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iRobot taps into its Warrior spirit
Insight CEO Colin Angle talks about how robots are weathering the recession, what to expect from PackBot's big brother, and why iRobot isn't building a humanoid.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Robotics, API, Apple iPod, robot, America, Personal Computers, Servers
Robotics a catalyst for technology advancement
News Singapore educator touts robotics as platform to spur tech-savvy students to be innovative, and pick up technological skills relevant in commercial world.
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Components, Battery, Robotics, Student, Electronics, Singapore, Storage, Republic Polytechnic, Hardware
Japan scientists seek robot edge
News Japanese researchers are pressing the government to invest in an ambitious robot development scheme, with the aim of creating machine with the artificial intelligence (AI) of a human child.
Researchers build 'flying' micro-robot
News The robot, which weighs about three-hundredths of an ounce, is manipulated by magnetic fields and has the potential for use in clean rooms or hazardous environments.
Tags: Hardware, Ontario, Micro-robot, magnetic field, Environment, laser, robot, researcher, University of Waterloo, camera
Robo-scientist makes gene discovery--on its own
News Scientists designed "Adam" to carry out scientific research automatically, without the need for further human intervention.
Tags: Robot, Robotics, Bot, Robot, Yeast, Artificial Intelligence, University of Cambridge, U.K., researcher, scientist
Wearable bot said to make the weak stronger
News The Hybrid Assistive Limb out of Japan promises to "expand and improve physical capability" up to tenfold, and could assist in rehabilitation and heavy labor.
Tags: Hardware, Business applications, Battery, Suit, Muscle, Manufacturing, Isaac Asimov, Bot, Cyberdyne, computer
Intel: Spintronic CPUs at least 10 years away
News Intel says alternative methods of radically increasing the performance of CPUs are years away, as the focus remains on incremental improvements to get smaller and more efficient chips
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., CPU, Chip, Computer, computer processor, performance, robot, Taiwan, transmitter
Hay fever robots warn Japanese public about pollen
News Japan rolls out 500 robots that detect levels of pollen in the air so allergy sufferers can gauge the threat when headed outside.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Cell Phone, Bot, information company, Japan, phone, Tokyo, robot, CNET Networks Inc., Internet
Google unleashes Wave on developers
News Google has announced a peer-to-peer-based collaboration platform called Wave, and is inviting developers to help create its underlying protocol.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Conference, Google Inc., Spokesperson, Developer, API, IM, robot, network
EC doubles robotics R&D investment
News The Commission has promised 400 million euros (US$619.2 million) for robotics research to help European manufacturing compete with developing countries.
Tags: Innovation, R&D, Robotics, Investment, robot, researcher, European Commission, value chain, industry, leadership
Bots exploiting Microsoft's latest RPC flaw
News Systems not yet patched for a recently announced flaw are vulnerable to a trio of malware that could enlist the compromised computer to attack sites in China.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Microsoft Corp., Malware, Criminal, F-Secure Corp., RPC, Bot, Flaw
Fujitsu opens up Linux-based humanoid robot
News The electronics giant is releasing details of the internal architecture of the Hoap-1 to help programmers write their own code.
Intel's software shift with Wind River
News The US$884 million deal gives Intel a serious software business. But will it light a fire under the Atom chip for embedded computing?
Tags: Business applications, Open source, Components, Consumer Technology, Processors, Intel Corp., Mobile, Atom, Chip, Wind River Systems Inc.
Japan to invest in robotics
News The government will invest to expand the robotics industry, a move that could speed the development of robots that act as nurses or carry out dangerous tasks.
Japan to invest in robotics
News The government will invest to expand the robotics industry, a move that could speed the development of robots that act as nurses or carry out dangerous tasks.
