Tags: Robot

Robots & High-Tech Solutions Contribute In Combat Against World Hunger

TECH & INNOVATION 03.29.2017 06:54 AM

Robots and high-tech solutions recently are not only used for technological purposes. These are also used in innovative farming and fighting world hunger.

Self-Reparable Robots Bring Bright New Future to Bleak Disaster Relief

05.28.2015 15:53 PM

Researchers at Paris's Pierre and Marie Curie University have created robots that can use experiences from simulated lives to "heal" themselves. This makes robots more autonomous, effective, and robust-and more capable of disaster relief work.

A Robotic Bird Gets a Leg-Up from a Robotic Roach

05.27.2015 12:59 PM

How do you enable a robotic bird to fly? You launch it off the back of a fast little roach. How do you enable a robotic bird to fly? You launch it off the back of a fast little roach.

A New Contender in Trial And Error—The Robot That Learns Like You and I

05.26.2015 14:18 PM

Robots that can learn? Yes they can, at least with these new algorithms. A UC Berkeley research team has created algorithms that allow robots to use trial and error to learn motor tasks. This is a process that is much closer to the ways that humans think and learn, making it a major artificial intelligence milestone.

Autonomous BeachBot Leaves its Mark, and Masterpieces, In the Sand

01.13.2015 13:51 PM

Leave it to Disney to create something both cute and kitschy that everyone wants to have—but not necessarily something that anyone would ever need. Their newest venture named “BeachBot” is perhaps the cutest turtle robot you’ve ever seen, and he’s likely the most artistic too.

The Past And Present of Biotechnology—What Designs Nature Will Inspire

10.29.2014 18:39 PM

“At its simplest, biotechnology harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet.”

Lowe's Will Use Robot Greeters This Holiday Season [Video]

10.28.2014 17:41 PM

Lowe's will introduce new robot shopping assistants at a trial location this November. If you happen to find yourself in a Orchard Supply Warehouse in Northern California this November, don't be alarmed if you are approached by a large LCD screen on wheels, especially when it talks to you.