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MathWorks Announces Sponsorship of RoboCup 2013

MathWorks has announced its sponsorship of RoboCup 2013 as part of its drive to introduce young people to the exciting possibilities of project-based learning and encourage more students to pursue careers in engineering and technology. MathWorks is offering all competing teams access to its software, as well as organizing training workshops both prior to and during the event.

3 Jun 2013

Bipedal Robotics Researcher Supports Multi-University Effort to Advance Cyber-Physical Systems

Dr. Aaron Ames, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, is part of multi-university team that has received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research into cyber-physical systems (CPS).

18 May 2013

Most Expressive Android Head to be Exhibited at GF2045 Congress

Dmitry Itskov, founder of the 2045 Initiative and Global Future 2045 congress (GF2045) has announced that he will unveil the Dmitry Avatar-A head -- the world's most human-like android head -- at the GF2045 congress, scheduled for June 15-16 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

26 Apr 2013

Rethink Robotics Introduces SDK Powered Humanoid Robots for Research

Rethink Robotics today announced the launch of the Baxter Research Robot, a humanoid robot with two arms powered by a revolutionary new Software Development Kit (SDK) that will allow researchers to create a wide array of custom applications for robots.

26 Apr 2013

Researcher Defines Various Styles of Human Movement for Reproduction on a Humanoid Robot

A dancing robot is nothing new. A quick search on YouTube will yield videos of robots dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Gangnam Style, the Macarena and more.

2 Apr 2013

Humanoid Robot Improves Speech and Physical Therapy

In one of the earliest experiments using a humanoid robot to deliver speech and physical therapy to a stroke patient, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst saw notable speech and physical therapy gains and significant improvement in quality of life.

25 Mar 2013

New Mathematical Framework Could Lead to More Efficient Controllers for Robotic Tasks

When a robot is moving one of its limbs through free space, its behavior is well-described by a few simple equations. But as soon as it strikes something solid — when a walking robot’s foot hits the ground, or a grasping robot’s hand touches an object — those equations break down.

22 Mar 2013

New Approach Helps Predict How Legged Robots Move on Complex Granular Materials

Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots – and potentially also animals – move on and interact with complex granular materials such as sand.

22 Mar 2013

Carnegie Mellon Builds Human-Size Robot with Tank-Like Movements for DARPA Challenge

A team from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center is building a new class of robot to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotics Challenge — a human-size robot that moves, not by walking, but on rubberized tracks on the extremities of each of its four limbs.

13 Mar 2013

Fleet of Social Robots to Interact with Pediatric Patients

Introducing a fleet of social robots in a hospital, so that they can interact with children affected by cancer, will be the final outcome of a new international research project that Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) is participating in.

12 Mar 2013