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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
As robots seek to mimic humans' ability to see and hear, they have a secret weapon in Microsoft's Kinect game motion-sensing controller.CNET From ACM News | December 7, 2011
A new breed of undersea robot promises to give oceanographers a deeper understanding of ocean life by going faster, farther, and longer than its predecessors—and...CNET From ACM News | November 4, 2010
Japan has added another soldier to its humanoid robot army. The HRP-4 is the latest edition in the state-backed humanoid project. CNet From ACM News | September 17, 2010
Google's Mike Cohen won't be satisfied until anyone who wants to talk to their computer can do so without laughing at the hideous translation or sighing in frustration...CNET From ACM News | August 31, 2010
Japanese engineers have created two robots designed to interact with children and mimic human growth. Researchers say the robots could inform cognitive development...CNet From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2010
Swiss researchers are developing a swarm of single-propeller robots that are able to self-assemble and take flight. CNet Asia From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2010
Willow Garage has given 11 teams from around the world the right to use its PR2 open source robots and operating system to develop new uses for the technology and...CNet From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2010
The Internet of the future is an intelligent network capable of proactively acting on our needs, following us wherever we go, helping provide us with focused health...CNET From ACM News | March 4, 2010
There has been an explosion in hobbyist or do-it-yourself (DIY) robotics, with one recent example being a 16,000-member community attempting to individually create...CNet From ACM TechNews | May 29, 2009
Brookings Institution fellow P.W. Singer says in an interview that the military's funding of robotics will have ramifications in areas that people are as yet unaware...CNet From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2009