Robots News

It may sound like something from a sci-fi movie - but campaigners say the threat is real and the robots already exist.

If you haven't stopped listening to Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories since its release, consider switching it up a bit.

We've all experienced it you've just arrived home and the last landline phone in your house is ringing.

Digital technologies such as 3D modeling software and 3D printers have grown cheap and accessible enough for ordinary people to make prototypes of objects that could, until recently, only be made by people who owned factories.

In his book The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology , futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that computers will be as smart as humans by 2029, and that by 2045, "computers will be billions of times more powerful than unaided human intelligence," Kurzweil wrote in an email to LiveScience .

What if you could have your smartphone greet customers while they're shopping in your store or have a tablet work as a babysitter? That's the idea behind R.bots Synergy SWAN, a telepresence robot with that works with any Android or iOS device.

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How does washing windows sound to you? It is not the most interesting task to indulge in for sure, but when some chore has got to be done, someone has got to do the dirty job.

Mazor Robotics Ltd. , a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, announced today that it will commence trading of its American Depositary Shares represented by American Depositary Receipts through The Bank of New York Mellon , on or about Tuesday May 28, 2013.

Most land-dwelling animals with skeletons have the ability to jump. It is of particular importance to survival, as running primarily consists of a long series of jumps.

A Kinston couple began a robotics class in March at Holloway Center, serving nearly 20 children as young as 8-years-old. As Kinston Robotics is in the beginning stage, there is only a pair of robots to work with.

Robots are everywhere. From helping us find cat videos on the Internet to assembling other robots , they've become almost as ubiquitous in real life as they have been in pop culture for years.

Tape libraries, like this one at Google, provide an early example of the use of robotics to manage data centers.

NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to figure out how to feed them over the course of a years-long mission.

If you've been dreaming of strapping on your own "Iron Man" armor, you might have to wait a while longer.

What might a robot-controlled 'lights-out' data center look like? The racks will be taller, as robotics systems can reach higher to manage servers.

In the real world, animals have evolved the ability to get from point A to B by galloping, crawling and jumping.

While ants can spoil a picnic, and fire ants are despised for their painful bites, the tiny creatures are masters at tunneling, and this expertise could be put to good use.

Rethink Robotics, the firm that designed and manufactured Baxter the famous industrial robot, has met its match.