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Is that a robot in your suitcase?
A flying robot as small as a dinner plate that can zoom to hard-to-reach places and a fleet of eco-friendly robotic farm-hands are just two of the exciting projects a robotics team in Australia is working on.
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Fast high precision eye-surgery robot developed
A researcher in The Netherlands has developed a smart eye-surgery robot that allows eye surgeons to operate with increased ease and greater precision on the retina and the vitreous humor of the eye. The system also extends the effective period during which ophthalmologists can carry out these intricate procedures.
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Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight
When engineers outfitted a six-legged robotic bug with wings in an effort to improve its mobility, they unexpectedly shed some light on the evolution of flight. The wings nearly doubled the running speed of the 25-gram robot, but was that good enough for takeoff?
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Tree-dwelling animals were the first to fly, new research suggests
A six-legged, 25 gram robot has been fitted with flapping wings in order to gain an insight into the evolution of early birds and insects.
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Robotic telescope network with access via Internet to be built
Internauts will be able to connect to 17 telescopes on four continents to share observation time. A world network of robotic telescopes is to be developed as part of a European citizen science project that has just kicked off in Spain. The network, to which any citizen will be able to connect and share observation time, will offer free open access via the Internet.
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Goal to build more than 30 more KASPARs to help children with autism
Researchers in the UK have a goal to build over 30 more KASPAR robots to help children with autism.
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Robots learn to handle objects, understand new places
Infants spend their first few months learning to find their way around and manipulating objects, and they are very flexible about it: Cups can come in different shapes and sizes, but they all have handles. So do pitchers, so we pick them up the same way. Now researchers are teaching robots to manipulate objects and find their way around in new environments.
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It’s official: Computerized trading agents do beat humans in foreign exchange markets
Robot trading agents, which already dominate the foreign exchange markets, have now been definitively shown to beat human traders at the same game.
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Researchers mimic nature to create a 'bio-inspired brain' for robots
Engineers are developing bio-inspired integrated circuit technology which mimics the neuron structure and operation of the brain.
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