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Acrobatic XRL robot takes cliffs and valleys in its stride
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.
4 hrs ago | Animal
Daft Punk's Music Box Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robots
I was never a Daft Punk fan until Random Access Memories , and it had to do with a shallow perception of the band as gimmick musicians: robot masks, huge waiting periods between albums , a unified aesthetic that didn't ring genuine, but as carefully branded as a corporate logo.
6 hrs ago | The Herald
UN investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'
A United Nations human rights investigator called on Thursday for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called "killer robots" being deployed on the battlefield.
9 hrs ago | The Financial Mirror
Mazor Robotics' American Depository Rece ...
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.
10 hrs ago | KurzweilAI.net
Russia developing anti-terrorist robots
Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on May 17, RIA Novosti reports .
14 hrs ago | Data Center Knowledge
The Robot-Driven Data Center of Tomorrow
Tape libraries, like this one at Google, provide an example of the use of robotics to manage data centers.
The eight hottest robots in pop culture
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.
Teaching East Kinston youth robotics
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.
Ring-table design can handle car bodies
Engineers at German-based EDAG needed a rotating ring table for small-lot production of cars.
Will Robots Take Over the Data Center?
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.
Deep-space pizza parties? NASA mulls 3-D printers for food
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.
Evolution Helps Build Better Robots
This virtual robot evolved to move as quickly as possible using four types of tissue: soft support tissue, bone and two types of muscle.
Fire Ants Help Researchers Work Towards Better...
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.
Robot exoskeleton suits to make us superhuman
If you've been dreaming of strapping on your own "Iron Man" armor, you might have to wait a while longer.
Brazil Militarizes Borders Ahead of Cup
The Ministry of Defense in Brazil is sending 25,000 soldiers to patrol its borders in an unprecedented military operation to shore up security at next month's Confederations Cup.
Cheetah robot - a model of speed and efficiency
Wells Fargo's Walter Price says analysts aren't giving Google enough credit for growth in its mobile and video businesses and says the stock holds more opportunity than rival internet giant Yahoo.
Compared to single-lens eyes, compound eyes offer lower resolution, but significantly larger fields of view, thin package, and with negligible distortion.
I Hate fire ants. I have been attacked twice.
Researchers believe new findings about the curious locomotion of fire ants could give engineers lessons for building automated search-and-rescue robots designed to hunt for human victims trapped underground.
The following was sent by the Ridgewood Public Schools. The RHS Robotics Team competed in the annual Botball Competition on May 11 at Rahway High School.
WTF Did I Just Watch?: Strangling A Robotic Dinosaur To See If People Empathize With Robot Pain
This is the video shown to participants in a study conducted by the University of Duisburg-Essen to determine if humans feel empathy towards tortured robots .