Robots News

A Robot designed by a KwaZulu-Natal doctoral student could be used to find people in burning buildings and survivors of natural disasters.

An AirRobot micro-UAV has played the part of a fairy in a recent performance of Shakespeare's 1594 play A Midsummer Night's Dream .

Abstract Future applications for personal robots motivate research into developing robots that are intelligent in their interactions with people.

Drones, state-of-the-art robots, and "jammers" : In a base close to the Gaza Strip, hidden from the prying eyes of television cameras and journalists, the [Italian] defence minister had come to inspect the latest jewels of Israeli military technology, which Italy may soon buy .

Robotic surgery is helping patients who lost an organ to cancer.

Technology is transforming the way the medical systems work. Michelle Andrews Premium Health News Service November 20, 2009 Katherine Thomas doesn't remember much about the 19 days she spent in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Obese patients are no more likely to have post-operative complications than those of average weight when undergoing robotic surgery to remove uterine fibroids, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.

Some day in the not-too-distant future, we won't need to plug in our portable gadgets to charge them.

AN OXFORD hospital is throwing open its doors on Saturday in a bid to dispel peoplea s fears about cancer treatment.

CO2 emissions caused by humans rise 2 percent despite global financial crisis A new research has determined that despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis , carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon per capita per year.

I've been invited to join a panel on robotics at the upcoming Orycon Science Fiction Convention, so I decided to write about them here, too.

The Wall Street Journal has a fun, inspiring piece about technological tinkering: Occupying a space somewhere between shop class and the computer lab, the new tinkerers are making everything from devices that Twitter how much beer is left in a keg to robots that assist doctors.

A department store in Japan has experimented with using a robot assistant to help handle the large volume of shoppers, according to the Telegraph .

There's a new book out featuring 365 images that showcase a year of life in the Detroit area.

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that they have started limited in home evaluation trials for their first product, a fully autonomous personal companion home care robot, the CareBot.

University of Queensland scientists are working on algorithms to help robots rapidly 'learn' about their environment.

Insects with minuscule brains may be as intelligent as much bigger animals and may even have consciousness, it was claimed today.

Robots are getting better at fast, complex movements. Like martial arts. Take a look at four robots with graceful martial arts moves.

Taiwan researchers have invented an robot that can act as a receptionist, tour guide, security guard and doctor's aide, the latest offering from an island seeking to make its name in the global robotics market.

An "impressive" search robot capable of going into concealed areas that firefighters and rescue teams cannot enter was unveiled in Durban on Monday.