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EPFL-Designed Thymio Teaching Robot Makes Inroads in France

Thymio, the teaching robot designed by EPFL and widely used in French-speaking Switzerland, is now making inroads elsewhere in Europe. In France, it has been incorporated in an important initiative to teach digital sciences in nursery and primary schools.

6 Jun 2016

CMU Researchers Develop Software to Help Robots Deal Efficiently with Clutter

Clutter is a special challenge for robots, but new Carnegie Mellon University software is helping robots cope, whether they're beating a path across the moon or grabbing a milk jug from the back of the refrigerator.

19 May 2016

ICRA 2016: Consequential Robotics to Launch Programmable Companion Robot, MiRO

Consequential Robotics has been co-founded by the award-winning designer Sebastian Conran, together with Professor Tony Prescott and Dr Ben Mitchinson from the University of Sheffield.

18 May 2016

Researchers Help Non-Expert Users to Teach Robots Using Animal Training Techniques

Researchers at Washington State University are using ideas from animal training to help non-expert users teach robots how to do desired tasks.

17 May 2016

Georgia Tech Professor Uses Artificial Intelligence to Offer Online Teaching Assistance

College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel teaches Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence (KBAI) every semester. It’s a core requirement of Georgia Tech’s online master’s of science in computer science program.

10 May 2016

UW Scientists Develop Five-Fingered Robot Hand that Can Learn from Its Own Experience

Robots today can perform space missions, solve a Rubik’s cube, sort hospital medication and even make pancakes. But most can’t manage the simple act of grasping a pencil and spinning it around to get a solid grip.

10 May 2016

EMILY Robots to be Displayed in Action during 2016 Naval STEM Expo and Sea-Air-Space Exposition

She’s tough—capable of punching through 30-foot waves and riptides or smashing into rocks and reefs. But she’s also tender, providing hope to those in peril.

6 May 2016

UTSA's Pranav Bhounsule Receives $160,000 Grant to Continue Research on Bipedal Robots

Pranav Bhounsule, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his top-tier research on bipedal robots.

4 May 2016

More than 20,000 Students Test their Engineering Skills at Annual Robotics Event

This week, more than 20,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, putting their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at various venues throughout the city.

3 May 2016

Three Robots Use Feedback Loop Concept to Blur Line Between Human and Machine Creativity

In 1953, painter Paul Klee described the creative process as a feedback loop where artists continually switch between "making a mark on canvas, perceiving the effect, and reacting with a further mark," over and over again until the completion of an artwork.

2 May 2016

Consumer Robotics News

EPFL-Designed Thymio Teaching Robot Makes Inroads in France

CMU Researchers Develop Software to Help Robots Deal Efficiently with Clutter

ICRA 2016: Consequential Robotics to Launch Programmable Companion Robot, MiRO

Researchers Help Non-Expert Users to Teach Robots Using Animal Training Techniques

Georgia Tech Professor Uses Artificial Intelligence to Offer Online Teaching Assistance

UW Scientists Develop Five-Fingered Robot Hand that Can Learn from Its Own Experience

EMILY Robots to be Displayed in Action during 2016 Naval STEM Expo and Sea-Air-Space Exposition

UTSA's Pranav Bhounsule Receives $160,000 Grant to Continue Research on Bipedal Robots

More than 20,000 Students Test their Engineering Skills at Annual Robotics Event

Three Robots Use Feedback Loop Concept to Blur Line Between Human and Machine Creativity

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Rare Dust Devil Collision on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim

RoboBee Achieves Controlled Landing with New Leg Design and Controller

Flexible, Magnetic Soft Robot Navigates, Senses, and Communicates Wirelessly

AI Helps Scientists Detect Avocado Oil Adulteration—No Prior Data Needed

What Makes a Drone Military-Grade?

A Look Inside NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Autonomous Agriculture: The Tech Sector’s Next Big Bet in Sustainability

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Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

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Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots