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RoboDynamics Reveals Hard Truth About Telepresence Robots
Written by: Aaron Saenz 548 days ago
Like many of us, Fred Nikgohar remembers watching Star Wars and dreaming of the day he would have robots of [...]
Willow Garage’s Big Announcement: PR2 Robots Will Go On Sale Next Month
Written by: Aaron Saenz 549 days ago
Someone please lend me a few hundred thousand dollars, I have something I need to buy. Willow Garage just announced [...]
Michael Vassar’s Insightful Look at the History of Science (video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 549 days ago
What is science and why do we trust it as much as we do? Short answer: it’s rational and empirical. [...]
The Newest Walking Robot is Iranian! (Video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 550 days ago
Forget your worries about Iran developing a nuclear bomb, they’ve set their sights on a much more powerful technology: cute [...]
Reverse-Engineering The Brain: Kurzweil Defends Ideas In Open Letter
Written by: Keith Kleiner 551 days ago
At the most recent Singularity Summit on August 14, 2010 Ray Kurzweil delivered a keynote promoting his thesis on how [...]
When Will Computers Match the Human Brain? Kurzweil vs. Myers
Written by: Aaron Saenz 552 days ago
10 years? 20 years? 100 years? Never? There are about as many predictions for when artificial intelligence will match human [...]
Motoman Robot Dresses Up and Serves Ice Cream In Tokyo Theme Park (video)
Written by: Aaron Saenz 552 days ago
What do you get when you mix robotics, soft serve ice cream, and a mind-melting theme song? You get Yaskawa-kun. [...]
The Craig Venter Interview Gives a Grim Perspective on Genetics
Written by: Aaron Saenz 553 days ago
“We have learned nothing from the genome.” That’s the grim message that J. Craig Venter recently gave Der Spiegel in [...]
Lawnmower Robots Get Millions in Funding, Head Towards the Golf Green
Written by: Aaron Saenz 553 days ago
Precise Path just received an additional $4.5 million dollars in funding for their robots that mow grass. According to their [...]
Solar Powered Bags Get You Ready To Go Back To School
Written by: Aaron Saenz 553 days ago
Every time my mobile phone battery dies while I’m on the go, it takes a little part of me with [...]