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WATCH VIDEO: [DARPA's Three-Fingered Robot Hand] Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online DARPA is showing off their latest advancement in robotic technology, and in doing so, bringing a robotically-controlled world ever closer to reality. The Autonomous Robotic Manipulation project (or ARM) and iRobot have now created a three-fingered robot hand which goes beyond anything else a robotic appendage has thus far been able to do. DARPA and iRobot get straight to the...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online iRobot's new Mirra 530 pool-cleaning robot could make your life a little less stressful as it cleans up the messes that come with owning one of the summer's favorite past times. The Mirra 530 pool-cleaning robot replaces iRobot's Verro 500 model, and will become available this spring for $1,300. The robot uses a self-contained pump to vacuum and filter debris and dirt off of any pool surface. Mirra 530 is supposedly cheaper to...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Massachusetts-based iRobot has revealed a series of prototype robots that feature inflatable parts built through funding provided by DARPA. The robots are part of DARPA's program to create more mobile, but less expensive robots for the military. Inflatable robots can offer a variety of functions, but specifically are interesting because of their decreased weight and cheaper parts used. The military already utilizes the iRobot...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Let’s admit it, we all have a thing for robots. Whether we grew up watching Rosie take care of the Jetsons’ household or Bender engage in all manner of debauchery normally reserved for humans, robots have been a part of our pop culture and even everyday work lives. As such, it’s only fair to give them their due and honor them in an annual, vote-based popularity contest. Enter the Robot Hall of Fame, a contest which is now in...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time members of the general public will help select four robots for induction into the Robot Hall of Fame® from a slate of a dozen nominees. The new robots will be inducted in a ceremony Oct. 23, when they will take their place alongside such notables as NASA's Mars Sojourner, Honda's ASIMO and Star Wars' R2-D2 and C-3PO. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO ) The Robot Hall of Fame (RHOF), created in...

BOSTON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wentworth Institute of Technology today announced that Colin Angle, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and co-founder of iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT), will address the Class of 2012 as the summer commencement speaker on August 26 at the Bank of America Pavilion. He will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering Technology degree as part of the ceremony, which will celebrate more than 600 students earning a Bachelor...

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...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com It’s a bold new age. Gone are the backwards days where we are asked to perform our own chores and housework. We once had to be in our homes to receive a phone call. That’s silly talk! We once even had to get up and flip the record if we wanted the music to continue. Poppycock! There was even a time when the only game available on our cell phones was Snake. We lived like barbarians! Our world is a more civilized, refined place these days. We can...

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gumstix, Inc., the premier provider of tiny computers-on-module (COM) and expansion boards for professional design engineers and hobbyists, today introduced the TurtleCore, a new, low-cost expansion board that will enable robotics enthusiasts to build robots easily and cost-effectively using the iRobot Create Platform. The TurtleCore expansion board, in combination with a Gumstix Overo® or Overo STORM series COM, integrates directly...

Lee Rannals for RedOrbit.com Imagine this: You're throwing a social event at your house, and suddenly, your guests look over and notice drinks being carried over to them via robot.  No this pipe dream isn't from Rocky IV, but it could become your hosting reality with the new TurtleBot. The TurtleBot is like a robotic table that can be programmed to move around a house or an office. The robot is available for about $1,500, and comes with everything you need to get it actively...