#430649 Robotherapy for children with autism

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Android

New Robotherapy for children with autism could reduce patient supervision by therapists.
05.07.2017
Autism treatments and therapies routinely make headlines. With robot enhanced therapies on the rise, often overlooked though, is the mental stress and physical toll the procedures take on therapists. As autism treatments can be taxing on both patient and therapists, few realize the stress and workload of those working with autistic patients.
It is against this backdrop, that researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel are pioneering a new […] Continue Reading…

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#430645 How a One-Man Team from California Won ...

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Android

By mastering a Mars robot simulator, an engineer and stay-at-home dad took home the $125,000 top prize[Read more…]

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#430640 RE2 Robotics Receives Air Force Funding ...

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Android

PITTSBURGH, PA – June 21, 2017 – RE2 Robotics announced today that the Company was selected by the Air Force to develop a drop-in robotic system to rapidly convert a variety of traditionally manned aircraft to robotically piloted, autonomous aircraft under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This robotic system, named “Common Aircraft Retrofit for Novel Autonomous Control” (CARNAC), will operate the aircraft similarly to a human pilot and will not require any modifications to the aircraft.
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#430630 CORE2 consumer robot controller by ...

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Android

Hardware, software and cloud for fast robot prototyping and development
Kraków, Poland, June 27th, 2017 – Robotic development platform creator Husarion has launched its next-generation dedicated robot controller CORE2. Available now at the Crowd Supply crowdfunding platform, CORE2 enables the rapid prototyping and development of consumer and service robots. It’s especially suitable for engineers designing commercial appliances and robotics students or hobbyists. Whether the next robotic idea is a tiny rover that penetrates tunnels, a surveillance drone, or a room-sized […] Continue Reading…

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#430592 Roomba Inventor Joe Jones on His New ...

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Android

The inventor of the Roomba tells us about his new solar-powered, weed-destroying robot[Read more…]

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