News tagged with robot
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Structured English brings robots closer to everyday users
(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Jetsons. A humanoid robot named Mae is traipsing around Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab, guided by plain-English instructions and sometimes even appearing to get frustrated.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Chevron faces $145 million in possible Brazil fines
Brazil could slap fines of more than $145 million (105 million euros) on Chevron over its oil spill, and the US energy giant could be barred from operating in the country's deepwater fields, officials said ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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NASA flies Robotic Lander prototype to new heights
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center’s propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2011 |
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NASA rover launch to Mars delayed to Nov 26
The US space agency has postponed by one day its plan to launch the biggest rover ever to Mars, with the liftoff of the Mars Science Laboratory now set for November 26.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Robotic boats to travel across Pacific Ocean
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Thursday, November 17, four unmanned Wave Gliders left the coast of San Francisco and began a 300-day journey across the Pacific Ocean. The vehicles, which are self-propelled and remotely ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Bow down to the light: Light-triggered microscale robotic arm makes bending and stretching motions
(PhysOrg.com) -- As miniaturization progresses, microrobots and nanomachines have moved beyond the realm of pure speculation. This technology requires tiny components that can respond to stimulation by undergoing ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Kilobots - tiny, collaborative robots - are leaving the nest (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Kilobots are coming. Computer scientists and engineers at Harvard University have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor
It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Snake-alike Titanoboa robot is beyond eek (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many 40-something surfers become six year olds when seeing spiders, snakes, and insects in machine form. They either think the machines are scary but funny or at the least entertaining. A ...
Nov 19, 2011 |
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Montpellier team turns tables on robot-human interactions (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have entered a newer phase of serving, not obeying. for use in medical settings. Chapter one in robotics history encouraged a perception of clever little machines skating around with ...
Nov 18, 2011 |
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The Delta robot: Swiss-made and fastest in the world
It’s the story of a long dynasty of industrial robots. Delta’s three arms began by packaging chocolates, before being used in watchmaking, tele-surgery and the processing of materials....
Nov 14, 2011 |
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HRP-4C female robot has a new walk (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Japan's entertaining robot that sings and looks like a beautiful young female is finally learning how to walk just like a beautiful girl—well, almost. Robotics developers at the National ...
Nov 13, 2011 |
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iFling robot gets juiced for third design iteration
(PhysOrg.com) -- The team at the Coordinated Robotics Lab at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), which created the little iFling robot, says the iFling is now in the process of its third design ...
Nov 12, 2011 |
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NASA ready for November launch of car-size Mars rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory, which will examine one of the most intriguing areas on Mars, is in final preparations for a launch from Florida's Space Coast at 10:25 a.m. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Helping robots hold on
Since the 1970s, when early autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were developed at MIT, Institute scientists have tackled various barriers to robots that can travel autonomously in the deep ocean. This fo ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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