Category Archives: Human Robots
#433274 Why is Facebook keen on robots? ...
Facebook announced several new hires of top academics in the field of artificial intelligence Tuesday, among them a roboticist known for her work at Disney making animated figures move in more human-like ways. Continue reading
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#433272 Navajo robotics team heads to ...
A team of Navajo high school students from a remote town in southern Utah is building a robot to represent North America in an international robotics competition. Continue reading
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#433270 Robots as tools and partners in ...
In future decades, the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate of survival after diseases with severe functional deficits, such as a stroke, will increase. Socially assistive robots (SARs) are already being used in rehabilitation for this reason. In the journal Science Robotics, a research team led by neuroscientist Dr. Philipp Kellmeyer of the Freiburg University Medical Center and Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Freiburg, analyzes the improvements necessary to make SARs valuable and trustworthy assistants for medical therapies. Continue reading
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#433268 Sony to release AI-infused robotic pups ...
Sony on Thursday announced that its Aibo robotic dogs infused with artificial intelligence will be unleashed on the US market by the year-end holiday season, with a price tag of $2,899. Continue reading
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#433005 New hybrid Robot muscles
This hybrid design uses pneumatic-electric actuated muscles for a lightweight design with a high strength-to-weight ratio.
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