Articles on Robots

iRobot CEO believes robot nurses solution to runaway healthcare cost - Sep 20, 2009

Crave A prototype robotic telepresence "nurse." In the midst of America's raging debate on the future of health insurance, one man says he has a solution to out-of-control healthcare costs: More ... Read story »

Future killer robots could help build themselves - Jun 4, 2009

Crave I built myself! Robots that can self-replicate aren't new. But a new DARPA initiative is a little more frightening as it looks to create robots that can take part in ... Read story »

Vintage camera robots made from scraps - Oct 19, 2009

Crave US designer Cat Bishop is hawking some pretty cool modified cameras on Etsy.com which look like robots from the 1960s. Each limited-edition piece has other objects attached to it, such ... Read story »

Guard robot with Internet-based controls - Sep 6, 2009

Crave Robots may be the eventual downfall of the human race, but for now, most are either cute or useful. One that exists in both categories has spent the last week ... Read story »

Japan develops walking gel for future robots - May 7, 2009

Crave Attack of the killer blob. Say what? This time, the innovative Japanese have dreamed up an invention that's just too weird for words. New Scientist describes it as a chemical ... Read story »

Smooching robots do it for real, what next? - Aug 26, 2009

Crave Does anyone draw the line at this? With robots now taking over the fashion catwalk, it's only a matter of time before they can be engineered to run our lives ... Read story »

Japan tops Robot Density List (why do I still have to vacuum?) - Jan 7, 2009

Blogs It's official. Japan has the most robots of them all, and rumor has it, all your base are belong to them. From IEEE Spectrum, here's the definitive bar graph that proves ... Read story »

SnackBot: A humanoid robot that brings you food - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Feed me, SnackBot. Feed me now! Cravers, I'd like to introduce you to SnackBot. He is exactly what he sounds like: A robot that brings you snacks. He wanders around ... Read story »

Who needs Gundam? Gigantor is complete! - Sep 30, 2009

Blogs If you've been feeling a little empty spot somewhere inside since the giant Gundam figure in Tokyo was taken down, Kobe's new Gigantor (or Tetsujin 28 go) figure is now complete ... Read story »

Charlie the robot befriends the seniors - Nov 25, 2009

Crave Posing with Charlie the robot are HealthBots team members (from left) Rebecca Stafford, Bruce MacDonald, and Elizabeth Broadbent. Add another robot to the list of helping bots for seniors. A ... Read story »

Robot head assists with road navigation - Oct 30, 2009

Crave MIT's concept robot head mounts on the dashboard to assist with navigation. AIDA's robot head can show warning signs. (Credit: MIT) MIT intends to revolutionize GPS navigation by making it friendly ... Read story »

Hoya's robotic firefighter - Oct 8, 2009

Crave South Korea's Hoya Robot is developing a mini firefighter helper bot that can enter burning buildings to conduct reconnaissance and check for people. The Firefighters Assistant Robot can apparently operate ... Read story »

NASA: Lunar science showcase - Jun 15, 2009

Features As NASA embarks on the path to its next manned lunar mission, it is ramping up its efforts to study, and assist others to study the moon. Read story »

Robo-scientist makes gene discovery--on its own - Apr 3, 2009

Crave Adam (shown in background) may not look like its two colleagues in the white coats, but it's starting to act like them. Earlier this week, we told you about a ... Read story »

Gymnobot swims in water by doing the wave - Sep 25, 2009

Crave Postgraduate researcher Ryan Ladd helped develop Gymnobot at the University of Bath's Ocean Technologies Lab. A robot fish developed at the U.K.'s University of Bath features a unique method of ... Read story »

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