Institute for Personal Robots in Education Blog

This is one of those long-forgotten gems that occasionally make their way back to your computer screen after some accidental digging up on the web.Some of you might remember China’s race to create its first humanoid robot back in the eighties — a time that, according to PC Mag, “witnessed a rare explosion in American robot mania.” China was one of many countries eager to be part of the boom in ...

This is one of those long-forgotten gems that occasionally make their way back to your computer screen after some accidental digging up on the web.Some of you might remember China’s race to create its first humanoid robot back in the eighties — a time that, according to PC Mag, “witnessed a rare explosion in American robot mania.” China was one of many countries eager to be part of the boom in ...

Baxter the Robot is branching out from manufacturing to research tasks, according to Rethink Robotics.        

Tlaloc II-TC, similar to the Mars rover investigated and found three burial chambers in the ancient city of Teotihuacan

A small robot named for the Aztec god of rain, Tlalolc made a big discovery under the Temple of Quetzalcoatl in Mexico

Yankee Candle Company and Robot Add-Ons have teamed together to launch "RoomAroma," a new way to bring your favorite Yankee Candle fragrance into one's home for those who own a Roomba -- the ...

Robots are great at doing the same thing over and over again in a controlled environment. They are less useful in situations where they need to adapt. Sylvain Calinon and Leonel Rozo, two researchers at ...

A small robot has discovered three possible burial chambers under a temple in Mexico's pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan, a find that may reveal secrets about funeral rituals in the ancient site.

A robot named Tlaloc II, after the Aztec god of rain, recently discovered three chambers while exploring a 2,000-year-old tunnel underneath a pyramid at Mexico's Teotihuacan. Felipe Maya reports.

A robot might tidy your kitchen some day, but how will you feel about the mechanical member of the household?

A robot might tidy your kitchen some day, but how will you feel about the mechanical member of the household?

We can all agree that robots are indispensable. Without them, we'd have to assemble our own cars, vacuum our own floors, and adopt actual living dogs as pets.

LONDON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Image-guided and robot-assisted surgeries have made successful inroads into the western European market. The significant cost and clinical benefits offered by such ...

’Flipperbot’ mimics movement of loggerhead hatchlings        

’Flipperbot’ mimics movement of loggerhead hatchlings        

Teaching a robot how to deal with real-world problems is a challenging task. There has been much progress in building robots that can precisely repeat individual tasks with a level of speed and accuracy impossible for human craftspeople. But there are many more tasks that could be done if robots could be supplied with even a limited amount of judgement . A robotics group led by Professor Sylvain ...

Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as sand.

’Flipperbot’ mimics movement of loggerhead hatchlings

Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as sand.

A robotic sidekick could soon be helping field engineers fix faulty equipment in remote and unfamiliar locations.