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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A robot developed by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Robotics Institute is able to analyze and learn about new objects. Researchers developed a two-armed mobile robot called HERB that can ‘discover’ more than 100 objects in a home-like laboratory, including items like computer monitors and plants. Robots are typically designed with objects already preprogrammed into their software, so creating one that can...

[ Watch the Video: Antonio develops P37 S65 Elderly Care Bot ] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A University of Salford researcher has created an elderly care robot that shows a small resemblance to Rosie, the Jetsons' fictional household robot. Antonio Espingardeiro, who is studying at Salford Business School and the School of Computing, Science & Engineering, created the P37 S65 robot to help remind elderly to take their medication and exercise, as well as...

Chinavasion has released a brand new robot vacuum cleaner featuring hardware developments which the industry has never seen before. Shenzhen, Guangdong (PRWEB) February 09, 2013 Linolium, tongue and groove wood floors, tiling or even lush carpeted floors will pose no problems whatsoever to the latest robot vacuum from robot vacuum cleaner specialist Chinavasion.com says the company. Two detachable oscillating brushes loosen dirt on hardwood floors, and get dust out of carpet and even the...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online (After the article, read redOrbit's exclusive interview with researcher Cory-Ann Smarr.) Throughout the last few decades, advances in the field of robotics have made these helper machines become quite sophisticated and valuable. As these robots have progressed, they’ve been able perform an ever expanding set of duties and tasks. They can carry soldiers into and out of battle zones, fight fires and even dance exotic, foreign...

ALBANY, New York, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database Cleaning Robots: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018 [http://www.researchmoz.us/cleaning-robots-market-shares-strategies-and-forecasts-worldwide-2012-to-2018-report.html ] WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Cleaning Robot Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018. The 2012 study has 418...

CONYERS, Ga., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) -- announced today that they applaud multi-national electronics giant Panasonic's recognition of the need for utilitarian mobile service robots to assist Japan's rapidly growing elderly population. "Japan's elderly drive demand for care-giving robots"http://news.yahoo.com/japans-elderly-drive-demand-care-giving-robots-144510124.html GeckoSystems has...

CONYERS, Ga., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY) http://www.geckosystems.com/ -- announced today that they have shipped an advanced version of the BaseBot(tm) to its partner company, ZMP of Japan. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry, using proprietary software to revolutionize the development and usage of "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(tm)." ZMP engineers will see the...

CONYERS, Ga., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) -- announced today that as a result of recent enhancements to GeckoNav(tm), the company is now calling their suite of fundamental mobile robot solutions for automatic, self-navigation: "SafePath Enabled(tm)." GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging mobile robotics industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety,...

DALLAS, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) and iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in robotic technology-based solutions, today announced a partnership to develop robotic technologies using TI's smart multicore OMAP(TM) platform. The relationship stems from the companies' shared vision to create intelligent and practical robots capable of enhancing people's lives. The two companies will achieve this vision by leveraging iRobot's long...

[ Watch the Video ] Cornell University and University of Chicago engineers have developed a robotic hand that is capable of gripping objects and throwing them. The robot hand features a "universal jamming gripper" that can quickly harden by evacuating air inside the membrane, like vacuum-packing. If the gripper is placed over an object, such as a dart or coin, the hand tightly grasps it as the air is release.  Air is then pumped back into the hand, which loosens the robot's grip and...