Friday, March 11, 2011 - 2:33pm
Feeling a little weak in the arms lately? Forget working out and eating right; for just a couple thousand dollars you'll be able to get a bolt-on robotic exoskeletal arm that does all the heavy lifting for you.
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Friday, September 24, 2010 - 3:12pm
So, imagine that you're using a robotic arm for the first time. It's intimidating, yet at the press of a button it suddenly moves over and grabs the desired object flawlessly. That's good, right? Apparently not, as participants trying out the arm preferred its manual mode.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 10:58pm
To train for future missions to space, NASA needs a place that's as close as possible to the barren landscape of a distant planet. Now they think they have found the perfect spot, on a remote island in the Canadian Arctic.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 10:12am
We've seen creepy dental practice 'bots from Japan before, though this one gives us the heebie-jeebies even more than the last one. Called "Hanako," the robot is a collaboration between the experts at Tmsuk and several Japanese universities, and is...
Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 1:03am
Ladies and gentlemen, the game is Breakaway. It may be tempting to think of it as soccer, but soccer players don't have piston-powerful legs or robotic arms sprouting out of their backs. In the version of Breakaway we saw, two...
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 1:54pm
This weekend in New York City dozens of high schools from across the country and abroad are sending hundreds of students to battle it out in a test of robotic skill. It's the 10th anniversary of New York City robot...
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 4:36am
Whenever Toshiba dabbles in the world of robotics, the results are pretty interesting. Case in point: the ApriPoko we showed you a while back, which acts as a remote control for your whole house as well as a life assistant...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 4:34am
Thanks to the robo-wizards at Japan's BL Autotec, small form-factor rescue robots have a new trick up their sleeves — and yes, they could even have sleeves now — in the shape of a robotic arm that can open doors....
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 2:49am
Described as a "semi-autonomous robotic avatar" by its creators at MIT, the MeBot is an effort to give people a face and an expressive presence in a room far, far away from them. That, and an adorable crab-like body. While...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 4:44am
Two years of work for Carnegie Mellon University's Paul Rybski and his team of students, the combined minds of 17 other faculty members, and a $20,000 cocktail including a laser navigation system, sonar sensors and stereo camera-eyes all led to...
