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[ Watch the Video: Dynamic Robot Manipulation ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An all-terrain robot designed to transport military supplies over areas too steep, rocky, muddy or snowy for conventional vehicles has now been outfitted with an arm capable of lifting and throwing cinder blocks. The four-legged robot known as BigDog is being manufactured by Massachusetts-based robotics firm Boston Dynamics and is being backed by the Defense Advanced Research...

Bernstein Liebhard LLP is currently investigating da Vinci robot lawsuits on behalf of individuals who suffered organ perforations, lacerations, blood vessel tears, surgical burns and other alleged da Vinci Surgery complications. New York, New York (PRWEB) March 01, 2013 Federal regulators are seeking data regarding the da Vinci Surgical System, amid an increase in reports of da Vinci Surgery robot complications, Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports. According to Bloomberg.com, the U.S. Food...

FARMINGTON, Conn., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The economics of the global robotics sector has slowed in the past several years due to transnational upsets in the global financial community but the industry remains a substantial and growing enterprise. There have been two clear signals that a fundamental change in the industry has begun. The first of those signals is the rapidly accelerating pace of innovation. During 2012, the number of U.S. patent filings that referenced...

[ 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...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online With a few adjustments through algorithms, MIT researchers found a way to give household robots an extra hand. Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will be presenting two papers at this year's IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, showing robots could use algorithms to compensate for physical shortcomings. One paper describes an algorithm that enables a robot to push...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Academic professionals, advocacy groups and former Nobel peace prize winners are among those joining forces to launch a new, international effort to ban autonomous weapons, according to various media reports published over the weekend. The Stop the Killer Robots initiative, which is being spearheaded by Sheffield University professor and artificial intelligence guru Dr. Noel Sharkey, is attempting to stop production of these...

[WATCH VIDEO: From Running Roaches To Robots] April Flowers for redOrbit – Your Universe Online Researchers from the University of Michigan have found that running cockroaches begin to recover from being pushed sideways even before their nervous systems kick in to tell their legs what to do. The research team hopes that these new insights on the stabilization of biological systems could one day help engineers design steadier robots. The findings, published online in Biological...

[ Watch the Video: Simplified Brain Allows iCub Robot To Learn Language ] Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Robots aren’t actually “taught” but rather are programmed. There have been attempts to create a system that can allow robots to “learn” but it is still a matter of essentially programming the new skills. However, a new artificial brain system could enable robots to learn language, which could very well be the key to teaching robots to then do other...

CONYERS, Ga., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (Pink Sheets: GOSY | http://www.geckosystems.com/) would like to update our investor community as to the activities we have been engaged in during the past year and anticipate this year. For over fifteen years GeckoSystems has dedicated itself to development of "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(tm)." Marketing - a priority in 2012 and 2013 Last year, 2012, was a very busy year for...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The science fiction story of Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot is coming one step closer to science fact, as Harvard researchers create soft robots that can jump. Researchers at Harvard University designed a soft robot that can leap up to a foot in the air, which is a feat that one day could help the future companions avoid objects, or run from people. “Initially, our soft robot systems used pneumatic pressure to actuate,” said...