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IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Erico Guizzo |
Robots With Their Heads in the Clouds A Google researcher argues that cloud computing could make robots smaller, cheaper, and smarter   |
PC Magazine
January 29, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
Racy Robots Military aircraft inspired the slick-looking designs for a new line of robots from start-up company White Box Robotics. Unlike the predetermined features in most robots, White Box's robots will be designed to let each owner choose what his robot will do. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2010
Erico Guizzo |
A Robot in the Kitchen Roboticists in Japan and South Korea are designing the household servants of the future |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2005
Natalie Goel |
Robots in Motion Bust out your robot dance move now, because it may become obsolete. |
Inc.
April 2006
Chuck Green |
A Record Year For Robots New orders of industrial robots jumped by 23 percent in 2005, thanks in part to growing interest in robots among entrepreneurs. Larger tax credits for purchases of new equipment are driving the trend, as are other factors. |
IndustryWeek
May 19, 2010 |
Food For Thought in Robot Technology As the door swings open for wider use of robots in food processing, advances create a bridge between the digital and physical. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008
John Blau |
Open-Source Baby Laboratories in Europe are adopting iCub robotic toddlers constructed from modular pieces and open source software to study learning and cognition. |
PC World
October 2, 2006
Eric Butterfield |
The Future of Robots Tomorrow's domestic help at your service. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Toyota Debuts New Robot Models The Japanese manufacturer introduces its latest additions to "partner robots" being developed to assist people in their everyday lives, but practical use for household robots remains a few years away. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2012
Guizzo & Ackerman |
How Rethink Robotics Built Its New Baxter Robot Worker Rodney Brooks's new start-up wants to spark a factory revolution with a low-cost, user-friendly robot |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Peter Alpern |
Getting Ready for the 'Robot Revolution' As advances in technology allow for smarter, more versatile robots, they are expected to become more widely used in places such as laboratories, hospitals and food service operations. |
National Defense
November 2010
Eric Beidel |
Will Robots Be Asked to Fool the Enemy? In the course of investigating trust between robots and humans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed algorithms that tell a robot when and how to deceive. |
Technology Research News
December 31, 2003
Smalley & Patch |
Bots, humans play together Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are betting that putting humans and robots on the same soccer team will encourage the kind of cooperation that leads to understanding. |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2004
Sebastian Rupley |
My Very Own Robot Want to rig your own robot? After more than a year of development, White Box Robotics is preparing to ship its 912 series of customizable robots (shown) in the first quarter of 2005. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Amanda C. Kooser |
Rise of the Robots Robots are well on their way from the pages of science fiction to your front door. In fact, advanced humanoid robots could be a part of our everyday life as early as 10 years from now. |
Technology Research News
May 19, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Evolution Trains Robot Teams Using evolution to teach robots complex behavior could eventually give them the ability to adapt to unfamiliar environments. There's a long way to go, but researchers are laying a foundation. |
National Defense
December 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Simulator to Help Developers Push Robotics Technology Forward A simulator intended to give robot makers a hand during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contest is expected to remain an integral part of how developers design the machines in the future. |
IndustryWeek
October 21, 2009
Peter Alpern |
Eye Robot Like TVs and laptops, vision-guided systems for manufacturing have gotten smaller, more sophisticated, less expensive and easier to use. |
Technology Research News
June 15, 2005
Eric Smalley |
Robot Runs Like Humans Researchers have developed mathematical principals for enabling human-like running in bipedal robots, including the ability to recover balance. They used the principals to develop control software that allows a two-legged robot to run. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004 |
A Chat With Roomba Man The surprise success of iRobot's Roomba vacuum cleaner marked the arrival of mobile robotic appliances. Yet the company's CEO and co-founder is cautious about the future of more advanced humanoid robots. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Robots Evolution At GM and Xerox, new applications are redefining both the strategic value and appearance of robots... |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010 |
The Robot Baby Reality Matrix Some robot babies look real. Some act real. A few do both |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2010
Erico Guizzo |
These Humanoid Robots Could Kick Your Asimo Watch out, Asimo, these new humanoids are on your tail-one small step at a time |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Ray Almgren & Mark Walters |
Let the Games Begin The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics competition leaps onto a new controller platform. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Fast Talk: Cynthia Breazeal on Teaching Robots The director of MIT's Personal Robots Group uses crowdsourced data to teach robots about human behavior. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
The Future is Now for the Robot Revolution The next wave of robots will be remarkably human in appearance and function. |
PC Magazine
January 10, 2007
Angela Chang |
The Robot Butler Cometh Shakey was the first robot to combine movement, perception, and problem solving. Now researchers are working on STAIR (STanford Artificial Intelligence Robot), which they hope will achieve broad intelligence. |
Chemistry World
July 9, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
3D printing allows soft robots to rise up Although they may not be taking over the world any time soon, a 3D printed soft robot mimicking the flexible body of an invertebrate has been manufactured by a group of scientists in the US. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2009
Courtney E. Howard |
iRobis Infuses Robots with Cognition The digital battlefield of the future could be closer than we anticipated, as scientists continue to make headway in the design and development of autonomous robots. |
CIO
August 27, 2008
Kristin Burnham |
5 Things iRobot President Helen Greiner Has Learned About Innovation Helen Greiner is president and co-founder of iRobot, a company that invents military and household robots. Innovation, she says, is the essence of her business. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Timothy Gifford and Anjana Bhat on Using Robots to Help Autistic Children Robots address some of the deficits we know are present in children with autism, especially coordination and social problems. |
Technology Research News
April 7, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Robot guided by its voice Researchers generally help robots navigate by giving them the sense of sight. A simpler approach is based on another human trait: listening to the sound of one's own voice. It also helps if the walls have ears. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006 |
Just Charge It At Robot Kitchen, in Hong Kong, robots greet, seat, and feed patrons. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Greater Accuracy in Robots Leads to More Applications There is a trend to offer tools that will increase the accuracy of robots by compensating for variations in the manufacturing process. |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009
Peter Alpern |
Panasonic Making Aggressive Robot Push Panasonic is getting serious about robots and has set its sights on sales of $1.1 billion by 2015. |
Popular Mechanics
February 4, 2010
Erik Sofge |
Robonaut2 Shows Real Workplace Potential For Humanoid Robots GM's goal in co-developing R2 is to eventually install similar systems in its plants, performing the kind of repetitive, ergonomically difficult jobs that might injure a human operator. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Navy to Do Without Prime Contractors On New Bomb Disposal Robots The Navy this year will begin constructing its next-generation of explosive ordnance disposal robots. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008 |
Slideshow: Born Bionic These robots are pushing the envelope of humanoid design -- they can play the trumpet, unload a dishwasher, and climb stairs |
National Defense
February 2015
Stew Magnuson |
DARPA Contest Seeking Humanoid Rescue Robot The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's latest robotic challenge calls for a human-shaped robot to carry out a series of search-and-rescue tasks. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Robots Revolution The arrival of robots at General Motors Corp. in 1961 brought the promise of flexible automation. Today's advances in research offer robots the chance to reach their full industrial potential. |
Wired
June 2003
Luc Steels |
Roam Free: How Space Perception Seperates Man From Machine Combining sensory perception and spatial reasoning remains elusive, which explains why robots lack a true sense of space. |
PC Magazine
April 18, 2007
Erik Rhey |
Q&A: iRobot Co-Founder Helen Greiner The co-founder and chairman of the board for iRobot talks about the future of helper robots, the PackBot in war zones, and women in technology. |
IndustryWeek
May 12, 2010 |
Bringing Automation to Solar Manufacturing Robots can significantly reduce cost in the photovoltaic manufacturing process. Here's a guide to picking the right one. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010
Erik Sofge |
The Uncertain Future For Social Robots Humans have feared a robotic uprising since the machines first appeared in science fiction. Today, experts caution against a more insidious threat: We might like living with them too much. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
The Robot Evolution MIT's Rodney A. Brooks is among researchers leading the charge to develop a smarter and more useful artificial creature. |
Technology Research News
February 23, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Humanoid robots walk naturally There's a reason most movie robots have wheels in place of legs or are powered by an embedded human. Making machines walk on two legs is exceedingly difficult. |
Fast Company
April 2006 |
Oy, Robot! Are we doomed to some post-apocalyptic nightmare in which robots rule the planet? Roboticists Henrik Hautop Lund and Rodney Brooks square off. |
National Defense
March 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Reverse Engineering the Brain May Accelerate Robotics Research Machines that walk upright will assist civilians and the military alike, said Stefan Schaal, associate professor of computer science and neuroscience at the University of Southern California. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The New Age of Service Robots: From Fighting Fires to Serving Beer R2-D2 and Rosie the robot maid may be coming soon to a home, or nursing home, near you. Thanks to advances in computing and navigation technology, robots -- including sophisticated robot toys and appliances -- are now being developed to serve people directly. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries A new study published today in Nature explains how robots can use a sort of "evolutionary algorithm" to learn new ways of operating after being injured, according to the MIT Technology Review. |
