Robots News

It's been quite some time since we discussed the latest amazing advances in robotics and explored the utopian future in which these wondrous machines will entertain, assist and murder us all.

The image is one of a series about the life of a personal robot. The time is the near future where personal robots are sold to do erveryday business or switch into a romantic mode to entertain women.

Engineers from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland have take a second look at insect flight, and over-turned received wisdom in a way that could benefit micro aerial vehicles .

Biomimicry has been the source of remarkable scientific advances in the last few years, especially when we look to the planet's creatures that are the least like us for inspiration.

You've heard of telepresence, where you can attend meetings while not actually there by using a robot proxy, but using a robot proxy to play with Fido is a new one to me.

If you're concerned about how fast robotic technology is developing then this should set alarm bells off.

Are robots replacing surgeons? Not any time soon, but that was one of the most frequently asked questions when Oregon Health & Science University physicians gave demonstrations this weekend of how surgical robots work and how they are transforming a wide variety of procedures.

Let slip the robo dogs of war. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA showcased a robotic mule that is capable of carrying 100 pounds of gear in its first outdoor test.

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Jake Evans pays close attention to a lesson on an iPad as his teacher Cari Parr works with him at Barfield Elementary School.

From a fledgling team of five last year to triple that number this year, the Jackson County Central High School FIRST Robotics team is on its way up, and it is getting a boost from AGCO.

The blogosphere, as you know, is a giant echo chamber. Someone posts something and other sites parrot it like ventriloquist dummies, verbatim or nearly so.

President Barack Obama pumps up a gun designed by Joey Hudy, left, of Phoenix, AZ, to shoot a marshmallow in the State Dining Room of the White House during the White House Science Fair.

Robots and Rogues came to life after the Lafayette-area Borders closed its doors in spring 2011.

The north grand court at The Somerset Collection was teeming with homemade robots Saturday afternoon as students from Cranbook Kingswood convened at the mall to share their expertise in robotics and give hands-on demonstrations for the public.

Joseph Penna, 5, watches the robotic arms of a da Vinci Surgical Systems machine move rubber bands around a rubber site.

A Master And Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot is seen against a hand of a man at a lab in Singapore, in this undated handout photo.

It happens every time some new technology threatens to put people out of work: a public campaign to save jobs.

A southwestern Ontario construction and design firm specializing in ag buildings has struck a partnership with a major milking equipment supplier to offer a full-service dairy barn package.

Remember DARPA's BigDog? You know, the terrifying, four-legged robot that won't fall over when kicked or when walking on ice and snow.