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ScienceDaily (July 17, 2012) — For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also trained dolphins and sea lions to search for bombs on and around vessels.

Bedford’s iRobot Corp. said today it has received a $7.7 million order from the Naval Sea Systems Command for robot upgrades. The order calls for iRobot Aware 2 software upgrades and the delivery of advanced sensor suites for 248 fielded Man ...

Newswise — COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (July 17, 2012) – Robots designed in a Tennessee Tech University laboratory and developed by a company started by TTU graduates may someday help bring about a resurgence in American manufacturing. Research to develop a ...

That's RUTH. In the end, she really amounts to a big robot arm with six joints, but Ford clearly has a soft spot for the faceless employee. First utilized in Europe, the Robotized Unit for Tactility and Haptics is currently at work helping to ...

NEW YORK, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Snake Robot Markethttp://www.reportlinker.com/p0935291/Snake-Robot-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium ...

In their quest for creating a human-like robot, scientists have edged closer to their goal — they have designed one that can display several human emotions — from fear, amazement, disgust to happiness. Roboticists from the University of Pisa ...

She gets amazed. She gets disgusted. She gets sad. And she's a robot--the so-called FACE robot designed by scientists at the University of Pisa in Italy. Modeled after a research team member's wife, the robot was created to show a wide range of ...

The FACE robot is highly creepy, sending us over to the uncanny valley many times over by coming in the form of a highly realistic robot – at least in terms of facial expressions. For those who are not familiar with the term “uncanny valley”, it is ...

She gets amazed. She gets disgusted. She gets sad. And she's a robot--the so-called FACE robot designed by scientists at the University of Pisa in Italy. Modeled after a research team member's wife, the robot was created to show a wide range of ...

For years, the U.S. Navy has employed human divers, equipped with sonar cameras, to search for underwater mines attached to ship hulls. The Navy has also trained dolphins and sea lions to search for bombs on and around vessels. While animals can cover a ...

Too busy watching TV to keep your workspace tidy? No worries; we've got the perfect solution for you. We're teaming up with National Geographic's "Chasing UFOs" this week to hand out an out-of-this-world cleaning solution -- a desktop robot vacuum -- to ...

She gets amazed. She gets disgusted. She gets sad. And she's a robot--the so-called FACE robot designed by scientists at the University of Pisa in Italy. Modeled after a research team member's wife, the robot was created to show a wide range of ...

I am grieved to discover only now that there is a robot film festival held annually in New York. The second iteration of the annual fest was held this past weekend. Google was on hand with a short film of a legally blind driver taking an ...

London:  Scientists have edged closer to their goal of creating a human-like robot as they have designed one that can display dozens of human emotions ranging from happiness to fear. The female robot has been aptly named as FACE. Drawing on 30 years of ...

The snake robot devices market reached a value of $15.5 million during 2011, and by 2018 this amount is expected to grow to $2.3 billion. Market growth is anticipated to be driven by the introduction of new devices, systems and instruments which are able ...

NEW YORK, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0934689/Surgical-Robot-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign ...

Actor Seth Green and writer Matt Senreich came up with the idea for their future cult cartoon on a living room couch, eating take-out Chinese food that would become the show’s namesake. Now, about to debut its sixth season on Cartoon Network ...

Robots just got creepier. The new FACE robot can express a range of human emotions that go beyond expressing happiness and sadness to show disgust and amazement, among other expressions. It can even adjust the intensity of each emotion displayed ...

Robots just got creepier. The new FACE robot can express a range of human emotions that go beyond expressing happiness and sadness to show disgust and amazement, among other expressions. It can even adjust the intensity of each emotion displayed ...

A ROBOT named da Vinci has successfully been used in Strathfield Private Hospital's first robot-assisted surgery. The surgical robot system was used by urologist Dr Andre Lalak to perform a prostatectomy with amazing results. WEIRD SCIENCE: Would you trust ...