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Users of the SimSimi "chat robot" application who post texts deemed libellous to other persons online face prosecution, even if the offensive remarks are generated by the program, said Thailand's Info .....

Robots are evolving faster than humans. Check out a wheeled robot that can also sprout legs and walk on some serious terrain.

Say hello to Quattroped, a leg-wheel hybrid mobile robot. (Credit: National Taiwan University) Beware! Future robot overlords could have dual-purpose appendages. 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. Meet Quattroped, a remote-controlled walking and wheeling robot that can ...

Researchers in Singapore create a robot that can remove early-stage stomach cancer, and it's all thanks to a chili crab dinner. Originally posted at Crave

Researchers in Singapore create a robot that can remove early-stage stomach cancer, and it's all thanks to a chili crab dinner.

Columbia Police deployed a remote-controlled robot to destroy a suspicious package at the Five Points Post Office this morning.

Users of the SimSimi "chat robot" application who post texts deemed libellous to other persons online face prosecution, even if the offensive remarks are generated by the program, Information and Communications Technology Minister Gp Captain Anudith Nakornthap said yesterday.

Eric Felten’s Postmodern Times column in the Wall Street Journal noted recently that long-playing records, those black discs played at 33 1/3 revolutions a minute, continue to spin.

Long-distance relationships are rough — partly because of the lack of physical contact during times apart. But what if you could one day share a kiss with your partner through the Internet? All it may take is locking lips with a strange ball-shaped robot.

Parents have complained to the Culture Ministry about people teaching the Simsimi robot computer application to use rude language, Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome said yesterday.

LINCOLN — “The singularity” refers to the hypothetical point in space and time when technological intelligence surpasses human intelligence to create what some call a “superintelligence.”

Like something from a science fiction film, It proceeds to enter the subject’s stomach by way of an endoscope, it’s pincer grasping the tissue, riddled with cancer. Its oblong hook severs the cancerous lesion, coagulating blood to stop bleeding all …

Summit Charter Collegiate Academy eighth-grade students Genevieve Roman and Lorissa Holguin cheered following the second round of a practice-run robotic competition. The team of two completed the task — using a robotic arm to fill a small basin...

EPRI initiated development of an Insulator Crawler with integrated camera and EPRI prototype live working NCI Tool, which assesses integrity of polymer insulators as they are installed. Although there is a long way to go, project is revealing that use of robotics has significant advantages. Robot will enable implementation of emerging contact insulator inspection technologies at 345 kV and above ...

Poked by a rabbit, figuratively and literally One waits ages for a story about robotic carrot-crunchers, and then two turn up at once as Karotz the robot rabbit starts talking to Facebook while app-controlled vibrator Vibease looks to sell value-added orgasms.…

MMDA chair Francis Tolentino has asked an award-winning team of young inventors to build a robot traffic enforcer that could detect traffic violators without human intervention.

MEET the six-legged dancing NASA robot set to be remotely controlled by humans using an Xbox Kinect or Nintendo Wii.

Mobile robots have many uses. They serve as cleaners, carry out inspections and search for survivors of disasters. But often, there is no map to guide them through unknown territory. Researchers have now developed a mobile robot that can roam uncharted terrain and simultaneously map it – all thanks to an algorithm toolbox.

(Repeats to clarify professor Ho's title) * Robot has pincer, hook to remove early-stage cancers * Most stomach cancers are detected late * Robot to suture wounds in future By Tan Ee Lyn SINGAPORE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Inspired by Singapore's famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any ...

Stomach, or gastric, cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and is particularly common in east Asia