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05/09/13 — Harvard researchers have created a working prototype of a robotic bee and have been flying prototypes for months. The next step is equipping them with brains. That the bees, which are described as being half the size of a paperclip and weighing less than a tenth of a gram, can fly at all is an engineering marvel in its own right given their minute size. However, the next parts of the project could actually prove to be even bigger challenges. According to a Harvard University press release: "[T]he next steps will involve integrating the parallel work of many different research teams that…
05/02/13 — Developers at Rethink Robotics in Boston have the newest version of the company’s flagship product, the Baxter Research Robot. The humanoid robot was developed for use in colleges and universities, and is designed to work alongside technicians and researchers. Baxter has two seven-axis arms, a 360-degree sonar and a front camera for sensing applications, sensors and direct programming access. Baxter exhibits behavior-based common sense, meaning it is capable of sensing and adapting to its task and surroundings, requiring no complex programming. The research robot can be programmed from scratch based on ROS, the global Robot Operating System standard, according to a spokesperson…
04/23/13 — Researchers from the Department of Advanced Robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology and the Institute of Robotics and IndustrialInformatics (News - Alert) at the Spanish National Research Council/Polytechnical University of Catalonia have developed a robot capable of learning by imitation, and have demonstrated this capability by teaching it to help build an IKEA table. In…
04/18/13 — Mechanical engineers at the University of California, San Diego invented a robot designed to scoot along utility lines, searching for damage and other problems that require repairs. Made of off-the-shelf electronics and plastic parts printed on an inexpensive 3D printer, the SkySweeper prototype could be scaled up for less than…
04/11/13 — A Swiss firm says it intends to construct a robotic rocket plane that will launch satellites into orbit off the back of a modified jetliner. Swiss Space Systems -- S3 -- says its unmanned suborbital shuttle could be traveling to launch height atop an Airbus A300 jetliner by 2017. "S3…
04/04/13 — A dancing robot is nothing new. But at the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers are taking robots and dance to a higher level. Instead of programming a robot to copy an existing dance such as those in the online videos, Amy LaViers, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering,…
03/28/13 — The RTS Lab in Tehran is developing Pars, an aerial rescue robot designed to save potential drowning victims. The ship-based quadcopter that responds instantly when alerted to potential victims in the ocean, locating them with FLIR, and dispensing life preservers directly over them. The first purpose of building the robot…
03/21/13 — Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years. That is the message Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech's KUKA Chair of Robotics in the College of Computing,…
03/13/13 — Roboticists around the world are in the process of reverse engineering the anatomical construction of cheetahs and other cats in an attempt to develop faster and more agile legged robots. The latest project, dubbed the Pneupard, hails from Osaka University. Although still early in development, the new biomimetic platform stands…
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02/27/13 — The New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation or NERVE Center was awarded $135,000 from the President’s Science and Technology Initiatives Fund and put the investment to good use. NERVE Center is the only robotics test site in the Northeast and one of only three in the nation. Boston Herald:…
02/20/13 — For years, researchers around the world have toiled to turn driverless cars from science-fiction to reality. Now a team of Oxford University scientists has created a robotic car, controlled by nothing more than an iPad. Acting just like a plane on auto-pilot, it is designed to take over from humans…
02/14/13 — Rats and mice are often instrumental in testing new drug treatments before they reach the clinical use phase. To create the appropriate conditions to test a drug for depression, though, researchers need to induce a model of depression in the test subject. In order to create a workable model of…
02/07/13 — Aircraft carrier crews are likely to get rather pungent as they perform the hard tasks of assembling, loading and hauling the massive weaponry that gives the U.S. Navy its edge. To make their lives easier, the Navy’s exploring the idea of developing a “robotic semiautonomous swarm on a ship” that…
01/30/13 — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the world’s largest private, not-for-profit oceanographic research institution. Its mission statement says that it is dedicated to research and education to advance understanding of the ocean and its interaction with the Earth system, and to communicating this understanding for the benefit of society. WHOI…
01/24/13 — We all have memories of our favorite librarian. Perhaps it was an older woman or gentleman who helped us with a big research project in high school or college. Or maybe we remember the young, fun librarians who nurtured our reading habits as little kids, recommending picture books and leading…
01/16/13 — In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The investigation may one day substantially impact the many satellites that deliver products Americans rely upon daily, such as weather reports, cell phones…
01/10/13 — Robotic testing machines that can mimic interactions such as finger swipes, taps and pinches – and are essential to developing touch screen controller chips – can cost $80,000. Or more. But TIer Gautham Ramachandran has designed an innovative tester robot that costs less than $1,000. The most impressive detail? It…
01/03/13 — Deception is by no means unique to humans: animals are masters at deceiving other animals (and us), and Ron Arkin's group at Georgia Tech has been teaching robots to learn deception from a pro: the squirrel. Deception can be a difficult thing for robots, because it's dependent on understanding…
12/26/12 — What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be essential for robots designed to interact with humans, so researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have developed a method for…
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