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PhysOrg.com
Invasion of the Robot Swarm
Portfolio.com (blog)
by Michael del Castillo Little is known about Kmel Robotics, which apparently developed the robot swarm in partnership with GRASP Labs of the University of Pennsylvania. A whirling swarm of robots has just been unleashed from the GRASP Lab at the ...
Airborne robot swarms are making complex moves (w/ video)PhysOrg.com
Formation-flying nano robots demonstrate brilliant navigation abilities ...Mirror.co.uk
Nano Quadrotor robot swarm video is mesmerizing, terrifyingSlashGear
TIME -TNT Magazine -iProgrammer
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The robot is us as technology expands self
San Francisco Chronicle
Digital Domain / AP In popular Western culture, robots of the future are often portrayed as a threat to humans. Whether humanoid ("I, Robot," NS-5) or Big Brother ("Terminator," Skynet), the idea of a nonhuman, calculating device with superpowers ...

Forbes
Kids Prefer Robots To Teachers And Parents
Forbes
A new study finds that kids not only love robots, but also that robots benefit kids in the classroom. The implications of this “benefit,” however, might not seem so benign on closer examination. The study, “Robots @ School,” was implemented by Latitude ...
LEGO-sponsored study: Kids think robots are cooler than parents, teachersSlashGear

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PhysOrg.com
Invasion of the Robot Swarm
Portfolio.com (blog)
Little is known about Kmel Robotics, which apparently developed the robot swarm in partnership with GRASP Labs of the University of Pennsylvania. A whirling swarm of robots has just been unleashed from the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
Airborne robot swarms are making complex moves (w/ video)PhysOrg.com
Formation-flying nano robots demonstrate brilliant navigation abilities ...Mirror.co.uk
Nano Quadrotor robot swarm video is mesmerizing, terrifyingSlashGear
TIME -TNT Magazine -iProgrammer
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Popular Science
Crab dinner inspires cancer-removing robot
CNET (blog)
by Bonnie Cha February 3, 2012 11:59 AM PST Follow @bonnieCNET Inspired by our crustacean friends, researchers in Singapore have created a mini robot that can be used to remove early-stage stomach cancer in a far less invasive way than other procedures ...
Chili Crab Dinner Inspires Robot That Crawls Down Your Throat To Grab Your CancerPopular Science
Crab-Like Robot Can Remove Stomach CancerWebProNews
The Mini Crab Bot Will Crawl Down Your Throat to Cure Your CancerGizmodo
Huffington Post
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Wheels. Legs. This robot has both
CNET (blog)
by Christopher MacManus February 3, 2012 1:25 PM PST Follow @sonyinsider Well, that might be an exaggeration, but this leg-wheel hybrid mobile robot is definitely a front-runner to star in my recurring robot domination nightmares.

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CBC.ca
Spry robot built to zip like the butterfly
Futurity: Research News
Researchers are studying butterflies to advance the development of flying bug-size robots. Pictured is an insect-inspired flapping-wing micro air vehicle under development at Harvard University. (Credit: Robert J. Wood and Pratheev Sreetharan, ...
Butterfly Flight Videos May Lead To 'Micro Aerial Vehicle' Military DronesHuffington Post
Military hope to learn the secret of a butterfly's flutter in a mission to ...Daily Mail
Video: To Enable the Robo-Insects of the Future, Researchers Capture Butterfly ...Popular Science
The Conversation
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Poop-Powered Robot: EcoBot-III From Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Huffington Post
Today's robots that fly, jump or roll around must refuel or recharge as does any gadget that runs out of energy. Tomorrow's new generation of self-sustaining robots might keep going nearly forever by grazing on dead insects, rotting plant matter or ...

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Digitaltrends.com
Japanese retailer uses robot mannequin in store display
VatorNews
Japanese retailer Takashimiya has installed a robotic mannequin in a certain Valentine's Day display window, programmed to interact with passing customers. The humanoid robot, which is part of famed robotics desinger Hiroshi Ishiguro's Geminoid series, ...
Lifelike Robot Mannequin Interacts With Shoppers [Video]PSFK
A moving experience – robotic mannequin debuts in TokyoDigitaltrends.com
Video: PopSci's Favorite Japanese Fembot Gets a Modeling Job at the MallPopular Science
Engadget -CNET -TIME
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Researchers find social robots require astute tuning to improve acceptability ...
PhysOrg.com
After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves, interact and learn – and doing so while performing jobs like teaching social behavior to children with autism ...

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msnbc.com
Latest robots eat — and poop — to power up
msnbc.com
By Jeremy Hsu Today's robots that fly, jump or roll around must refuel or recharge as does any gadget that runs out of energy. Tomorrow's new generation of self-sustaining robots might keep going nearly forever by grazing on dead insects, rotting plant ...

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Robotic surgery finds favor with doctors, patients
Shreveport Times
Douglas Collier/The Times Betty Iverson is among local pioneers for a new kind of robotic surgery but considers it just another operation. Wednesday, a surgical robot resembling something from a science fiction movie removed her diseased gall bladder ...

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The State
HOAX: Robot detonates suspicious package at Five Points post office
The State
Police cordoned off Greene Street from Harden Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Park and evacuated all buildings in the block until about 1 pm A bomb robot was used Friday at the US Post Office in Five Points to explode a suspicious package.
Suspicious Package Detonated, Was 'Hoax'WLTX.com
Suspicious package found at Columbia Post OfficeWACH

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2011 a record year for robots
Plastics News
3, 11:50 am ET) -- North American industrial robot makers set a record in 2011 -- 19337 robots sold in the region valued $1.17 billion -- according to the Robotic Industries Association. North American orders were up 47 percent in units and 38 percent ...
North American Robotics Industry breaks records in 2011.ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)

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Stuff.co.nz
Robots bring beer but Rosie still takes cake
Stuff.co.nz
DRINKING BUDDY: Honda Motor Co's Asimo humanoid robot opens the top of a bottle to pour the drink into a cup. PHONE SAVY: Romo the robot, which uses people's smartphones as its brain. BAR SERVICE: The PR2 robot made by California company Willow Garage ...

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To Make a Social Robot, Key is Satisfying the Human Mind
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves, interact and learn – and doing so while performing jobs like teaching social behavior to children ...

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Daily Mail
Butterfly Flight Videos May Lead To 'Micro Aerial Vehicle' Military Drones
Huffington Post
How about a butterfly robot? Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are pointing their high-speed video cameras at the wings of butterflies to help design the next generation of flying robots. The research, funded by US defense agencies, is intended to ...
Military hope to learn the secret of a butterfly's flutter in a mission to ...Daily Mail
Video: To Enable the Robo-Insects of the Future, Researchers Capture Butterfly ...Popular Science
Robot flying bugs mimic butterfliesThe Conversation

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Technabob
Lifelike Robot Mannequin Interacts With Shoppers [Video]
PSFK
The lifelike female robot is displayed in shop a window at the Tokyo department store Takashimiya as part of a Valentine's Day promotion. The android mannequin sits quietly with her phone and bag and awaits for shoppers to pass by so she can interact ...
Hiroshi Ishiguro's android mannequin creeps out Japanese shoppers (video)Engadget
Tokyo store's female android looking for loveCNET
Japanese android condemned to be forever alone for Valentine's Dayio9

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Film School Rejects
'Alvin and the Chipmunks' + Robots = 'Short Circuit' Reboot
Film School Rejects
Of course, the bigger question will be whether a robot movie like this will fly in a time where actual robots are running our lives for us. Will Johnny look like an Erector Set that talks or will he look like that creepy Japanese lady-bot that scares ...
Matt Lieberman to Write Dimension Films' Remake of 'Short Circuit'Hollywood Reporter
New Scribe Assembled for SHORT CIRCUIT RebootCollider.com
That Short Circuit remake now has an appropriately family-friendly writerA.V. Club
Reuters -HitFix -WorstPreviews.com
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Co.Exist
'Robot doctors' next growth area for iRobot
Boston Business Journal
(Nasdaq: IRBT) will increase its focus on developing robots for health care applications, as opportunities to grow the military side of the business dwindle in the face of constrained Department of Defense budgets. “In no way are we abandoning our ...
Robots Invade TelemedicineHealthcare Technology Online (press release)
Boston Children's Hospital Is Sending Some Patients Home With Sleek New RobotsCo.Exist
IRobot CEO: "robot doctors" will drive growthBizjournals.com
Technology Review (blog)
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