http://www.newsvine.com/robotsNewsvine - robotsen-usCopyright 2013Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:44:03 +0000Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:20 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16386272-new-lego-robotics-kit-talks-to-iphoneshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/07/16386272-new-lego-robotics-kit-talks-to-iphonestechnologyusshowrobotslegogadgetgadget-showtecMon, 7 Jan 2013 05:02:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This undated photo provided by Lego shows “Reptar,” a robotic snake that is one of 17 possible creations available in the new, $350 Lego Mindstorms EV3 platform that will have the ability to talk to iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches through Bluetooth wireless connections. Lego is scheduled to announce the kit at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/LEGO)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14636663-scientists-making-fishy-robots-for-naval-researchhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14636663-scientists-making-fishy-robots-for-naval-researchusrobotsus-newsfishyTue, 23 Oct 2012 08:18:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Graduate student Baker Potts handles a prototype robotic eel inside the engineering building at the University of New Orleans Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in New Orleans. The robotic eel might be able to wriggle through dangerous waters with almost no wake, letting it move on little power and with little chance of radar detection as it looks for underwater mines. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Graduate student Baker Potts handles a prototype robotic eel in a pool inside the engineering building at the University of New Orleans Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in New Orleans. The robotic eel might be able to wriggle through dangerous waters with almost no wake, letting it move on little power and with little chance of radar detection as it looks for underwater mines. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Graduate student Baker Potts handles a prototype robotic eel in a pool inside the engineering building at the University of New Orleans Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in New Orleans. The robotic eel might be able to wriggle through dangerous waters with almost no wake, letting it move on little power and with little chance of radar detection as it looks for underwater mines. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Graduate student Baker Potts handles a prototype robotic eel inside the engineering building at the University of New Orleans Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in New Orleans. The robotic eel might be able to wriggle through dangerous waters with almost no wake, letting it move on little power and with little chance of radar detection as it looks for underwater mines. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p><p>Brandon Taravella, assistant professor of naval architecture and marine engineering, handles a prototype robotic eel inside the engineering building at the University of New Orleans Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in New Orleans. The robotic eel might be able to wriggle through dangerous waters with almost no wake, letting it move on little power and with little chance of radar detection as it looks for underwater mines. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12111396-are-the-aliens-calling-send-in-the-robotshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12111396-are-the-aliens-calling-send-in-the-robotsspacerobotssciencefeaturedprometheusonly-on-msnbc-comboyle'salan-boylesquotprometheusquotThu, 7 Jun 2012 23:41:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: If we ever come across traces of an advanced alien civilization like the one featured in "Prometheus," experts say we should send robots first. But what kind of space horror movie would that be?</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12011204-dna-wrangling-robot-performs-200000-experiments-a-weekhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12011204-dna-wrangling-robot-performs-200000-experiments-a-weekrobotscornhuskersfull-timeonly-on-msnbc-comfiddlyaltwhenFri, 1 Jun 2012 18:44:11 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>When you think of robots in agriculture, you likely think of automatic threshers, fruit picking machines and corn huskers. But a recent addition at an agricultural research center is doing fiddly lab work all day long -- at 100 times the rate of a full-time researcher.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11929326-tool-wielding-robots-crawl-in-bodies-for-surgeryhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11929326-tool-wielding-robots-crawl-in-bodies-for-surgerytechnologyusrobotscreepycrawlyTue, 29 May 2012 06:29:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands beside a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)</p><p>In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset, right, stands behind a robot as staff researcher Florinan Enner uses a controller to demonstrate how it moves at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)</p><p>In this April 18, 2012, photo, Carnegie Mellon University professor Howie Choset stands behind a robot demonstrating how it climbs up a tubular armature at their lab on campus in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)</p><p>This April 18, 2012, photo made with a fisheye lens shows one of the robots being developed at Carnegie Mellon University penetrating a model of a heart in Pittsburgh. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer and other diseased organs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11813913-laser-powered-bubblebots-have-independent-streakhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/22/11813913-laser-powered-bubblebots-have-independent-streakwithrobotstinylaserbubblesinfraredswarmsonly-on-msnbc-comclearallTue, 22 May 2012 18:19:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Scientists have created swarms of tiny, non-mechanical robots out of bubbles that they control with nothing more than an infrared laser. </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11758184-worm-like-robot-climbs-clothes-with-alacrityhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11758184-worm-like-robot-climbs-clothes-with-alacrityacademybugrobotsscienceclimbcreepylettingchinese-academyonly-on-msnbc-comFri, 18 May 2012 18:26:27 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Letting people climb walls like a bug is one thing, but letting robots climb humans like one? The researchers at the Chinese Academy of Science must have felt that robots these days just weren't creepy enough.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10984850-roboethics-three-ways-to-make-sure-future-robots-have-moralshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10984850-roboethics-three-ways-to-make-sure-future-robots-have-moralsrobotsguaranteeevilpowerfulautonomousonly-on-msnbc-comoverlordsclearallMon, 2 Apr 2012 17:08:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>As robots get more autonomous and more powerful, we’re going to have to program them to not be evil. It’s no guarantee, but there are things we can do to make sure they remain our friends and not our overlords.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10943609-build-functional-mini-robots-out-of-paperhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/30/10943609-build-functional-mini-robots-out-of-paperroboticsrobotskitsfunctionalgiddyonly-on-msnbc-comalignleftclearallstylemarginFri, 30 Mar 2012 18:32:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>If you love robotics sets or enjoy papercraft projects, then odds are that you'll get giddy as soon as you see the reDIYmate kits. After all, they combine the best of those two worlds and allow you to build functional, Wi-Fi-connected robots out of paper.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10719893-lego-robots-help-scientists-build-artificial-boneshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/16/10719893-lego-robots-help-scientists-build-artificial-bonesborderrobotsimgoutsourceonly-on-msnbc-comalignleftmind-numbingclearallstylemarginFri, 16 Mar 2012 17:22:29 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Toy-kit robots are helping a team of British scientists build artificial bones, a mind-numbing task their lab didn't want to outsource to expensive industrial research and manufacturing robots.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10703813-students-help-nasa-control-robots-from-spacehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/15/10703813-students-help-nasa-control-robots-from-spacerobotmarsnasarobotsdesignmissionsspaceshiphelpersonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 15 Mar 2012 17:21:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Astronauts on missions to Mars and other worlds will almost certainly bring along a few robot helpers. A team of industrial design students is helping NASA make sure those robots are easy to control from the comfort of a spaceship.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/31/8571676-toyota-shows-machines-to-help-sick-elderly-movehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/31/8571676-toyota-shows-machines-to-help-sick-elderly-movetechnologyjapantoyotahealthrobotsworld-newsasTue, 1 Nov 2011 03:33:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Eiichi Saitoh, a professor in rehabilitation medicine, steps down with an "independent walk assist" device as Toyota Motor Corp. displays experimental health care robots at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. Saitoh demonstrated the "walk assist" device on, strapping the computerized metallic brace onto his right leg, which was paralyzed by polio. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/06/8211231-from-r2-d2-to-robocop-five-robots-who-rockhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/06/8211231-from-r2-d2-to-robocop-five-robots-who-rockspacerobotmoneyrobotsmoviesoptimusterminatorrobocopwall-eonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 6 Oct 2011 17:54:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>WALL-E</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7242314-robot-makes-cookies-from-almost-scratchhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7242314-robot-makes-cookies-from-almost-scratchrobothomeforagingrobotscookiemixingfuture-of-technologyonly-on-msnbc-comWed, 3 Aug 2011 20:26:12 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>MITCSAIL/YouTube</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6931229-pa-robot-institute-attracts-presidential-visithttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/24/6931229-pa-robot-institute-attracts-presidential-visittechnologyusparobotsobamacarnegie-mellon-robotics-instituteFri, 24 Jun 2011 06:31:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>President Barack Obama, right, smiles as he is greeted by Brigadier General Roy E. Uptegraff , the commander of the 171st Air Refueling Wing, where Air Force One landed on Friday, June 24, 2011in Coraopolis, Pa. Obama is scheduled to speak at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh to speak on the economy and tour and visit the university’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) on Friday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)</p><p>FILE In this June 15, 2011 file photo shown is a structural assembly of a lunar landing craft during a news conference at the Planetary Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University on in Pittsburgh. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit on Friday, June 24, 2011, the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)</p><p>President Barack Obama is shown the DARPA (Defense Advance Research Project Agency) Car as he tours Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barack Obama signs a robot after speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)</p><p>President Barrack Obama shares the podium with two robotic vehicles as he makes remarks during a visit to Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/18/6488093-japan-taps-us-robots-for-reactor-cleanup-helphttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/18/6488093-japan-taps-us-robots-for-reactor-cleanup-helptechnologyjapanearthquakerobotsastecMon, 18 Apr 2011 10:08:36 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this image released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a radio-controlled PakBot robot opens a door inside housing for the reactor of Unit 3 during inspection of the tsunami-damaged facilities at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Sunday, April 17, 2011 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY</p><p>This undated photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Monday, April 18, 2011 shows a Packbot, made by Bedford, Massachusetts company iRobot. Readings Monday from a Packbot that entered two crippled buildings of Unit 1 and Unit 3 at the tsunami-flooded Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Sunday for the first time in more than a month displayed a harsh environment still too radioactive for workers to enter. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY</p><p>In this image released by Tokyo Electric Power Co., a radio-controlled PakBot robot opens a door inside the reactor building of Unit 2 as it is monitored with another Pakbot from behind during inspection of the tsunami-damaged facilities at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Monday, April 18, 2011 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co.) EDITORIAL USE ONLY</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/08/6216685-kaspar-the-friendly-robot-helps-autistic-kidshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/08/6216685-kaspar-the-friendly-robot-helps-autistic-kidstechnologyeurobotsmedautismeden-sawczenkoTue, 8 Mar 2011 11:29:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Eden Sawczenko reacts as she reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot who is showing the 'Happy' stance of two open arms as she takes part in research project in Hatfield, England. Eden attends a nursery for autistic children in Stevenage, north of London, where researchers bring in a human-looking, child-sized robot once a week for a supervised session. Children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds (US$2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, a girl named Megan (no last name given) reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot, seen in the background,she is enacting the two handed sign for hiding that copies the robot, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Ronnie Arloff smiles as he reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot as he takes part in research project with Dr Ben Robbins, seen at rear, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Ronnie Arloff smiles as he reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot as he takes part in research project, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Dr Ben Robbins, right, a research fellow at Hertfordshire University shows off two 'Kasper' robots that he hopes will help with autistic children, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Ronnie Arloff smiles as he reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot as he takes part in research project with Dr Ben Robins, seen at rear, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Dr Ben Robins, right, a research fellow at Hertfordshire University shows off two 'Kasper' robots that he hopes will help with autistic children, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p><p>In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 photo, Ronnie Arloff smiles as he reacts to 'Kaspar' the robot as he takes part in research project with Dr Ben Robins, seen at rear, in Hatfield, England. Autistic children play with the robot for up to 10 minutes alongside a scientist who controls the robot with a remote control. The robot, named Kaspar, is programmed to do things like smile, frown, laugh, blink and wave his arms. He has shaggy black hair, a baseball cap, a few wires protruding from his neck, and striped red socks. He was built by scientists at the University of Hertfordshire at a cost of about 1,300 pounds ($2,118). (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5111788-futurist-michigan-economy-can-boom-making-robotshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/14/5111788-futurist-michigan-economy-can-boom-making-robotsbusinessmichiganfuturerobotsgeorge-friedmanTue, 14 Sep 2010 22:47:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4558230-army-of-undersea-robots-at-work-on-gulf-oil-spillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4558230-army-of-undersea-robots-at-work-on-gulf-oil-spillusoilgulfrobotsspillus-newsThu, 24 Jun 2010 22:42:22 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This image from video provided by BP PLC early Wednesday, June 23, 2010 shows oil continuing to gush from the broken wellhead, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said Wednesday that BP has been forced to remove a cap that was containing some of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALES</p><p>FILE - This April 22, 2010 photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows the arm of a robot submarine attempting to activate a shutoff device known as a blowout preventer (BOP) to close off the flow of oil at the Deepwater Horizon well head. A subcity of underwater robots are busily working to help contain the runaway oil leak that has been dumping millions of gallons of oil into the water since the Deepwater Horizon blew up April 20, killing 11 workers. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File)</p><p>FILE - This file image made from video provided by British Petroleum (BP PLC), Wednesday, June 2, 2010, shows underwater robots and other equipment swarming the blowout preventer, bottom left, as oil rises at the site of the deepwater horizon oil spill. A subcity of underwater robots are busily working to help contain the runaway oil leak that has been dumping millions of gallons of oil into the water since the Deepwater Horizon blew up April 20, killing 11 workers. (AP Photo/BP PLC, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, May 11, 2010 file photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Ryan Gressett, left, and Todd Schilla, right, pilot a remotely operated vehicle as a small pollution containment chamber, known as the "top hat," into the Gulf of Mexico by the motor vessel Viking Poseidon. A subcity of underwater robots are busily working to help contain the runaway oil leak that has been dumping millions of gallons of oil into the water since the Deepwater Horizon blew up April 20, killing 11 workers. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley)</p><p>FILE - In this June 2, 2010 image made from video made available by British Petroleum (BP PLC), a robot submarine works preparing the capping device, lower left. A subcity of underwater robots are busily working to help contain the runaway oil leak that has been dumping millions of gallons of oil into the water since the Deepwater Horizon blew up April 20, killing 11 workers. (AP Photo/BP PLC)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/19/4306972-military-robots-seen-as-lifesavershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/19/4306972-military-robots-seen-as-lifesaverstechnologyeugermanymilitaryrobotsWed, 19 May 2010 14:27:17 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>The robot vehicle Forbot of the German company Roboterwerk are presented during the Robotik ELROB 2010 show in Hammelburg, southern Germany, Tuesday, May 18, 2010. More than 47 scientist teams present during the show their newest robotic systems, which are use in the army. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p><p>In this photo taken Tuesday, May 18, 2010, robot vehicle Forbot, of the German company Roboterwerk, is presented during the European Land Robot show in Hammelburg, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p><p>In this photo taken Tuesday, May 18, 2010, soldiers film the robot vehicle teleMAX, of the German company Telerob, during the European Land Robot show in Hammelburg, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p><p>In this photo taken Tuesday, May 18, 2010, the robot scanner vehicle Iltex, of the German company GeoTec, is presented during the European Land Robot show in Hammelburg, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p><p>In this photo taken Tuesday, May 18, 2010, a man lifts the Fancopter, a robot vehicle of German company EMT, during the European Land Robot Trial show in Hammelburg, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p><p>In this Tuesday, May 18, 2010, photo soldiers film the robot vehicle teleMAX of the German company Telerob during the European Land Robot Trial show in Hammelburg, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853770-nasa-and-gm-develop-robonaut2-robothttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/04/3853770-nasa-and-gm-develop-robonaut2-robottechnologyspacerobothumannasarobotsengineersfingersinnovationonly-on-msnbc-comThu, 4 Feb 2010 13:59:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>GM and NASA spent three years developing "Robonaut2," or R2 for short. GM says R2 can be used to develop advanced safety systems for future vehicles, as well as provide improved safety and efficiency in the company's manufacturing plants. NASA may use "Robonaut2," or R2 for short, to assist astronauts on missions.</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/05/3592638-scientists-lawyers-mull-effects-of-home-robotshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/05/3592638-scientists-lawyers-mull-effects-of-home-robotstechnologyusrobotstecliving-with-robotswith-robotseric-horvitzstanford-hospitalSat, 5 Dec 2009 15:27:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo made Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, Ryan Calo, with the Stanford Center for Internet and Society at the Stanford Law School, stands next to a robot that is being built for medical applications at Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3464202-what-happens-when-good-robots-go-badhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/05/3464202-what-happens-when-good-robots-go-badentertainmenttechnologybusinessrobotrobotshouseholdsayssouzaonly-on-msnbc-comtech-and-gadgetsThu, 5 Nov 2009 13:53:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>msnbc.com</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/24/3060559-japanese-professor-creates-baseball-playing-robotshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/24/3060559-japanese-professor-creates-baseball-playing-robotstechnologymlbsportsjapanbaseballrobotsichiro-suzukiFri, 24 Jul 2009 11:47:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A pitching robot grips a ball made of polystyrene during its demonstration at University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, July 24, 2009. The robot and a batting robot have been developed by Information Science Technology Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa. The pitching robot can throw 40 kph (25mph) strike balls at one-meter (3 feet 3 inches) by 0.8-meter (2 feet 6 inches) strike zone set at 3.5-meter (11 feet 5 inches) away with almost 100 percent accuracy and the batting robot can hit them with more than 90 percent accuracy when they are thrown in to the strike zone. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)</p><p>A pitching robot grips a ball made of polystyrene during its pitching demonstration against a batting robot, right, at University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, July 24, 2009. The both robots have been developed by Information Science Technology Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa. The pitching robot can throw 40 kph (25mph) strike balls at one-meter (3 feet 3 inches) by 0.8-meter (2 feet 6 inches) strike zone set at 3.5-meter (11 feet 5 inches) away with almost 100 percent accuracy and the batting robot can hit them with more than 90 percent accuracy if hey were thrown in to the strike zone. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)</p><p>A pitching robot throws a ball made of polystyrene against a batting robot, right, during a demonstration at University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, July 24, 2009. The both robots have been developed by Information Science Technology Prof. Masatoshi Ishikawa. The pitching robot can throw 40 kph (25mph) strike balls at one-meter (3 feet 3 inches) by 0.8-meter (2 feet 6 inches) strike zone set at 3.5-meter (11 feet 5 inches) away with almost 100 percent accuracy and the batting robot can hit them with more than 90 percent accuracy if hey were thrown in to the strike zone. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2877444-robots-with-fins-tails-demonstrate-evolutionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/29/2877444-robots-with-fins-tails-demonstrate-evolutiontechnologybusinessusrobotsscienceevolvingus-newsvassar-collegeFri, 29 May 2009 16:28:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this April 3, 2009 photo, Vassar biology and cognitive science professor John Long poses with Madeleine, a swimming robot, in a lab at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Madeleine has four flippers sticking from its sides, and it was used to study a 45-ton marine reptile that patrolled the seas in the Jurassic Period. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this April 3, 2009 photo, a robotic tail fin, whose actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in the attached Tupperware container, is seen in professor John Long's Vassar College science lab in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Long is among a small group of researchers worldwide building robots that can do things like shimmy through water or slither up shores to aid the study biology and evolution. They believe the practice is likely to grow as technological advances allow robots to mimic biological actions far better than before. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p><p>In this April 3, 2009 photo, Vassar College biology and cognitive science professor John Long, second from right, and his students look on as swimming robots navigate in a science lab pool in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Long is among a small group of researchers worldwide building robots that can do things like shimmy through water or slither up shores to aid the study of biology and evolution. They believe the practice is likely to grow as technological advances allow robots to mimic biological actions far better than before. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)</p>