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Willow Garage offers free robots to researchers

Imagine if every time someone wanted to develop a new piece of software, they first had to design and build a computer to run it.
Not only would this greatly add to the time and expense required for software development, but it would also mean that all of us consumers would have [...]

REX – robotic beast of burden hits the market

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The military potential of robotics has long been one of the primary driving forces in the funding of research and development in the field. Aerial UAVs transformed armed conflict so dramatically that a new wave of robotic military capabilities are being readied for the battlefield in the hope of providing a similar competitive [...]

Is My Robot Happy To See Me?

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People are social creatures. Robots … not so much. When we think of robots, we think of cold, metallic computers without emotion. If science fiction has taught us anything, though, it’s that we crave emotion, even in our robots – think C-3PO or Star Trek’s Data. So it stands to reason that if [...]

Older Adults Want Robots That Do More Than Vacuum, Researchers Find

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Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot “perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction between the robot and the human.”
The findings will be presented at the upcoming HFES 53rd Annual Meeting, Grand [...]

Swimming Robot Makes Waves At Bath

Researchers at the University of Bath have used nature for inspiration in designing a new type of swimming robot which could bring a breakthrough in submersible technology.
Conventional submarine robots are powered by propellers that are heavy, inefficient and can get tangled in weeds.
In contrast ‘Gymnobot’, created by researchers from the Ocean Technologies Lab in the [...]