Meet the Mask-bot
it’s more than just a pretty face… At first glance it’s a generic plastic mask fixed in front of a projector. Switch it on and you’re looking at the most realistic ¨talking head¨ yet. Researchers from...
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Robot Companions: Student Design Competition
Calling all art and design students from Sheffield Hallam University! What will the next generation of robot helpers look like? If you’ve got a vision, now’s your chance to show us what you think!...
View ArticleA New Year’s Message from Neelie Kroes
Europe’s Vice President of the Digital Agenda shares some thoughts on 2011 and the promising future of ICT in Europe
View ArticleShakespeare and Robots
A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Mechanical cast members The video above features a special performance of a Shakespearean classic put on by Texas A&M University several years ago. The students and...
View ArticleBoxie: The Chatterbox Bot
New research from MIT involves a cardboard box-like robot This cardboard box isn’t meant to be packed into a moving van! In fact, it’s not really a cardboard box at all but rather, a story collecting...
View ArticleCanine (Robot) Companions
DARPA’s pup has been trained to follow the pack! Militaries around the world view physical exhaustion of their soldiers as one of their main challenges, since soldiers often have to carry loads of up...
View ArticleMaking Robots Social
Leading experts tell us how it’s being done Researchers look at human social intelligence from different perspectives but when it comes to integrating that into robots, social intelligence must be...
View ArticleWhat’s the Fastest Robot on Earth?
Check out the ¨Cheetah¨ We all know that the fastest land animal is the cheetah, capable of running up to 120 km/hr in short bursts- but has it met its match in robot form? In terms of speed, the great...
View ArticleRobotic Feeding Assistants
A new Swedish product takes us far away from this classic scene of chaos! For anyone who’s a Charlie Chaplin fan, this scene from the 1936 film Modern Times is a must watch! When Chaplin’s forced to...
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A Bigger and Better Robotics Industry for Europe
The European Commission recognizes Robotics as a key industry for the future of Europe The European Commission has recently agreed to launch a Public Private Partnership in Robotics (PPP) between...
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