How to Teach a Robot to Improvise
• Andrew Rosenblum via PopSci.comDrones are learning the difference between a car and a tree--and how to make their next moves
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Pentagon Producing Terminator Like Machines
• http://www.prisonplanet.comThe Department of Defense has awarded a lucrative contract to an engineering and robotics design company to develop and build humanoid robots that can act intelligently without supervision.
18-Foot-Wide Rideable Robot Named Stompy Gets Funded on Kickstarter
• http://www.popsci.com, By Dan NosowitzIt's like a hydraulic go-cart spider
China Is Replacing Its Workers With Robots
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Max NisenCredit Suisse is out with a massive report on the growth of industrial automation. Yesterday we highlighted their favorite seven stocks in the sector.
With New Programming, Autonomous Airplanes Can Navigate on the Fly With No GPS
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comSelf-piloted drones may be able to land or fly almost anywhere -- even aircraft carriers -- but they need some complex navigation skills to do it, including the somewhat existential ability to know where they are in the world.
Electronic 'Smart Fingertips' Could Give Robots and Doctors Virtual Touch
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleElectronic fingertips could give robots a sense of touch, or allow doctors to operate via virtual touch.
The Coolest Warbots, Drones, and Unmanned Tech at the Robotic Systems Show
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comHere in Vegas, at North America's biggest unmanned systems show, warbots abound even as the defense industry explores its civilian side
Robot Learns to Pick the Sweetest, Ripest Strawberries
• Rachel Gross via WIRED.comRichard Dudley imagines a world where strawberries grow in perfect rows and every day a robot army tastes their colors before harvesting the ripe ones. No, that isn’t LSD talking.
You Don't Want the New U.S. Customs Robot to Find You Suspicious
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comU.S Customs and Border Protection has a new hire on hand at its Nogales, Ariz., border crossing between the United States and Mexico. CBP has installed an avatar kiosk at the checkpoint to help quickly move persons
Robot Master
• http://www.wired.com, By Christina BonningtonWhen you visit Manuela Veloso at Carnegie Mellon University, you’re not guided to her office by a security officer or even issued instructions by a secretary at reception.
Stock Trading Robot Makes Decisions Based on Superstitious Algorithms
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comWhen we feel there's a situation out of our control, we often fall back on superstition to account for it. ("Nothing else is working, why not blame it on that black cat?"
Zeno "boy" robot: Let me introduce myself
• http://phys.org, by Nancy OwanoMade in China, the boy-like robot stands 27 inches tall. The most commanding feature of the new Zeno is its head, made out of what creator David Hanson calls Frubber.
Rep. Markey proposes privacy rules for domestic drone licenses
• Eric W. Dolan via The Raw Story.comRep. Edward Markey (D-MA) on Wednesday released a discussion draft of legislation that aims to add privacy protections and greater transparency to the authorization of aerial drone flights within the United States.
Civilian Drones to Search for Downed Power Lines During Blackouts
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comToday in ways the impending domestic drone explosion is going to change your life: a number of utilities are testing new technologies that will allow them to quickly diagnose grid problems and rapidly restore electricity to areas stricken by blackout
The Next Wave of Factory Robots
• Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.comRobots designed to work safely alongside humans could change the way we think of manufacturing.
In Warehouses, Kiva's Robots Do the Heavy Lifting
• http://www.technologyreview.com,Fast pace, low margins have online retailers looking to automation to keep up.
Migrant Workers in China Face Competition from Robots
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Christina LarsonChina's giant electronics supplier Foxconn eyes replacing workers with industrial robots.
Migrant Workers in China Face Competition from Robots
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Christina LarsonChina's giant electronics supplier Foxconn eyes replacing workers with industrial robots.
Can a $10 Robot Save African Education?
• http://www.wired.com, By Nathan Hurst...Design a $10 robot. Conceived as a teaching tool for use in African classrooms, such a low-cost machine could prove to be revolutionary for education in poorer countries around the world.
Liquid-Filled Robot Finger More Sensitive to Touch Than a Human's
• Clay Dillow via PopSci.comAdd to the list of things robots now do better than humans: feel. Researchers at the U. of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering have designed a robot finger that can outperform humans in the basic yet complex sensory task of touching.
Tiny Robots Mend Broken Hearts
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Susan YoungMillimeter-scale devices could give surgeons the ability to operate on beating hearts.
Killing drones for the rest of us - or How I Learned To Embrace Remote Control Death From Above
Chip SaundersYes,...off-the-shelf tech for armed drones really is available to you and everyone else.
Equipped With a Hot Glue Gun, New Robot Builds Its Own Custom Tools
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleHot Glue Gun Bot The Hot Melt Adhesive robot can do more than climb walls, as seen here — it can fashion its own tools, too.
Wrinkle-traveling Clothbot makes its IEEE debut
• http://phys.org, by Nancy OwanoAs any gathering of scientists working with robots will suggest, attempts toward perfecting techniques and outcomes of grasping and maneuvering are key issues for researchers working on climbing robots.
Humanoid Robot Swarm Synchronised Using Quorum Sensing
• http://www.technologyreview.comProof-of-principle experiment shows how humanoid robots can co-operate on a large scale by copying the behaviour of social insects and bacterial colonies
Paralyzed individuals control robotic arms to reach and grasp using brain computer interface
• http://medicalxpress.com, by Brown UniversityIn an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own – for the first time in nearly 15 years – by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm.
Computer Interface Monitors Your Overworked Brain and Takes Over Tasks For You
• http://www.popsci.com, By Rebecca BoyleYour office mates, whether they’re people or pets, can probably tell when you’re feeling stretched too thin — heavy sighs, hand-wringing and general signs of stress are fairly easy to spot.
2,000 Apply for Jobs Building Asteroid-Mining Robots
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallIf you want to be an asteroid miner, you've got some stiff competition.
What Part of Our Brain Makes Us Human?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Brian ChristianIn his book The Most Human Human, Brian Christian looks at the artificial intelligences we've built, and what they say about us
DARPA's Cheetah Sets a Land-Speed Record for Running Robots
• http://www.popsci.com, By Clay DillowAbout a year ago we got our first look at DARPA’s Cheetah ‘bot via a concept drawing that looked more like a storyboard frame for a Transformers film than real, live robotics.
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