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Therapeutic Robot Seals Provide Comfort to Tsunami Survivors

Survivors of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami have a special tool to help comfort them. They are two small white coloured robotic seals. The seals are being used in an elderly home to comfort victims who are more than 65 years old.

3 Aug 2011

PR2 Robots Help Quadriplegic to be Independent

Henry Evans, a quadriplegic, is now able to perform his daily tasks like shaving on his own with the help of the PR2 Robot. Georgia Institute of Technology and Willow Garage have come together for executing a project called Robots for Humanity.

29 Jul 2011

ICSR 2011 Competition Encourages Students, Scientists, and Professionals to Develop Social Robot for 2020

The International Conference on Social Robotics enables practitioners and researchers to demonstrate and explain the latest innovations in the area of social robotics.

19 Jul 2011

Cool or Creepy? A Robot Mouth

A new robot doesn’t just have a mouth on it, it is just a mouth! Singing robots have always been a bit weird but not quite as weird as this robot which is essentially just a mouth complete with a set of lips and nothing much else about it in terms of physical appearance.

17 Jul 2011

NSF Funds New Effort in Robotics, Neuroscience and Electromechanical Devices

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an $18.5 million grant to establish a multi-institution Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering located at the University of Washington. The center is to be launched this month and will be based in the Russel Hall on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.

17 Jul 2011

Kinect, A Boon for Future Robotics and Smart Phones

The Kinect gaming accessory is proving how new technology can help improve older ones. The device from Microsoft which was devised to enable full body gesture interaction with a video game is now likely to help robots expand their scope. The low cost and easy to use sensor system is allowing robotics to gather the information they about the environment around them.

17 Jul 2011