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MANTUA TOWNSHIP, New Jersey — A hobbyist found the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in New Jersey in 1858, during the era of gentlemen scientists, gas lamps and extremely ruffled skirts. A century and a half later, paleontologists are ...

Can robots be programmed to behave in an ethical manner? That was the key issue in a story I wrote last year for The Oklahoman. In case you missed it, here’s the full text: “Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. … They ...

MANTUA TOWNSHIP, New Jersey — A hobbyist found the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in New Jersey in 1858, during the era of gentlemen scientists, gas lamps and extremely ruffled skirts. A century and a half later, paleontologists are ...

A peep show of seven women named Diana and a "seductive" robot are among the modern works unveiled at London's National Gallery in an exhibition inspired by Renaissance master Titian. The gallery has invited artists, poets, choreographers and composers to ...

MANTUA TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY – A hobbyist found the first nearly complete dinosaur skeleton in New Jersey in 1858, during the era of gentlemen scientists, gas lamps and extremely ruffled skirts. A century and a half later, paleontologists are ...

I got a robot head in the mail the other day. These are the kind of things that happen in the days leading up to Comic-Con International in San Diego. The same day the shiny cranium arrived, I got an “Expendables 2″ cigar and a My Little ...

Robots are getting mighty specific these days -- what with machines that specialize in tasks like playing hockey and winning at rock, paper, scissors. Meet today's super-specific robot, Skippy, who skips stones -- and with impressive height and consistency.

Sotir Moliko likes to tinker. The recent Plainville High School graduate is building an underwater robot.. "The biggest challenge is finding buoyancy so the thing doesn't sink or rise at the same time, you have to keep it right in the middle," the soon-to ...

TOKYO — Tokyo University laboratory has developed a robot that never loses at the game of Rock Paper Scissors. That is because its visual processing abilities and fingers work together faster than the synchronization of any human brain. A video of the ...

Something monstrous this way comes. Prepare for Daikaiju, premium action heroes who deliver most high rocket music. Translation: this Huntsville, Ala., foursome plays progressive psycho surf rock to a background of psychedelic visuals while ...

iRobot (IRBT) is already a company, so something else would be needed. iAssistant? iRosey? (after the Jetsons robot). No doubt the marketing mavens at Apple could come up with a name consumers would associate with the category. The CEO of iRobot ...

That disconnect is creepy, in a way that scientists are searching to understand. The uncanny valley is the idea that as a robot's appearance becomes more and more humanlike, we don't always respond to it more positively. Rather, there's a point ...

Obernburg, Germany - The reisPAD of Reis Robotics sets new standards in programming and operation of robots. Reis presents the new control generation ROBOTstar-VI with the innovative portable teach pendant reisPAD in tablet format. The programmer now ...

February 25, 2011 - Based on FANUC articulated arm robot, iP Robotic Palletizer integrates automatic pallet lift and product collation system designed to continuously handle products at high-speeds in harsh environments. For precise product placement ...

I promised you I'd spotlight some very cool DIY projects and one of my all-time favorites is this 3D milling machine built out of LEGO. For those of you who don't get warm in your private parts every time you pass a Harbor Freight, a milling machine is a ...

The automated process revolution in business process and communications is being extended to home cleaning robots. Household robot market driving forces are aspects of automated process applied to the home for achieving better use of time, creating more ...

Hot new mover and shaker on the quality web design scene, Robot Force has recently caused quite the stir on the lately by introducing an economy-boosting promotional offer on web design services. The promotion offers today’s modern web ...

World FIFA soccer players could face a drubbing by robots in the future if RoboCup has its way. The RoboCup robot competition, which recently saw robots pitched against each other on a soccer field, eventually aims to have robots play against the FIFA ...

Help/Systems, LLC, the leading independent provider of automated operations, security, and business intelligence software for IBM® Power Systems™ servers running IBM i, today announced an update to version 11 of Robot/NETWORK, its network management ...

That disconnect is creepy, in a way that scientists are searching to understand. The uncanny valley is the idea that as a robot's appearance becomes more and more humanlike, we don't always respond to it more positively. Rather, there's a point ...