Robots perform the robotic mission impossible in this wonderful feat from European researchers. Three different kinds of robots must work together to reach their objective, a book on a high shelf. The exact location of the book is not known to the robots and they must work as a swarm to accomplish the mission.
Sweet teeth are being indulged at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where a PR2 robot is said to bake cookies. Mario Bollini and Daniela Rus of the Distributed Robotics Lab at MIT have programmed the robot to make a giant cookie from scratch.
Innovation First Labs released its creative holiday and back to school product array. These products are designed to tap the creative side of kids and make learning interesting through imaginative playtime.
Survivors of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami have a special tool to help comfort them. They are two small white coloured robotic seals. The seals are being used in an elderly home to comfort victims who are more than 65 years old.
Henry Evans, a quadriplegic, is now able to perform his daily tasks like shaving on his own with the help of the PR2 Robot. Georgia Institute of Technology and Willow Garage have come together for executing a project called Robots for Humanity.
The International Conference on Social Robotics enables practitioners and researchers to demonstrate and explain the latest innovations in the area of social robotics.
A new robot doesn’t just have a mouth on it, it is just a mouth! Singing robots have always been a bit weird but not quite as weird as this robot which is essentially just a mouth complete with a set of lips and nothing much else about it in terms of physical appearance.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an $18.5 million grant to establish a multi-institution Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering located at the University of Washington. The center is to be launched this month and will be based in the Russel Hall on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.
The Kinect gaming accessory is proving how new technology can help improve older ones. The device from Microsoft which was devised to enable full body gesture interaction with a video game is now likely to help robots expand their scope. The low cost and easy to use sensor system is allowing robotics to gather the information they about the environment around them.
Georgia Institute of Technology in collaboration with the WizKidz Science and Technology Centers recently presented a 2-week ARoPability workshop for the visually impaired.
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