Institute for Personal Robots in Education Blog

WEST SENECA, N.Y. - In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot with a video screen showing the face of a smiling, chubby-cheeked boy.

WEST SENECA, N.Y. - In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot with a video screen showing the face of a smiling, chubby-cheeked boy.

My classmate, the robot: NY pupil attends remotely Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 5:31 am, Friday, February 15, 2013 WEST SENECA, N.Y. (AP) — In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and ...

My classmate, the robot : NY pupil attends remotely Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 5:31 am, Friday, February 15, 2013 WEST SENECA, N.Y. (AP) — In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (AP) — In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot with a video screen showing the face of a smiling, chubby-cheeked boy.

In an elementary school hallway, a teacher takes her second-graders to the library, leading a single-file line of giggling boys and girls that's perfectly ordinary until you get to a sleek white robot ...

You are lazy, and you have come to lead a boring life. Blame your iPad, or On-Demand, or your warm, slacking cat, but all you want to do is sit on that same corner of the sofa day and night and stare at a lit screen, maybe drink some wine.

You are lazy, and you have come to lead a boring life. Blame your iPad, or On-Demand, or your warm, slacking cat, but all you want to do is sit on that same corner of the sofa day and night and stare at a lit screen, maybe drink some wine.

R2-D2’s smaller cousins will be on stage this weekend in Onalaska for a scrimmage showcasing four local high school robotics teams.

This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday for thoughts on white-haired villains, giant robots, Infinity+1 swords, and everything else the wonderful world of JRPGs has to offer. Twitter followers have recently asked me: "Is Super Robot Wars UX worth importing?" The short answer is no, but the reason I won't be ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Robots that can already stand, walk and wriggle under obstacles are getting a new skill thanks to Harvard University researchers -- now they can jump.

Small explosions produced by a mixture of methane and oxygen gases send a soft, silicone robot jumping as much as a foot in the air, according to researchers.

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The explosion happens in a fraction of second, causing this robot to move fast. -

Robots perform with human actors as part of Osaka University's Japanese Robot Theater Project. The theater group is presenting its original production on a tour of North America.

Hot on the heels of InMoov , the 3D-printable android, comes a similar but much less intimidating project for DIYers by Hello Robo. MAKI is a cute communication robot that can be assembled from 3D-printed parts and some off-the-shelf electronic components for less than US$500, making it an affordable platform for hobbyists and university labs. Hello Robo has opted to launch MAKI via crowdfunding ...

NEW YORK — A dying girl pressed a humanoid robot 's hand to her face as the robot began reciting poetry. The scene showed a story from the future, and was acted out by a human actress and an android during a North American tour of the Japanese Robot Theater Project.

Never mind the future of law enforcement, apparently the future of medical research is also going to be robotic. In this case, a team at Waseda University has designed a robot rat to make the lives of real-life rats miserable, just to see how depressed they get as a result.

(Phys.org)—Researchers at Waseda University in Japan have built a robot rat they call WR-4, and whose purpose isto induce stress in lab rats. In studying the impact of stress inflicted on the lab rats, the researchers hope to learn more about how stress affects people.