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Robots Develop Their Own Language
May 24, 2011
"Robots are developing their own language to help them navigate and improve their intellectual ability."
A Robot That Catches Balls
May 4, 2011
"German aerospace firm DLR has developed a robot, named Rollin' Justin, that uses a 5-millisecond response time and 3-D sensing to catch balls thrown its way at an 80 percent clip."
Herding Microrobots
Apr 29, 2011
"Tiny robots self-assemble with a single command"
New Ways for Robots to Walk
Mar 26, 2011
"The way crabs, lobsters and spiders walk are helping to inspire novel ways to get robots moving around."
Toward Self-Aware Robots
Feb 25, 2011
"Droids met the challenge of perceiving their self-image and reflecting on their own thoughts as part an effort to develop robots that are more adaptable in unpredictable situations"
A Net for Robots
Feb 9, 2011
"Domestic robots could soon have their own version of the internet and Wikipedia to help them learn about the world."
Teaching Robots to Walk
Jan 21, 2011
"In a first-of-its-kind experiment, a scientist created robots that, like tadpoles becoming frogs, change their body forms while learning how to walk. These evolving robots learned to walk more rapidly than robots with fixed bodies and developed a more robust gait. "
Making Military Robots Smarter
Nov 9, 2010
"The military has a ton of ground robots scurrying around Afghanistan. Too bad they're dumb as puppets, unable to make the slightest move without a human pulling the strings. But if the U.S. Navy has its way, all that will change."
A Robot Learns to Shoot
Sep 27, 2010
"In the latest episode of 'stop teaching them so much,' scientists have created a humanoid robot that teaches itself how to accurately hit a target with a bow and arrow."
A New Way for Robots to Grip Objects
Sep 24, 2010
"Engineers unveil a simple robotic gripper capable of picking up almost any object"