TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Analyzing What Robots Tell Us About Human Nature: A Q&A with Will Wright
You don't truly appreciate the complexity of life until you try to reverse engineer and recreate it, he says
Robots Among Us
The future always promised us robots that would walk, talk and think like us. So, where are they?
March 23, 2009
The Coming Merging of Mind and Machine
The accelerating pace of technological progress means that our intelligent creations will soon eclipse us--and that their creations will eventually eclipse them
March 23, 2009
Rise of the Robots--The Future of Artificial Intelligence
By 2050 robot "brains" based on computers that execute 100 trillion instructions per second will start rivaling human intelligence
TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Teenage Robotics Engineers Unleash Their Creations in "Lunacy" Battles [Slide Show]
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
TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Rise of the Machines: RoboGames Gears Up for 2009 [Slide Show]
The world's biggest open robotics competition showcases martial and creative arts, from mechanized kung fu to cyber painting and bartending
TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Can Robots Be Programmed to Learn from Their Own Experiences?
Researchers program robots to see if they can learn a very human trait: common sense
TechnologyMarch 23, 2009
Natural Born Automatons: Next-Gen Robots Take Cues from Biology
How a new generation of robots is taking its inspiration from the natural world (and helping biologists learn more about it)
TechnologyFebruary 11, 2009
Walkabout: Teaching robots to travel on land and sand
TechnologyFebruary 10, 2009
Unveiling the Toys of Tomorrow [Slide Show]
Robots rule the day at Canadian toy fair
TechnologyDecember 26, 2008
Artificial Intelligence: Robots Rule When It Comes to Holiday Shopping
Businesses are beginning to turn to artificially intelligent bots to streamline their warehouses and distribution centers
TechnologyDecember 22, 2008
Slow Internet? Robot sub searches the Mediterranean for severed Internet cables
TechnologyDecember 4, 2008
Who Needs a Doctor When There's a Robot in the House, er, Hospital? [Slide Show]
A Florida trauma center tests the use of a mobile robot to deliver telemedicine
TechnologyAugust 25, 2008
Robot fliers racing to catch the Zephyr
TechnologyApril 30, 2008
Real-Life Iron Man: A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength
An exoskeleton robotic suit may help workers lift heavy loads and patients move damaged and prosthetic limbs
April 15, 2008
Brawn or Brains? Researchers Push the Limits of Legged Robots
Advances in mechanical and software systems give the DARPA-funded BigDog and LittleDog robots a leg up
TechnologyFebruary 21, 2008
No Directions Required--Software Smartens Mobile Robots
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?