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MIT Now Has Their Own Super Fast Robot Cheetah

MIT Now Has Their Own Super Fast Robot Cheetah

By Zach Walton May 17, 2013

In September of last year, Boston Dynamics introduced the world to a cheetah robot that you could never hope to outrun. With a max speed of 28.3 mph, the robot would even be able to catch a sprinting Usain Bolt. …

Stony The Robot Mourns The Dead For You Stony The Robot Mourns The Dead For You

Having a loved one die on you is pretty much the worst thing imaginable. A close second would be the mourning period that some religions dictate must take place after the loved one has been buried. I would prefer to …

Scientists Trying To Hack Into Hawking's Brain Scientists Trying To Hack Into Hawking's Brain

The desire to use robotics to help people regain mobility has been around for a few years now. Until recently the research has been moving along to help people regain mobility by implanting devices into people’s brains to pick up …

Navy's New Firefighting Robot Is Terminator-esque Navy's New Firefighting Robot Is Terminator-esque

To help further improve future shipboard firefighting capability, scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have formed an interdisciplinary team to develop a humanoid robot that could fight fires on the next generation of combatants. A humanoid-type robot was chosen because …

Robotic Mule Carries 400 Pounds Of Military Equipment Robotic Mule Carries 400 Pounds Of Military Equipment

Our soldiers could soon get a helping hand in carrying gear thanks to a robotic mule. DARPA is testing a robotic mule that that will be able to carry 400 pounds of gear on a rough 20 mile trip without …

New Robot Is Powered By Human Waste New Robot Is Powered By Human Waste
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This week in “What has science done?” comes the pooping robot. Before you ask, yes, the robot actually does ingest matter and excretes it out. Scientists working at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory invented a robot that powers itself by ingesting …

Crab-Like Robot Can Remove Stomach Cancer Crab-Like Robot Can Remove Stomach Cancer

Like something from a science fiction film, It proceeds to enter the subject’s stomach by way of an endoscope, it’s pincer grasping the tissue, riddled with cancer. Its oblong hook severs the cancerous lesion, coagulating blood to stop bleeding all …

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Robot Cockroach Produces Its Own Power Robot Cockroach Produces Its Own Power
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I think we can all agree that cockroaches are pretty gross. Science has always stuck up for the disgusting vermin and are once again championing the little guys as the first step towards cyborgs. Science has found a way, according …

Robot Wants Friends On Facebook
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Researchers from the Interactive Robots and Media Lab (IRML) at the University of the United Arab Emirates are giving a robot its own Facebook profile page to explore "human-robot relationships."

Research indicates that humans gradually lose interest in interactive robots after a few weeks. Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis, Lab director at IRML, hopes to change that by studying how humans interact with a robot on the social web.

Patent For Google: Teaching Robots To Read

“Recognizing Text In Images” served as the main idea for a Google patent filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization.