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Penn State Researchers Reveal Some Assembly Needed to Boost Ratings of Robots

Robot makers may want to follow Ikea's strategy for customer satisfaction and give people a chance to partially assemble their new robots to ease acceptance of the devices, according to Penn State researchers.

9 Mar 2016

Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center Chosen for Major New Federal Research Projects

Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) has been selected as a prime contractor or subcontractor on four major new federal research projects totaling more than $11 million over the next three years. The projects range from research on a wheel that can transform into a track to automated stress testing for critical software.

9 Mar 2016

Researchers Develop Stretchable, Glowing Robot Skin

A group of graduate students from Cornell University have developed a unique electroluminescent skin that can be stretched to almost six times its actual size, but still produces light even under increased amounts of strain. This latest breakthrough holds the potential to transform a wide range of industries, including health care, electronic communication, and transportation.

7 Mar 2016

bObsweep Launches Multifunctional Autonomous Floor Cleaner with Powerful Suction

bObsweep, Canada's pioneering robotic vacuum manufacturer, launched the new bObsweep PetHair Plus, a multifunctional autonomous floor cleaner that boasts the strongest, most powerful suction to date.

4 Mar 2016

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

Meta has begun taking pre-orders at www.metavision.com for Meta 2 Development Kit, the first augmented reality (AR) product that delivers a totally immersive experience unlike any other AR product to date. Meta 2 enables hand interaction with digital content, a breakthrough in the field of AR, so people can touch, grab, and move digital objects intuitively, just as they do in the real world.

3 Mar 2016

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Enhancements to the app that starts, stops and monitors Neato’s Wi-Fi enabled Botvac™ Connected robot vacuum now give users control right from Apple and Android smartwatches. Available today, the automatic upgrade brings new functionality to Neato’s smartest and most powerful robot vacuum.

2 Mar 2016

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Madeline Gannon (A 2016), a Ph.D. candidate in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture, has put the power of interacting with robots into our hands — literally.

2 Mar 2016

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructions from an “Emergency Guide Robot” even after the machine had proven itself unreliable – and after some participants were told that robot had broken down.

1 Mar 2016

KAIST’S K-Glass 3 Allows Users Type Message or Keywords by Offering Virtual Keyboard

KAIST researchers upgraded their smart glasses with a low-power multicore processor to employ stereo vision and deep-learning algorithms, making the user interface and experience more intuitive and convenient.

29 Feb 2016

Kreative Robotik Exhibition: KUKA Robots Demonstrate How Humans and Machines Can Work Creatively Together

The LBR iiwa holds a calligraphy pen. KUKA robots create art at the “Kreative Robotik” exhibition. In the foyer of the Austrian Ars Electronica Centers (AEC), the LBR iiwa and the KUKA KR 16 – an industrial robot for low payloads – demonstrate how humans and machines can work creatively together.

29 Feb 2016

Consumer Robotics News

Penn State Researchers Reveal Some Assembly Needed to Boost Ratings of Robots

Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center Chosen for Major New Federal Research Projects

Researchers Develop Stretchable, Glowing Robot Skin

bObsweep Launches Multifunctional Autonomous Floor Cleaner with Powerful Suction

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

KAIST’S K-Glass 3 Allows Users Type Message or Keywords by Offering Virtual Keyboard

Kreative Robotik Exhibition: KUKA Robots Demonstrate How Humans and Machines Can Work Creatively Together

New AI Model Sets Benchmark in Skin Cancer Detection with 99.8% Accuracy

Soft Robot Achieves Complex Movement Without AI or Electronics

How NASA Helped Build Autonomous AI for Critical Infrastructure

NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Solved Part of a Mars Mystery—Here’s What it Found Beneath the Surface

The WHO Launches Major Global Initiative to Set Unified Standards for AI in Healthcare

Robotics in Microscopy: Key Innovations in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Drug Delivery

Top 5 Ethical Issues in Drone Surveillance

How Feedback Systems Make Robots Smarter, Safer, and More Human-Aware

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