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Robbie the Robot Unveiled at Special Event in Trinity College Dublin

Robbie the Robot, a prototype robot built by researchers and engineering students in Trinity College Dublin for Irish teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who was born with a rare condition known as Total Amelia, was officially unveiled to its UN funders on Friday at a special event in Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.

25 Mar 2014

Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics Director to Give Special Talk

On March 20 we welcome alumni and industry practitioners to attend a special talk by Professor Goldie Nejat, Director of the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics (IRM).

13 Feb 2014

Research Could Lead to More Agile, Energy-Efficient Walking Robots

Humans and some of our hominid ancestors such as Homo erectus have been walking for more than a million years, and researchers are close to figuring out how we do it.

17 Jan 2014

Aldebaran NAO Humanoid Robot Joins MarsCrew134 for Science Mission at MDRS

MarsCrew134 will enter the Mars Society Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) January 18 for a two week, total immersion science mission. Joining the seven person human crew will be one Aldebaran NAO humanoid robot.

17 Jan 2014

Training Systems Australia to Distribute Baxter Humanoid Research Robot

Rethink Robotics today announced the rollout of the Baxter Research Robot to academic and corporate researchers in Australia and New Zealand. The Company has entered into an exclusive partnership with Training Systems Australia, the leading supplier of technology-related products and training systems to universities and technical colleges in the region, to distribute the revolutionary humanoid research robot.

15 Jan 2014

Ground Robots to Work in Dangerous Environments Compete at DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming around the track at blazing speed, you might have been disappointed.

15 Jan 2014

Lockheed Martin ATL Completes DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials

Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) recently completed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge trials at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

From Lockheed Martin Corporation 24 Dec 2013

Sandia to Exhibit Real-World Robotics Successes at DARPA Challenge

Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate real-world robotics successes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials 2013 Expo this week in Florida. The challenge is focused on human-scaled robots that assist in humanitarian aid and disaster response. Both the Robotics Challenge Trials and the Expo are open to the public, especially students, to encourage interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

20 Dec 2013

Endeavor to Make Robots Learn More Like Humans

In an effort to better understand the evolution of learning, Kai Olav Ellefsen is working to make robots learn more like humans. Specifically, he is studying how more modular brains allow robots to learn new tasks without forgetting what they learned from previous tasks.

16 Dec 2013