Controlling Robots, With Thought

New system allows paralyzed woman to control robotic arm with her mind.

Twisted Tweets Fuel Robots Feel Nothing When They Hold Hands

Illustrated by Joe Vax and Dominic Bianchian, the paperback, out Wednesday, features an introduction by Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane. Speaking of the book’s chief instigator, Alec Sulkin ( @thesulk ), McFarlane writes: “As a physically frail man who despises hard work, Alec was the perfect person to take a format that requires small, nine-second bursts of typing at seven-hour intervals, and ...

Robots that make a difference

[HOST] ML Ploynapat Leenutaphong, managing director, TH Robotic Co, Ltd. [HIGHLIGHT] Pakorn ''Boy'' Chatboriruk and Taksaorn ''Aff'' Techanarong shared their experiences using iRobot, including the high-tech housemaid and the high-tech helper.

Where to Eat Like the Jetsons

Hajime Robot Restaurant in Bangkok employs robots as their waitstaff. Diners sit facing a glass enclosure where the robots move back and forth on a track and serve customers through windows.

Robots gear up for annual tournament

If and when the day comes that robots descend on Fort McMurray, it may come down to elementary students to save us all.[...]

From Science Fiction To Fact, Robots Are Coming To A Farm Near You

Farm robots are here, not just in Star Wars. Some dairies already use milking machines that clean udders and monitor cow health, plus do the milking, and a fully automated tractor is coming out this fall.

Do robots need a Linux or a Mac OS to thrive?

Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, but detractors say giving the software away is bad for business.

Robots measure flow of Sacramento River

A fleet of 100 robots floated down the Sacramento River on Wednesday to demonstrate their ability to measure the pace of the river's flow and to navigate the delta's water. The foot-long devices, 40 of them fitted with...

Robots at sea, in space, and beyond (video)

SmartPlanet reports from the Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond, a forum that aims to advance the state of robotics. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge

Soft Robots Make World Safer for Humans

Today's rigid robots don't leave much room for error when trying to precisely pick up a homemade bomb on the battlefield or swiveling around at fast speeds inside a car factory. A new generation of softer robots could not only do the same jobs with less complex "brains" built into their software programs, but also operate more safely around squishy humans nearby.

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