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MIT project envisions custom 3D-printed robots

, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new project led by MIT researchers envisions a future where you can three-dimensionally print your own custom robot at a "Robot Kinkos." These robots could help with household tasks or be great for keeping pets or children busy. And you don't need to be a robotics expert to make your own. A program with templates and task categories would help you design a robot to suit your needs. Read The Full Story

UK researchers work on disease-detecting nano-robot

, Mar 30th 2012 Discuss [5]

Scientists at the UK's Newcastle University and the National Science Foundation in the United States are working on a new kind of robot. Not the kind that will wake you up and present you with the paper and a cup of coffee in the morning, but one that could literally swim around inside your body to get the most in-depth analysis possible when you start to feel sick, or even detect symptoms for serious disease even if you don't feel any different. Read The Full Story

Ohio high schools pit robots in basketball competition

, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Ohio is a very spors-centric state. The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the best college football teams in the country, and even though the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Bengels aren't the best, they have ardent fans and are among the most well-branded spors teams. But when it comes to basketball, Ohio has a deficit. So maybe it's time to stop looking for humans and see if robots can do the job. Read The Full Story

Dr. Fill crossword-solving computer loses to humans

, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [1]

It was a bit of a man versus machine competition at the recent American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in New York City, and this time around, man won. More precisely, 140 humans did better than a computer program designed specifically to solve the mind-bending puzzles. It sped through some, but others, like one where competitors had to spell given words backward, threw it for a loop. Read The Full Story

CaddyTrek robotic golf caddy is awesome technology for a boring product

, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [2]

The CaddyTrek is a pretty cool product. It's designed so that you don't have to carry your golf clubs around an entire 18-hole golf course. Instead, your bag is carried by an autonomous wheeled contraption that can sense your movements from behind and follow you from hole to hole. It is a way to reduce the physical demand of what is already one of the least physically demanding sports out there. Read The Full Story

Mech Warfare Robot Arena project hits Kickstarter

, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [3]

There are a bunch of awesome video games on the market today including games like Battlefield and Mass Effect 3. When the games we haven't seen in a while that was always one of my favorites was the MechWarrior franchise. I keep hoping someone will make a new game in the universe but until then this scale real-life air soft version might be as close as we get. Read The Full Story

Costa Concordia gets search help from robotics

, Mar 12th 2012 Discuss [2]

Italian authorities have confirmed that they will be using robotic equipment for the kind of tasks that it does best - maneuvering through areas that humans can't successfully navigate. And there are, as you might expect, a number of those areas on the capsized cruise liner the Costa Concordia. The mission will be to track down the seven bodies that are still believed to be on the ship. Read The Full Story

Microsoft releases Robotics dev toolkit for Kinect droids

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has released its Robotics Developer Studio 4 (RDS4), helping robot builders integrate Kinect into their DIY hardware, while a reference hardware platform, Eddie, has also been launched. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also announced its ten finalists of the Robotics@Home competition. The RDS4 toolkit includes simulators so that users can create virtual 'bots without any actual hardware to hand, but the real fun starts when you plug a Kinect into a laptop and some servos. Read The Full Story

Navy humanoid robot can put out fires

, Mar 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

A firefighting robot is actually not that new of an idea. When you think about the benefits of building a robot, sticking it into places where humans cannot safely traverse is pretty much the first concept. However, creating a robot that can put out fires and actually walks around like a normal human is something that could be revolutionary. Read The Full Story

DARPA’s Cheetah quadruped robot breaks speed record

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [3]

DARPA has released a video showing its Cheetah quadruped robot running at speeds up to 18mph, which shatters the previous record of 13.1mph set by MIT's Planar Biped robot in 1989. The Cheetah is developed by Boston Dynamics, who won the contract just over a year ago. The company is also responsible for the AlphaDog or LS3 pack mule robot and the Atlas humanoid robot. Read The Full Story

University of Pennsylvania makes robots to play James Bond theme

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have programmed a band of tiny robot quadrotors to play the James Bond theme song. What's the point? The accomplishment is that the scientists managed to prevent the flying robots from crashing into obstacles or each other. Plus, it's pretty darn cool. Read The Full Story

New York scientists prove robotic fish can fit in

, Feb 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

One of the most widely known but not fully understood processes in the animal kingdom is when fish swim together in a pack, or as it's more commonly referred to, a "school." A pair of researchers at New York's Polytechnic Institute decided that building a robotic fish and manipulating the way it moves would allow them to create controlled experiments to figure out why seeing a school of fish is so common. Read The Full Story
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