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08/08/2016 / By roboticsnews

This Robot That Runs Entirely off a Neural Network is Creepy as Hell

This creep machine, called Alter, runs entirely off a neural network. That means all its incoherent and erratic movements are 100 percent free of any human control. It’s basically alive. (Article by Darren Orf) Although Alter looks like it’s dressed up in some kind of Ex Machina cosplay, it’s underneath where all the interesting stuff […]

08/04/2016 / By roboticsnews

This Robot Could Have Broken Asimov’s First Law Of Robotics

For those who are fans of robots and robotics, you guys are probably aware of Asimov and his Three Laws of Robotics, or at least the first one that was echoed by Will Smith in the “I, Robot” movie which says, “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human […]

08/03/2016 / By roboticsnews

How Robots in English Class Can Spark Empathy and Improve Writing

Mention robots to many English teachers and they’ll immediately point down the hall to the science classroom or to the makerspace, if they have one. At many schools, if there’s a robot at all, it’s located in a science or math classroom or is being built by an after-school robotics club. It’s not usually a […]

08/02/2016 / By roboticsnews

Engineer with a Robotics Startup? Here’s the Event for You!

The 2016 RoboBusiness conference is fast approaching, and with it comes a great opportunity for engineers with a robotics start-up company, or just those interested in new innovations in the robotics industry. For engineering students or recent graduates with an entrepreneurial bent and a great idea, a competition like this could be the first step […]

07/28/2016 / By roboticsnews

Top 10 Robot Toys for Kids Who Love Robotics

Remember the childhood robot buddy that helped you defeat imaginary bad guys when you were a kid? Now that you are older, you can pass your youthful flare for robotics down to your kids. And the best part of keeping those robots in the family is tech today is way cooler. Buildable robots, robots that […]

07/27/2016 / By roboticsnews

VIDEO: A one-armed Australian robot can build a house four times quicker than a brickie

Fastbrick Robotics, an ASX-listed company based in Perth, has created a robot brick layer, a form of 3D printing which can create the shell of a house without being touched by human hands. (Article by Chris Pash) The Hadrian 105 robot, named after the Roman emperor who built a wall in ancient Britain, has hit […]

07/26/2016 / By roboticsnews

Researchers Find the ‘Holy Grail’ of Soft Robotics

Robots are increasingly able to outperform humans in a variety of mundane tasks(and even in more technical areas like surgery), but for all that efficiency they are still by and large one trick ponies. Most robots are designed to perform one very specific task and part of taking robotics to the next level is designing […]

07/25/2016 / By roboticsnews

The Third Offset Must Update Asimov’s Laws of Robotics

Things tend to happen in threes. An unlikely triumvirate on the surface, it would appear that Asimov’s laws on robotics and the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) will outflank the Third Offset—the nation’s search for its next silver bullet in war fighting is robotics—knowing that many nations will agree on moral grounds. These nations […]

07/21/2016 / By roboticsnews

Duke’s Robotics Team Expedites Real-Time Motion Planning by a Factor of 10000

Researchers at Duke University have dramatically improved motion planning of robots in complicated environments. (Article by Steve Arar) Motion Planning in Robotics Applications Robots are manufactured for a wide variety of applications. In some of these applications, such as the assembly line of a factory, the robot operates in a known and static environment. Since […]

07/19/2016 / By roboticsnews

As Robot Wars is set to return, a look back at the some of the weirdest moments from the famed original series

THE hit TV show that become a cultural phenomenon among nerds and proponents of machine violence everywhere is coming back. (Article by Nick Whigham) The BBC recently announced Robot Wars will be returning to its airwaves for six episodes of metallic-mashing nostalgia later this month. For pacifists and those who can’t remember the program, Robot […]

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