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Robotic teams give hope for the future Jacksonville Daily News I was pleased to see the Richlands and Jacksonville High School robotic teams' picture in the paper; however, there should have been an entire article written about this fine group of young people. I should add here that Swansboro also had a team ... |
 Wall Street Journal | Paralyzed patients move robots with minds Bend Bulletin Cathy Hutchinson sips a drink held by a robotic arm. In recent experiments, two people, paralyzed years before by strokes, were able to control robotic arms with the help of a tiny sensor planted in their brains. braingate2.org via Associated Press By ... Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm Stroke Victims Think, Robotic Arm Acts Paralyzed woman controlling robot with thoughts |
South Korea struts its robotic stuff at Expo 2012 San Jose Mercury News By Sam Kim AP In this April 20, 2012 photo, a fish robot swims at the Marine Robot pavilion of the EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea site in Yeosu, South Korea. More than 100 nations are expected to participate in the expo that will open from May 12 to Aug. |
 Wall Street Journal | Could We Trust Killer Robots? Wall Street Journal Not according to Ronald Arkin, the director of the Mobile Robot Lab at Georgia Tech. Since 2006, with support from the US Army Research Office, Dr. Arkin and his colleagues have been working to develop features for a new generation of smart weapons: ... |
Rowdy Robot Secures Funding for Internet of Things Device Known as TOD San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Lehi, UT (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 High tech startup Rowdy Robot has reached the $50000 funding mark on the website Kickstarter. The company is developing a new device known as the TOD (pronounced "toad") that will allow people to easily connect real-world ... |
 CrazyEngineers VoiCE | Juggling Robot Does Tricks, Is Cooler Than Your Typical Clown PCWorld (blog) I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have this awesome Japanese robot doing the entertainment at parties than the typical human act. The folks over at Chinba University demonstrated how one of its hand-arm systems can juggle two balls at ... Researchers unveil eerie clothes-scaling robot Best Robot Videos of the Week: Juggling and Climbing Up Your Clothes Worm-like robot climbs clothes with alacrity |
Robots (and Their Student Creators) Compete in Big Tournament This Weekend Patch.com Schools from the Northeast bring their autonomous and remote-controlled robots to compete in shooting basketballs and balancing on Teeter-Totters. By Charlene Arsenault A student demonstrates a basketball shooting robot last year at a demonstration at ... |
Samsung Galaxy S III Robot Phone Already at 9 Million Preorders eWeek ... two other highly touted, polar opposite attributes: It's said to be inspired by nature—featuring ringtones, wallpapers and textual and auditory cues with calming nature themes—but it's the most robot-like, sci-fi-esque smartphone ever introduced. |
 Treehugger | Albany artist's passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire San Jose Mercury News By Joshua Melvin Life isn't going to just hand you a flame-throwing metal robot with a giant tool that looks like a chain saw mounted on it -- you will have to make your own. Just ask artist, inventor and welder-run-amok Justin Gray, whose ferocious ... Maker Faire Expects 100000 Visitors Faire in Bay Area celebrates makers of whiz-bang technology Metal Sculptor Justin Gray |
 New York Daily News | Robotic Arms Give Paralyzed Patients Ability to Grasp Objects San Francisco Chronicle May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Two people paralyzed by strokes were able to control robotic arms by using their thoughts, a medical advance that may lead to more-sophisticated prosthetic limbs. One patient, a 58-year-old woman, used a robot arm to sip a drink ... Robotic Arms Allow Paralyzed Patients to Grasp Objects Paralyzed woman controls robot arm with mind Paralysis victims use brain signals to control robotic arm |