An Interview with America's First CTO
U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra is looking to innovative technologies to address the nation's problems
Robots for Real: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro
To understand how the human mind works, a Japanese researcher is building androids that look just like real people
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Robots for Real: Lessons From a Mechanical Child
A child humanoid robot called iCub is helping Swiss scientists study cognition, learning, and mobility
Robots for Real: Surgeons and Robots Scrub Up
At Johns Hopkins University, doctors and engineers collaborate to create the next generation of robots for the operating room
Robots for Real: A Helping Hand From a Robot
The Quality of Life Technology Center, in Pittsburgh, is developing intelligent systems to help older adults stay independent and healthy
Robots for Real: MIT's Shape-Shifting Robots
Daniela Rus wants to create self-reconfiguring robots that can change their shape'and become anything
Robots for Real: The Robowranglers From Texas
At the FIRST Robotics Championship, one defending champion team learns engineering-and life-lessons
Robots for Real: The A-Team of Robots
University of Minnesota researchers have built robots of diverse sizes, shapes, and specialties'now can the bots work as a team?
Robots for Real: For Willow Garage, Robotics Is Personal
For a Silicon Valley start-up, the future of personal robots is bright'and open source
The Dangers of Luxury Cars and GPS
On the road, we increasingly rely on imperfect computer systems