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Best Approach on How a Robot Should Give Advice

Before long, robots will be giving us helpful advice, but we don’t want them to be snippy about it. Research at Cornell and Carnegie Mellon universities suggests that if they sound a little less sure of themselves and throw in a few of the meaningless words humans are fond of, listeners will have a more positive response.

12 Feb 2014

Robotic Exoskeleton Company, Ekso Bionics Announces Completion of Private Placement Offering

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc., a robotic exoskeleton company, today announced that it completed its private placement offering as part of its January 15, 2014 announced alternative public offering ("APO"). Shares of the Company's common stock are currently quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol "EKSO."

From Ekso Bionics 10 Feb 2014

Zodiac Pool Systems Launches Three New Polaris Robotic Cleaners

Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. introduces major changes to its robotic platform with the addition of three new Polaris® robotic cleaners.

10 Feb 2014

Tiny Gaming Robot, Ozobot, to be Launched in Movies

Ozobot, a tiny gaming robot that follows lines on tablets, smartphones, physical game boards and even paper, today announced it has signed a deal with Los Angeles-based film & entertainment company Tristan Leostar to launch the toy into movie and television opportunities.

7 Feb 2014

We Robot 2014 to be Held in Coral Gables, Florida, on April 4-5, 2014

Robotics is becoming a transformative technology. We Robot 2014 builds on existing scholarship exploring the role of robotics to examine how the increasing sophistication of robots and their widespread deployment everywhere from the home, to hospitals, to public spaces, and even to the battlefield disrupts existing legal regimes or requires rethinking of various policy issues.

5 Feb 2014

Robotic Painting Arm Could Assist Surgeons in Surgeries

Would you let an artist perform life-saving surgery on you?
You might someday, if the artist is a painting robot.

4 Feb 2014

WPI Researchers Receive Awards from NSF’s National Robotics Initiative

Two researchers in the pioneering Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have received awards through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Robotics Initiative to investigate and overcome fundamental challenges involved with robots working alongside people in settings such as manufacturing plants and the homes of the elderly.

4 Feb 2014