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The device developed at George Mason University, which you can view by visiting the link below, helps patients with certain difficulties to be able to perform repetitive physical movements for therapy.This logic could soon be applied to a much more variety of physical tasks, which may enable to teach healthy people without any movement problems, certain tasks. The recently emerging machines called “exoskeletons” for example, […] Read More

The biggest cost in agriculture is the manual labor today. Recently a research project has started by the Carnegie Mellon University under the funding of Department of Agriculture totaling up to $10 million, in order to develop robotic vehicles that are able to pick the fruits, but the abilities of the machine will not be limited to just that. It is envisioned that it will […] Read More

It is now a reality that after decades of computer history, we are nowhere near to a real artificial intelligence. This is not like the computer programmers of the past were probably envisioning our age. The common thought a couple decades ago was, as soon as the computers have enough processing capability, the Artificial Intelligence would emerge naturally. Yet we still have to see a […] Read More

Software development platform allows academics, hobbyists and commercial vendors to simplify the creation of robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware.SANTA CLARA, Calif. Nov. 17, 2008, At the RoboDevelopment Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, Calif., Microsoft Corp. today announced the general availability of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 (Microsoft RDS), the newest version of its robotics programming platform. Microsoft RDS includes a simple […] Read More

A new domestic helper robot is under development by University of Tokyo of Japan, and Toyota Motor Corp. The robot weighs about 130 lbs and able to recognize clothes and different objects, also in 3D view by its two cameras looking at an angle resembling human eyesight. The robot can sweep floors, move object from one place to another and can even move furniture to […] Read More

The robot that has been developed by University of Pennsylvania, USA, is capable of reassembling itself after being scattered into pieces.The units first detect each other’s location by their light sensors and signals, and then decide how to reassemble themselves according to the given objective, which is to assemble into different forms and shapes to make various types of robots for a variety of different […] Read More

Researchers at Oregon State University have been developing a new robot leg system that manages to create a more natural effect by utilizing springs. Up to 40 % of the energy can be recycled with this system developed. In comparison to the robot legs that move only by motors, this concept looks much more promising. See another related story on Robotic Magazine here Source: click […] Read More

The researchers in United Kingdom have managed to control a robot by neurons of a rat brain. The experiment aims for gaining new insights into Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, which are both neurological diseases.It will enable scientist to help understand how the brain learns and remembers memories. The robot, which is solely controlled by the biological brain, learns to avoid obstacles on its path. Every […] Read More

A new rubber material has been developed by Japanese scientists that is able to flex but conduct electricity as well. The material can stretch as much as 38 percent before starting to loose its conductivity and conduct electricity 570 times more than a regular rubber. It can also be used to make flexible integrated circuits. This is a important development in making more humanlike robots, […] Read More

A new project that is about to start in Plymouth University of United Kingdom, the research team is aiming to teach robots the “meaning” of words. Currently the robots can process words without grasping the meaning like humans. The project aims to do this by mimicking the language teaching techniques to a child. In order to interact properly with people, the robot will have a […] Read More