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HyQ – the four-legged robot for disaster zones
As Italy is slowly recovering from a series of deadly earthquakes, researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology of Genoa are developing a new generation of robots to work in disaster zones. The key to the four-legged robot, called...
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Lisbon hosts Web Summit
More than 50.000 people converged on the Web Summit in Lisbon, Europe’s largest technology conference. The perfect venue for start-ups and investors to meet, it featured a wide array of novelties including assistance robot WiiGO....
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Coming soon: robot cops on Dubai’s streets
“Robot cops” will soon be patrolling the streets of Dubai. A prototype of the new android police officer was recently seen in the halls of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), Dubai’s annual computer and electronics show....
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‘Alexa, what’s the weather going to be like today?’
The time is nigh, humans and robotic systems can communicate. After inspiring sci-tech movies like ‘Wargames and many before, the technology, which allows humans to ask for information and chat with a robotic system is now available and...
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Robotics conference in Beijing highlights intelligent robots
Over 200 exhibitors from around the world show off technologies
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Robot can beat you at table football
And you thought you were a table football star? Students at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed a robot that can beat humans at the game, hitting the ball almost twice as hard as any real-life...
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‘Cozmo’ a high tech toy for the present and future
A new palm-sized robot looks set to become a favorite toy, equipped with a cheeky personality and hopes for a possible future entertainment franchise. Cozmo ,the microbot armed with sensors, motors and visual capabilities and controlled...
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Italian team brings household robot a step closer
Italy’s IIT, (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia), in Genoa has a new humanoid member of staff. Called the R1, it was created in 16 months by a team of about 20 people including scientists, technicians and engineers led by Professor Giorgio...
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Virtual reality just got more real
This is a virtual reality experience like no other. You can have the sensation of flying a helicopter with you eyes! The feeling of physical movement is now within the realm of virtual reality. The cable robot , developed in Germany –...
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Special delivery: robots coming to your front door!
Picture the scene, you order your favourite take away food for delivery. As you fumble in your pocket for a tip and open the door, you are greeted not by a delivery person but rather a two-foot-tall robot. This could well be the future...
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The future of work
Traditional 9-to-5 working patterns and the idea of a job for life could be things of the past. The digital economy means our work lives have changed so much that they’re almost unrecognisable from a few years ago. One study estimates...
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Really useful robots coming to a home or factory near you
Robotics technology is getting faster, smarter and more talkative, but just how useful can robots be? Power! 106 les robots sont-ils (vraiment) nos amis ?! par ppgarcia75https://t.co/Y7eclwgObK Cc GAGparis #innorobo...
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Researches Collecting Data from Sewer Waste
Researchers at MIT are collecting important health data from the feces and urine found in sewers.
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NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars
Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation? Not the script of a sci-fi movie but what could happen in the near future. NASA, in collaboration with four universities (three in Massachusetts and one in Scotland) is developing a kind of...
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Robot monk helps spread Buddhism in China
He too wears a golden robe and sings chants. Standing at just over half a metre tall, Xian’er is the product of a collaboration between Longquan temple on the outskirts of Beijing, a technology company and local universities specializing...
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Companies Racing to Develop Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Companies such as Google, IBM and Microsoft are spending millions to become tomorrow’s leaders in artificial intelligence. The field is developing faster than you might think.
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Starship Technologies trial robot delivery system in Greenwich, London
The Starship Enterprise, Starship Troopers now Starship Technologies, the company launched by the co-founders of Skype, is hosting trials of its self-driving delivery robots in Greenwich, London. Starship Technologies (starshiprobots) to...
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Putting the art into artificial intelligence as a critic robot tours Quai Branly in Paris
Visitors to Paris’ Quai Branly museum of indigenous art might be surprised to bump into an unusual looking guest: it may not look like one, but this little robot in a bowler hat is an art critic. It is programmed to record the reactions...
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Robots and the aging population
Canadian scientists are developing robots to assist the elderly with a variety of tasks
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Robot doctors helping Canadians with limited access to health care
Robot doctors in Saskatchewan are helping patients who have to travel far distances for treatments.
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Cutting-edge robotic ‘turtle’ to explore shipwrecks
An underwater robot called U-CAT, inspired by a turtle and developed by a team of engineers at Estonia’s University of Technology in Tallinn, is raising hopes for a new approach to maritime archaeology. It uses fins instead of...
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Battle of the robots at Tallin’s University of Technology
A robotics competition in the Estonian capital Tallinn is aiming inspire the next generation of engineers. Around 1,500 competitors together with 650 robots gathered at Tallinn’s University of Technology to battle it out in various...