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1 hr ago | The Hartford Courant

Flush with orders, aerospace industry retools for future

As airplane makers gathered outside Paris to show off their newest high-tech jetliners on Monday, a less-heralded technology story was unfolding back home on the factory floors of the world's leading aerospace firms.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft, Civil Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320, Ansonia, CT

5 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Now, a robot with nine lives

Swiss scientists have created a cat-like robot with the stability and agility to one day be used in search-and-rescue missions.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

9 hrs ago | New Statesman

Basic income versus the robots

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the idea of a citizen's income : the state replacing the vast majority of the benefit system with one cash payment made to everyone, regardless of employment or income.

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14 hrs ago | ECNmag

A robot that runs like a cat

Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's 4-legged 'cheetah-cub robot' has the same advantages as its model: It is small, light and fast Even though it doesn't have a head, you can still tell what kind of animal it is: the robot is definitely modeled upon a cat.

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16 hrs ago | The Indian Express

Scientist develops body-double robot

A Japanese scientist has developed a body-double robot which resembles him closely, with tiny human-like movements and blinking eyes.

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20 hrs ago | Gizmag

Japanese robots make a stink about bad breath, body odor

Kaori-chan, a female robot, can smell your breath and responds based on a four point scale Have you got a case of dog breath? How about smelly feet? Friends and family may not tell you, but a couple of new robots will.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Halitosis, Health, Gadgets

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Mashable

Ford Uses Robots For New Durability Tests

Ford announced its durability testing methods will now employ the help of robotic steering technology.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Robots.net

Has Your Robot Driven a Ford Lately?

While other companies are working to develop fully autonomous vehicles, Ford has been working on a slightly different problem.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

USA Today

Snake robots slither to the rescue Snake robots slither to the rescue ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are using snakes as a model for a series of robots that will having capabilities ranging from search and rescue operations to medical applications.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Carnegie Mellon University

Autoblog

Ford using robot drivers to test durability [w/video]

In testing the durability of its upcoming fullsize Transit vans , Ford has begun using autonomous robotic technology to pilot vehicles through the punishing courses of its Michigan Proving Grounds test facility.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Cameras, Romeo, MI, Autos

WMBD-TV Peoria

Medical Community Holds Robot Symposium in Peoria

Medical professionals from all over the region came to a robotics symposium Saturday at the Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center, where experts talked about the pros and cons of robotic surgery.

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Science / Technology, Robots

SFGate

Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine

Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov speaks to the Global Future 2045 Congress, Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Lincoln Center in New York.

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Automotive News

Robots take the wheel for Ford road tests

Making sure vehicles are "built Ford tough" has become too tough on the test drivers whose job involves putting thousands of bone-jarring, teeth-rattling, mind-numbing miles on new models.

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Related Topix: Ford F-150, Ford, Truck, Science / Technology, Robots, Automakers, Ford Motor, Detroit, MI

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Forbes.com

Researchers Build A Robot That Will Beat You At Air Hockey

Researchers at Japan's Chiba University have built a robot that's capable of playing air hockey.

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Nanaimo Daily News

Immortality by 2045 or bust: Russian tycoon wants to transfer minds to machines

Dmitry Itskov gathered some of humanity's best brains - and a few robots - in New York City on Saturday to discuss how humans can get their minds to outlive their bodies.

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Related Topix: Robots, Inventions

TIME.com

Bot Wheels: Anki Drive's Cars Are Tiny, High-Speed Robots

The first demo at Apple's WWDC conference keynote last Monday wasn't an Apple demo.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, iPod touch App, iPad App, Apple Store, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone, Aurora, BluMiAl, Tri Synergy, Video Games

Examiner.com

Ford uses robots as test drivers

Google's self-driving car is already on the road. It even makes an appearance in a feature film, The In t ernship , a story about two unemployed middle aged guys who land summer internships at Google.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, The Internship, Celebrities, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Ford Motor

Lake Cowichan Gazette

MEI Robotics Camp in Abbotsford this summer

Robotics Camp for Elementary and Middle School students from Grades 4 to 8 is coming this summer and is open to non- MEI students as well! The camp will be held July 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26. There will be two sessions for the camp on these days.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

EETimes

Ford Using Robots to Improve "Built Ford Tough" Durability Testing of its Trucks

Ford is first automaker to develop robotic technology that drives vehicles during new accelerated high-impact on-road and off-road durability testing Ford engineers have developed the industry's first robotic test driving program - now in use at the company's Michigan Proving Grounds in The pilot program has been used most recently for durability ... (more)

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Freshnews

Ford Using Robots to Improve "Built Ford Tough" Durability Testing of its Trucks

Ford is first automaker to develop robotic technology that drives vehicles during new accelerated high-impact on-road and off-road durability testing -- Robotically driven vehicles ideally suited for durability test conditions that could prove too taxing for human drivers -- New technology used to ensure Ford trucks, including the all-new Transit ... (more)

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