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IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
A Robot that Can Smile or Frown MIT debuts Nexi, a robot with facial expressions.   |
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. |
National Defense
July 2011
Eric Beidel |
Swarming Robot Teams to Map, Survey Buildings In the future, robots may be the true first responders. |
Technology Research News
September 12, 2005 |
Georgia Tech's Ronald Arkin The Director of the Mobile Robot Laboratory talks about trends and issues surrounding the integration of robots into society. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2011
Eric Spitznagel |
The Robot in the Next Cubicle The new wave of robots for sale is aimed squarely at the office market. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010 |
The Robot Baby Reality Matrix Some robot babies look real. Some act real. A few do both |
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. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Robots, Computers And Education At Georgia Tech, students are assigned their own personal robots. |
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
February 2, 2005
Natalie Goel |
Robots in Motion Bust out your robot dance move now, because it may become obsolete. |
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. |
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. |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Robo Decisions Teaching robots to make more humanlike decisions. |
National Defense
March 2008
Stew Magnuson |
For Now, Lethal Robots Not Likely to Run on Auto-Pilot Bart Everett, technical director for robots at the Navy's space and naval warfare systems center, acknowledged that the military isn't ready for the next generation of mechanized soldiers. |
Popular Mechanics
February 26, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Turning Disabled Into Gamers, MIT Aims to Spread Robot Rehab One study of stroke victims indicated that robot therapy accelerated recovery and patients continued to improve even after the therapy was over. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
National Defense
November 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Debate Over Rules, Legality of Robots On The Battlefield Lagging, Experts Say As researchers push ahead with algorithms designed to give robots more autonomy, ethicists and legal minds warn that not enough thought is being given to the implications of using unmanned systems to apply lethal force. |
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. |
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. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2011
Rachel Z. Arndt |
Manuela Veloso on Robot Companions The professor of computer science and member of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is turning robots from joystick-operated poles on wheels into "CoBots" -- intelligent companions that can navigate and move. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
iRobot's Emotional Appeal People's personal attachment to their Roomba vacuums bodes well for iRobot's future prospects. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
John Teresko |
Developing Washable Robots Georgia Tech tests new robot for meat processing applications. |
National Defense
July 2012
Eric Beidel |
Soft Robots Could Open Up New World of Spy Tactics The Pentagon could turn to tiny soft robots to fit in the nooks and crannies of the battlefield, taking sensors ever closer to the enemy. |
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 |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Why Toddlers Love Robots Entertainment robots have become sophisticated enough that they can charm toddlers for weeks, or even months, and could soon be useful to teachers as permanent educational assistants, according to research. |
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. |
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
August 2009
Jason Jacks |
Battery to Extend Work-Life Of Bomb-Disposal Robots A team of Penn State University researchers developed a battery for the military's bomb-disposal Talon robots that has a 23-percent longer life span than current power packs. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
Ben Ames |
Sandia researchers set sights on battlefield robots Now researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., are building systems that combine the strengths of humans and robots. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Growing Robots From the Ground Up Patient, long-term investors are encouraged to stay abreast of trends in the robotics field because as people become more comfortable with robots, the field will grow up fast. |
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. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006 |
Just Charge It At Robot Kitchen, in Hong Kong, robots greet, seat, and feed patrons. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2007
John Teresko |
I, Microsoft By providing a common development platform, Microsoft hopes to expand the potential for robotics. |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2005
Sebastian Rupley |
Searching for Signs of Life In a test run in Chile's Atacama Desert, a rover built by a research team has become the first robot to identify life. |
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. |
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
September 22, 2010 |
Researchers Tap Gaming Technologies for Training Workers Game engines can be easily configured and have the potential to make programming manufacturing software and robots easy. |
National Defense
May 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Soldiers Teaching Robots Battlefield Duties An Army Research Lab is working to instill robots with complex behaviors, thus making them suitable for the battlefield. |
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. |
| 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. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Onward Robotic Soldiers A major Defense Department initiative could be a boon to robot manufacturers. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
Watch A Robot Take On A Ping-Pong Champ In This Epic Matchup To celebrate the opening of a Shanghai factory, German robotics company Kuka pitted its one-armed ping-pong-playing robot against German table tennis champ Timo Boll. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2010
Erico Guizzo |
When My Avatar Went to Work A robot surrogate or telepresence robot took my place at the office. Here's why one may take yours, too |
