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[ Watch the Video ] The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is previewing a mechanical beast of burden that would help lighten the load for soldiers. The machine named AlphaDog and built at Boston Dynamics is shown in a newly released video trekking outside in the woods. The video shows the robot raising itself with a load under its own power. Then it manages to negotiate different terrains, going uphill, downhill, and through the woods avoiding obstacles like holes in the...

[ Watch the Video ] University of Pennsylvania's General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Lab released a video this week of a swarm of flying robotic devices. In the video, the airborne robots are seen performing complex moves and navigating spaces with obstacles. The researchers call the robotic drones "nano-quadrotors" because of their small size and four propeller system. The team of developers, Alex Kushleyev, Daniel Mellinger, and Vijay Kumar, showcase...

Marion, Ohio's industrial robot and workcell integrator, RobotWorx, recently redesigned their main website, robots.com. With plans to revamp their other websites, RobotWorx hopes that the new designs allow for a better experience for their customers. Marion, OH (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 January 31, 2012 marks the date of the launch of the new RobotWorx website, robots.com. After several months of planning and testing, the central Ohio industrial robot integrator made the new website...

KIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CoroWare, Inc. (COWI.OB), today announced a new upgrade offer for existing CoroBot® Classic and CoroBot Explorer unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) customers. These upgrades will help bring earlier CoroBot UGV models up to date, and will enable a new class of CoroBot applications based on the Robotic Operating System (ROS; http://ros.org) from Willow Garage. The ROS software platform is rapidly becoming the standard for open robotics...

In a January 2012 survey conducted by Persuadable Research Corporation, it is clear that most people would be in favor of domestic robots. The list of task abilities that is desired from a domestic robot is quite long. At the top of the list is moving heavy things and providing home security. Other tasks include cleaning windows, washing floors and dishes and doing laundry. Interestingly, nearly half, 41%, said they might consider a loan to pay for a robot. Overland Park, KS (PRWEB)...

GLASTONBURY, Conn., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty seven teams of high school students from across the United States competed in the Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge which took place at MIT in Cambridge, MA and aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this week. "Team Rocket" from River Hill High School, Maryland, "Storming Robots" from Storming Robots LLC, of New Jersey and "SPHEREZ of Influence" from Rockledge High School, Florida posted the best cumulative score out...

[ Watch the Video ] New Robot is Designed to Use Less Energy Designing an all-terrain robot for search-and-rescue missions is an arduous task for scientists. The machine must be flexible enough to move over uneven surfaces, yet not so big that it’s restricted from tight spaces. It might also be required to climb slopes of varying inclines. Existing robots can do many of these things, but the majority require large amounts of energy and are prone to overheating. Georgia Tech...

BOZEN, Sud-Tirol, Italy, January 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics today released its upcoming 2012 schedule for USA's 56-city product education road tour, showcasing on-site demonstrations of its world-leading IV Automation solutions, directly in response to the extraordinary demand generated by its 2nd Generation robots and workflow tools post-ASHP Midyear. Gaspar DeViedma, Health Robotics' Executive Vice President and Board Member, stated: "The USA market...

Scientists at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have presented a new technique based on Artificial Intelligence that can automatically create plans, allowing problems to be solved with much greater speed than current methods provide when resources are limited. This method can be applied in sectors such as logistics, autonomous control of robots, fire extinguishing and on-line learning. The researchers have developed a new methodology to solve automated planning problems, an area of...

Raven II system developed at UC Santa Cruz and University of Washington Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories throughout the United States. After a round of final tests, five of the systems will be shipped to medical robotics researchers at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Nebraska, UC Berkeley,...