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The future always promised us robots that would walk, talk and think like us. So, where are they?
March 23, 2009 |
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How the neew generation of robots is taking its inspiration from the natural world (and helping biologists learn more about it)
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Researchers program robots to see if they can learn a very human trait: common sense
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You don't truly appreciate the complexity of life, until you try to reverse engine and recreate it, Wright says
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The world's biggest open robotics competition showcases martial and creative arts, from mechanized kung fu to cyber painting and bartending
For humans, shifting from a boardwalk to the beach requires but a minor adjustment to one's gait. But for a bot, a stroll along the beach—or in the desert—is no walk in the park.
Businesses are beginning to turn to artificially intelligent bots to streamline their warehouses and distribution centers
A Florida trauma center tests the use of a mobile robot to deliver telemedicine
France Telecom Marine deployed its "Hector" remote-control submarine to find the ends of its two Internet-enabling cables and bring them to the surface, where they could be repaired
Advances in mechanical and software systems give the DARPA-funded BigDog and LittleDog robots a leg up
The Pentagon's hope of having a squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) capable of staying in the air and performing surveillance for years rather than hours has taken a small step forward
DARPA initiative to develop self-navigating robots introduces a world of potential for the development of autonomous vehicles, but will the government take advantage of its research or let it wither on the vine?
Robots rule the day at Canadian toy fair
With the national championship robotics competition less than a month away, 66 teams of young engineers have their bots throw down in New York City
By 2050 robot "brains" based on computers that execute 100 trillion instructions per second will start rivaling human intelligence
The accelerating pace of technological progress means that our intelligent creations will soon eclipse us--and that their creations will eventually eclipse them
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