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
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The Dangers of Luxury Cars and GPS
On the road, we increasingly rely on imperfect computer systems
Weird Robots Revealed at IROS 2009
Robots inspired by nature were a common sight at this year's conference on intelligent robots and systems
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Spectrum's monthly slideshow proves that a picture is worth a thousand bytes
Bridge Robot Moonwalks on Magnets
A robot with permanent magnets on its feet requires some clever engineering to get moving
Who Deserves Credit for the Nobel-Prize-winning CCD?
Two Bell Labs contemporaries of Nobel Prize winners George Smith and Willard Boyle put some doubt into the accepted history.
Green Laser Update
Several companies say they've made progress in developing better green lasers
Do-It-Yourself: An Automated Bartender
Toast your successful project with a drink that the project mixes itself
There's Water on the Moon, but Making Use of it Won't be Easy
The lunar soil is as wet as desert sand, but that's more moisture than expected