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LINZ, Austria -- Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria. Researchers are seeking feedback from visitors of a technology fair to help them make Asimo, Honda's battery-operated robot that looks like a 4-foot (1.

Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria. Researchers are seeking feedback from visitors of a technology fair to help them make Asimo, Honda's battery-operated robot that looks like a 4-foot child in a space suit, more communicative.

Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria.

Asimo the robot is making new friends in Austria. Researchers are seeking feedback from visitors of a technology fair to help them make Asimo, Honda's battery-operated robot that looks like a 4-foot child in a spacesuit, more communicative.

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Which is a pity, because Robot's storyline -- which seems a bit like Bicenntenial Man, starring Robin Williams -- is all about a mechanical creation discovering human emotions.

A Christchurch surgeon is using a robot to remove gynaecological cancers for the first time in New Zealand.

A modular quadruped, built from a group of identical robot modules, learns to find new walking styles to cope with the malfunction of a single unit

"Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are launching an online reality experiment in which viewers decide every major decision a person makes for six weeks.

ABB has introduced an integrated PLC and robot controller for robot cell applications, offering powerful performance in a single unit. Combining ABB's flexible AC500 PLC with its IRC5 robot controller, the newly integrated unit eliminates the cost and space of a separate PLC cabinet and greatly reduces the time associated with the set up and operation of robotic production cells

Robonaut 2, the most advanced humanlike robot, for the first time will launch into space on the next shuttle mission in November.

"Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are launching an online reality experiment in which... Full story at The Live Feed

"Robot Chicken" creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are launching an online reality experiment in which viewers decide every major decision a person makes for six weeks.

UC Berkeley robot could become a homemaker's best friend. Berkeley California - Homemaker - United States - Robotics - California

Shit Robot is better known as electro-house producer Marcus Lambkin . "I Found Love," which basically sounds like Lambkin's a talking robot, shows up on his From The Cradle To The Rave debut album, which is out through DFA Sept. 21. Appropriately enough, the album features guest appearances from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Nancy Whang, The Juan MacLean and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor.

A football team made up of robots developed by the University of Plymouth is aiming to beat the best.

In my last article I discussed in detail the progress being made with the International Standard for Industrial Robot Safety – the ISO 10218-1 and 10218-2.

Combining AC500 PLC with IRC5 robot controller, integrated unit provides up to 3 local I/O boards plus bus communications for remote I/Os, offering single point of control for range of production cell functions, including grippers, feeders, and ancillary machines. All main communications standards, including DeviceNet, PROFIBUS DP, CANopen, and Modbus TCP are supported, as well as wireless ...

MIT has developed an autonomous floating robot that it says can absorb as much as 20 times its own weight in oil. read more

Melbourne, Aug 31 : NASA's latest nut-and-bolt invention Robonaut 2 is quite a piece of work – the first humanoid robot set to blast into space is a regular on Facebook and Twitter, keeping his fans updated about his space journey.