Inventors risk robot uprising by creating real-life Terminator hand

February 1st, 2011 by Robot Technology | 1 Comment | Filed in Robotics News

Inventors risk robot uprising by creating real-life Terminator hand
Does this photo look familiar? If you’re thinking “That looks like the hand from Terminator 2 , perhaps a prototype for the movie,” you’d be wrong.
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Press On: Robots are terminating employees
For years outsourcing was the primary threat to U.S. jobs. Now, we’re being informed that robots are going to become the primary job killers.
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January 31st, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics News

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Biomedical Researcher Wins Microplate Catalogue Prize Draw
A scientist at the Genomics CoreLab of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge, UK) has won Porvair Sciences’ latest free prize draw for people registering online for the company’s 2010-2011 Microplate Catalogue.
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Blind man will drive a car tomorrow
No, you don’t need to stay off the streets. For one, Mark Riccobono will be driving on a closed-circuit course at Daytona International Speedway. But the bigger reason is that Riccobono, despite being legally blind, should be perfectly safe behind the wheel of Ford’s new blind-accessible vehicle. read more
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LEGO Research

January 30th, 2011 by Robot Technology | 1 Comment | Filed in Robotics News

LEGO Research
Students from Oakbrook Middle School are thrilled Friday as a robotic arm moves along with Jenna Nott, a research coordinator at the Medical University of South Carolina, who demonstrates a robotic arm built entirely of Legos that uses electronic sensors to mimic human movement.
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With Artificial Retinas, a Robot Balances a Pencil [Video]
Advancing the important cause of robotic party tricks, Swiss researchers also solved a visual processing problem. Swiss researchers have developed a robot that can balance a pencil. New Scientist informs us that pole-balancing is, apparently, a “well-known exercise in robotics research.” But roboticists weren’t able to make a robot that balanced a “pole” as small as a pencil–until the Swiss …
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Blind man will drive a car tomorrow

January 29th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics News

Blind man will drive a car tomorrow
No, you don’t need to stay off the streets. For one, Mark Riccobono will be driving on a closed-circuit course at Daytona International Speedway. But the bigger reason is that Riccobono, despite being legally blind, should be perfectly safe behind the wheel of Ford’s new blind-accessible vehicle. read more
Read more on TG Daily

With Artificial Retinas, a Robot Balances a Pencil [Video]
Advancing the important cause of robotic party tricks, Swiss researchers also solved a visual processing problem. Swiss researchers have developed a robot that can balance a pencil. New Scientist informs us that pole-balancing is, apparently, a “well-known exercise in robotics research.” But roboticists weren’t able to make a robot that balanced a “pole” as small as a pencil–until the Swiss …
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Drobo Names Kevin Epstein to Serve as Vice President of Marketing

January 28th, 2011 by Robot Technology | No Comments | Filed in Robotics News

Drobo Names Kevin Epstein to Serve as Vice President of Marketing
Award-Winning Storage Company’s Growth Driving Organizational Expansion
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New Android-powered Sidekick to be built by Samsung
Leaked details show that new Sidekick Android-powered model is likely to be built by Samsung, rather than Sharp. Samsung is a big player in the Android market and should have a solid device and…
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