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Movie robots often look like people in bulky, bipedal suits. Why aren't more robots built along these lines? It's not just the problem of balance.

Researchers and educators from the University of Georgia's Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Marine Extension are creating an education program focused on autonomous underwater vehicles, also known as underwater robots.

Staff Sgt. Shawn Briggs, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, straps on an iRobot 310 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle , used during dismounted operations in Florida on April 18, 2013.

Victoria West High School students James Easton, left, and Corbin Adams discuss robot movement before class March 3 at the University of Houston-Victoria.

MOUNTAIN VIEW In a rare public speech, Google CEO Larry Page once suggested the tech industry needs "safe places where we can try out new things" without rules or interference.

Shh! Don't tell anyone! This is what the Air Force's new Long Range Strike Bomber might look like.

You can't beat them, so join them. That was the message Google chairman Eric Schmidt delivered Friday in a session at SXSW in Austin.

In the decades that came after, just about every industry became automated to a greater or lesser extent.

When drummer Jason Barnes lost his lower right arm to electrocution two years ago, his future as a musician didn't look too promising.

With robots becoming increasingly powerful , intelligent and autonomous, a scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute says it's time to start making sure they know the difference between good and evil.

Holsteins wanting to be milked took turns walking into an automated stall that closed behind them in Rovers' barn at Westarm Farms Ltd. in Tracadie, Antigonish County.

That's the year scientists in Britain plan to introduce a new-and-improved Nao to the public.

Thinking there could be life on one of Jupiter's moons , NASA scientists are working on a plan to send robots to begin studying it.

Surveillance. Online privacy. Robots. Food processing. Wearable computers. To get a sense of what's on the minds of the tech industry's thinkers, leaders and tinkerers, it's a good idea to head to Austin, Texas, rather than Silicon Valley this time of the year.

Image Caption: Located at the Kennedy Space Center but commanded from Goddard, the RROxiTT industrial robot mimicked how future space robots could transfer oxidizer to a satellite valve.

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks speaks to the media and members of the public from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The UpTake: Robots will soon be as ubiquitous, and as useful, as smartphones, says Daniela Rus of MIT.

Running away to sea has been a dream of escape for centuries, but unless you plan to be a tap dancer on a cruise ship, that door may be closing.

What if math teachers across the country could get their pupils to learn two to three times faster? Yearlong courses like pre-algebra and geometry could be condensed to several months, freeing up students to dig deeper into subjects or learn additional material.

Daniel Casner, left, co-founder of Robot Garden, and Jim Berry, steward for Robot Garden, test a laser cutter at the I-Gate innovation hub in Livermore on March 2, 2014.