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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • October 15th, 2014
Now That Robots Can Take Care of Us, Let's Teach Them Morals

Now That Robots Can Take Care of Us, Let's Teach Them Morals

This way, we should avert the terminator scenario

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • October 13th, 2014
Snake-Inspired Robot Can Climb Trees and Sand Dunes – Video

Snake-Inspired Robot Can Climb Trees and Sand Dunes – Video

The movements of a sidewinder were critical

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • October 7th, 2014
Plantoid, an Intelligent Robot Inspired by Plant Roots

Plantoid, an Intelligent Robot Inspired by Plant Roots

It can bend and respond to sensory input

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • October 7th, 2014
Exosuit Eliminates Decompression Sickness Entirely – Video

Exosuit Eliminates Decompression Sickness Entirely – Video

Divers use it to recover sunken greek treasure

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • September 25th, 2014
Intelligent Fabric Can Make Flexible Robots Out of Soft Materials, Acts like Muscle

Intelligent Fabric Can Make Flexible Robots Out of Soft Materials, Acts like Muscle

Soft robotics are seeing a rise in public interest

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • September 24th, 2014
Octopus Bot Glides, Shows the Worth of Soft Robotics – Video

Octopus Bot Glides, Shows the Worth of Soft Robotics – Video

Submarine life will never be the same again

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • September 11th, 2014
The World's Strongest Robot Is a Starfish, Survives Flames, Snow, and Cars – Video

The World's Strongest Robot Is a Starfish, Survives Flames, Snow, and Cars – Video

It was created by a team of researchers from Harvard University

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • September 8th, 2014
Metal Pillars Are Nothing in Front of the Strength of MIT's Atlas Robot – Video

Metal Pillars Are Nothing in Front of the Strength of MIT's Atlas Robot – Video

The humanoid robot easily pulls along a set of interlinked aluminum beams

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 28th, 2014
NASA's Swarmies Robots Can Inspect Earth's Water Pipes and Mars' Many Nooks

NASA's Swarmies Robots Can Inspect Earth's Water Pipes and Mars' Many Nooks

They have a webcam, Wi-Fi support and a GPS unit for guidance

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 20th, 2014
Hitchhiker Robot Finishes Its Trip Across Canada – Video

Hitchhiker Robot Finishes Its Trip Across Canada – Video

It looks like the robot suffered some damage during the journey, but it made it

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 16th, 2014
Swarm of over 1,000 Robots Forms Shapes Without Human Assistance – Video

Swarm of over 1,000 Robots Forms Shapes Without Human Assistance – Video

All they need is to be given an order and they can collectively carry it out immediately

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 8th, 2014
A Flat Sheet Becomes a Robot in 4 Minutes Thanks to Origami – Video

A Flat Sheet Becomes a Robot in 4 Minutes Thanks to Origami – Video

It's basically a Shrinky Dink toy with some motors and extra circuits built in

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • August 6th, 2014
New Robots Use Wi-Fi to See Through Walls and Draw Maps – Video

New Robots Use Wi-Fi to See Through Walls and Draw Maps – Video

They need to work in pairs to pull it off, but at least it's possible

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 24th, 2014
The Robotic Nose Will Help Search and Rescue Crews Save More Lives than Ever

The Robotic Nose Will Help Search and Rescue Crews Save More Lives than Ever

The AI algorithms are based on the software used by alcohol detection systems

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 24th, 2014
Robots to Compete in Their Own Olympics Starting 2020

Robots to Compete in Their Own Olympics Starting 2020

This could actually be a great incentive to accelerate their development

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 18th, 2014
MIT Thinks We Don't Have Enough Fingers, Gives Us Another Pair – Video

MIT Thinks We Don't Have Enough Fingers, Gives Us Another Pair – Video

It created a robotic attachment that makes two more stick out from the wrist

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  • By Sebastian Pop
  • July 15th, 2014
MIT’s Flying Robot Shines Light Upon the Heart of Fashion

MIT’s Flying Robot Shines Light Upon the Heart of Fashion

Literally, it’s meant to fly around and keep models well lit even when they move

 
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