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Nasa Mars Rover Getting Smarter as It Gets Older
Software uploaded to NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity gives the rover the ability to make its own choices about whether to make additional observations...
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Swarms of Helicopter Robots Could Create Huge 3-D Displays
The Flyfire project at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory is creating tiny LED-equipped helicopters that will move in concert to create dramatic, free-form displays...
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Fast, Strong Deltabot Moves Forward in the Robotics Market
A research team at the University of Waterloo has built DeltaBot, a robot that uses cables for arms instead of rigid components and has a cylinder in the middle...
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Amarsi Project Could See Robots Learn From Co-Workers
The AMARSi project aims to build humanoid robots that can autonomously learn and develop motor skills in open-ended environments just as humans do.
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Software: Running Commentary For Smarter Surveillance?
Cutting-edge surveillance software that automatically detects human motion, behaviour and facial expressions, generates a running commentary of what's happening...
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Safety Issues Loom as Humanoid Invasion Approaches
As robot technology advances, and their use puts them in closer contact with humans, safety has become a top priority for some researchers.
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Japan Baby-Robot Teaches Parenting Skills
Tsukuba University engineering students have developed Yotaro, a baby humanoid robot designed to teach young people about parenting.
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Could This Be The Robot Servant Who Will Serve You Breakfast In Bed?
Tokyo University researchers have created Kojiro, a humanoid robot that is learning to mimic how people walk.
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Context Is Ev . . . Well, Something, Anyway
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a way to improve object recognition systems by using information about their context.
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Machine-Learning Revolutionizes Software Development
Automation technology has revolutionized the fine-tuning needed to maximize software performance on devices such as mobile phones.
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Robot Bred in Wales to Seek Life on Red Planet
Aberystwyth University researcher Stephen Pugh has developed a picture-taking robot designed to look for signs of life on Mars. Pugh is fine-tuning the robot's...
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Internet's Future on Display at Singularity U.
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...
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Nasa Grooming Satellite Repair-Bots
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing satellite repair-bots to demonstrate the feasibility of refueling, repairing, and servicing...
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The Interpreter in the Laptop
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology scientists will demonstrate a language-to-language translation device at the upcoming CeBIT conference. The device combines automatic...
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Tracking Garbage
Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into...
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Stanford Software Is Gaining the Sophistication to Comprehend What Humans Write
Stanford University professor Chris Manning is working to enable computers to process human language well enough to use the information it conveys. Manning says...
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Swarm of Micro-Helicopters Could Create a Giant 3-D Display
Mechanical fireflies could help create a new kind of 3-D display, say researchers at MIT. Standing in for the bioluminescent beetles will be LED-fitted, remotely...
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Robot Provides 3-D Images of Dangerous Locations
Soldiers and first responders may soon have a better way to evaluate the interior of dangerous structures. Students at Missouri S&T, in a joint project with the...
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When Cars Go to Driving School
Posh cars already learn how you like your seat and steering wheel adjusted. The next generation of cars may be smart enough to learn how you drive and warn you...
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