…
05/08/12 — TelepresenceRobots.com just launched its website to give businesses, hospitals and schools more information on telepresence robots and to assist them in choosing the best robot to fit their specific needs As the site explains about itself: “Telepresence Robots is a company that prides itself on bringing the latest information about…
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