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First-Ever Robotic Butler Officially Reports for Duty at Aloft Silicon Valley

Aloft Hotels, the innovative hotel brand for today’s hyper-connected global traveler, today announced that its second robotic butler, or Botlr, is officially reporting for full-time duty at Aloft Silicon Valley, effective immediately.

19 Aug 2015

Scientists Develop Brain-Computer Control Interface for Lower Limb Exoskeleton

Scientists working at Korea University, Korea, and TU Berlin, Germany have developed a brain-computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain.

19 Aug 2015

Human-Machine Interface Allows Bipedal Robot to Maintain Balance and Complete Tasks

Deep in the basement of MIT’s Building 3, a two-legged robot named HERMES is wreaking controlled havoc: punching through drywall, smashing soda cans, kicking over trash buckets, and karate-chopping boards in half. Its actions, however, are not its own.

12 Aug 2015

2015 Annual Meeting of HFES to Feature Over 400 Presentations Including Human-Robot Interaction

The program for the 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society features more than 400 presentations from leading HF/E experts across multiple domains on topics including patient safety, product design, driver distraction, emergency response, human-robot interaction, and more.

6 Aug 2015

MIT Researchers Design Robotic Limb that Mimics Normal Walking Motion

In the last two decades, prosthetic limb technology has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, the most advanced prostheses incorporate microprocessors that work with onboard gyroscopes, accelerometers, and hydraulics to enable a person to walk with a normal gait. Such top-of-the-line prosthetics can cost more than $50,000.

5 Aug 2015

IWU Graduate Student Builds Robotic Mailbox

Philosopher and computer scientist Peter Asaro ’94 wants world leaders and ordinary citizens to consider the dangers of programming war machines to decide who lives or dies.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences 4 Aug 2015

THOR Humanoid Robot Wins First Place at 2015 RoboCup

THOR, a humanoid robot under the command of UCLA and University of Pennsylvania, has kicked its way to the top of the robotic soccer world, winning first place and a top technology trophy on July 22 at RoboCup, an annual robot soccer tournament held this year in Hefei, China. More than 400 teams from 40-plus countries participated.

25 Jul 2015

Blue Frog Robotics Releases Developer Program to Build Apps for BUDDY Companion Robot

Blue Frog Robotics, creator of BUDDY, the world’s first open-source companion robot, today rolled out initial details of its software development kit (SDK) and developer program that will make it easy to build apps for BUDDY.

23 Jul 2015

Georgia Tech Robots to Play Concert at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

A team of robots and researchers from Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology is headed to Washington, D.C., to play a concert at the historic Kennedy Center. Professor Gil Weinberg and his machines, Shimon and three Shimi robots, will perform July 22 on the Center’s Millennium Stage.

21 Jul 2015

Researchers Discuss Recent, Remarkable Progress in AI and its Potential Implications for Humankind

Artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to machines that can match humans at chess, rival them in the stock market, and aid them in the clinic. But researchers' ultimate goal is to create a well-rounded, human-like computer program -- an aspiration that raises many questions and poses a wide range of challenges.

17 Jul 2015