Video Friday: Droneapult Launch, Robot Rope Ascender, and Spock vs. Spock
We've still got lots of news from ICRA, but not today, since it's Video Friday!
JPL BioSleeve Enables Precise Robot Control Through Hand and Arm Gestures
This sensor-studded cuff from JPL enables intuitive robot control
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Kuka Robot Competition Offers 20,000-Euro Award
The German company is organizing a competition based on its youBot robot
MIT Cheetah Robot Runs Fast, and Efficiently
It's now the second fastest legged robot in the world
Finally: Robots Learn What 'Squishy' Really Means
Researchers are teaching robots to use common adjectives to describe how objects feel
Video Friday: Robohand, Entropy-Powered AI, and Bad Breath Bot
It's Friday, and we know what you need: robot videos
Why Teaching a Robot to Fetch a Cup of Coffee Matters
In robotics, as in life, it often takes small steps to reach a big goal
Shrewbot Uses Whiskers to Map Its Environment
A robot modeled after a shrew can figure out where it is using just its whiskers
This Robot's Acrobatic Leaps Are the Coolest Thing You'll See Today
This jumping robot video will make you love robots even more
Quadrotor With Tilting Propellers Can Twist in Midair
Some extra degrees of freedom give this quadrotor the ability to pitch and roll while hovering
MIT Robots Can Assemble Your IKEA Furniture For You
These robots can assemble your Swedish furniture, without even looking at the instructions
This Crawling Inchworm Robot Can Be Printed Out and Folds Itself
With the addition of a battery and motor, this printable and self-assembling robot can crawl like a worm
We're at ICRA 2013: The World's Largest Robot Research Conference!
We're in Karlsruhe, Germany to check out all the latest robotics research
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Rethink Robotics Opens Up Baxter Robot For Researchers
Researchers now have access to an open source SDK to "hack" Baxter
Video Friday: Robo Raven Attacked, Robot Love In the Air, and Superbowl of the Mind
Robot love is in the air. Robo Raven is in the air, too
What Roboticists Can Learn From Art, and What Artists Can Learn From Robots
A glimpse into how robots can make an emotional connection with humans
Insect-Eye Camera Offers Wide-Angle Vision for Tiny Drones
Engineers make a tiny compound eye
Nao Robot Goes to School to Help Kids With Autism
The little humanoid wants to help kids with special needs and autism
Meet IXI-Play, the Dancing Robot Bird Kids Will Love
A Dutch company is hatching a little robotic bird for children
Cheetah-Cub Quadruped Robot Learns to Walk, Trot Using Gait Patterns from Real Animal
Researchers used motion-capture data of a horse to make a cheetah robot walk and run
Video Friday: Angry Romibos, Rockets in Flight, and Real Dogs Dropping Robot Snakes
Enjoy this Video Friday as IEEE Spectrum Automaton heads to Switzerland and Germany for two weeks of robotics research
FIRST and NI Announce New Robot Controller: Smaller, Faster, Super Rugged
National Instruments will provide FIRST teams with a brand new, and much more powerful, control system for their robots
Beware the Unstoppable Robot Turtle
Flipperbot explores how sea turtles use their flippers to move on land
Not Surprising: Brain Scans Show Humans Empathize With Robots
Nobody likes to see robots getting tortured, but scans reveal that it bothers us almost as much as seeing it happen to humans
Brain Scans Show Humans Feel for Robots
A show of affection or violence toward either robots or humans causes similar changes in the brain
Beware the Unstoppable Cyborg Turtle
Run! Or walk. Or, you know, whatever. No rush.
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PR2 Learns Pick and Place Skills, Gives Baxter a Run for Its Way Less Money
This is the fastest we have ever seen a PR2 move
Video Friday: iCub Rides a Roomba, PR2 Can Hear You Now, and ROBOGAMES!
National Robotics Week may be over, but around here it's always National Robotics Week, especially on Fridays
TurtleBot 2 Tutorial: Installing Ubuntu Linux
Trust us, you can do this: you can install Ubuntu, and you'll be glad you did
Team DRC-Hubo Prepares for DARPA Robotics Challenge
A highly modified version of the Hubo humanoid robot attempts some challenging tasks
Japanese Researchers Developing Robotic Chameleon, Tongue First
The world desperately needs a robotic chameleon, and we're now one projectile-tongue closer to that goal
TurtleBot 2: Unboxing and First Demo
Let's see what happens when we take our TurtleBot 2 out of the box and try to get it to follow us around
Superfast Scanner Lets You Digitize Book By Flipping Pages
Tokyo University researchers develop scanner that can capture 200 pages in one minute
Our Cats Test the LRII Robotic Litter Box: A Paws-On Review
This Death Star-looking automatic litter machine will neutralize your kitty's poop
Robots To Stay Very Far Away From: Ham De-boning Arm
Boning ham is a tedious, repetitive task. Perfect for a robot!
BigDog Throws Cinder Blocks with Huge Robotic Face-Arm
I don't know why BigDog needs a fifth limb to throw cinder blocks, but it's incredibly awesome
How Google's Self-Driving Car Works
Google engineers explain the technology behind their autonomous vehicle and show videos of the road tests