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October 2009

Vibrating driver's seats and shoe inserts are proving that humans can gather information using unusual parts of the body

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Wed, September 30, 2009

Do-It-Yourself: An Automated Bartender

Toast your successful project with a drink that the project mixes itself

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September 2009

The Reality of Robot Surrogates

How far are we from sending robots into the world in our stead?

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August 2009

Exoskeletons Are on the March

Cyberdyne is shipping nearly 100 more exoskeletons this fall

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Fri, July 24, 2009

The Invasion of Cute, Therapeutic Robots

Robots like Keepon and Paro are designed to be universally likable, but they don't come cheap.

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Obligations and challenges for national maritime administrations concerning the latest …

Since the earliest sailing exploits, the safety of navigation has been conditioned by the availability and reliability of adequate shipboard …

An integrated approach to electronic navigation

In today's Global Positioning System (GPS) dependent world, some have the notion that navigation is simply and almost solely accomplished …

The Future of Robotics

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Robotics & Academic Research

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Windows Embedded:Platform for Industrial Devices

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Powerful Data Capture Solutions

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Automaton

IEEE Spectrum's blog on robots and other silicon-brained contraptions

Artificial Intelligence

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: MIT's Shape-Shifting Robots

November 2009

Article: Engineers of the New Millennium: Robots for Real

DIY

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: The Robowranglers From Texas

Tue, October 13, 2009

Blog Post: DASH Hexapedal Cockroach-Inspired Robot Survives Large Falls, Dashes Off

Wed, September 30, 2009

Video: Do-It-Yourself: An Automated Bartender

Home Robots

Fri, November 06, 2009

Blog Post: AWE Robotic Wall Reconfigures Itself Into Workspace, Lounge

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: For Willow Garage, Robotics Is Personal

October 2009

Article: Navigation by the Soles of Your Feet (and the Seat of Your Pants)

Humanoids

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: The Amazing Androids of Hiroshi Ishiguro

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: Lessons From a Mechanical Child

Mon, October 26, 2009

Blog Post: First Video of Boston Dynamics PETMAN Biped

Industrial

Fri, October 16, 2009

Blog Post: Skiing Robot Races Down Slope

Wed, October 14, 2009

Video: Bridge Robot Moonwalks on Magnets

Thu, October 08, 2009

Blog Post: Video: UCSD Robots Climb Stairs, Hop Like Pogo Stick

Medical

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: Surgeons and Robots Scrub Up

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: A Helping Hand From a Robot

Thu, October 29, 2009

Blog Post: iRobot Launches Healthcare Robotics Division

Military Robots

Fri, October 30, 2009

Podcast: The A-Team of Robots

Mon, October 26, 2009

Blog Post: First Video of Boston Dynamics PETMAN Biped

Wed, September 30, 2009

Blog Post: Boston Dynamics Demo Shows Robot Jumping Over Fence

Robotics Software

Fri, November 06, 2009

Blog Post: AWE Robotic Wall Reconfigures Itself Into Workspace, Lounge

Thu, October 29, 2009

Blog Post: iRobot Launches Healthcare Robotics Division

Mon, October 26, 2009

Blog Post: First Video of Boston Dynamics PETMAN Biped

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