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Ultra-Sensitive, Wearable Sensors to Help Make Robots More Human

Most people are naturally adept at reading facial expressions -- from smiling and frowning to brow-furrowing and eye-rolling -- to tell what others are feeling.

30 Apr 2015

New Market Report on "Robotics: Changing the Way You Live at Home"

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Robotics: Changing the Way You Live at Home" report to their offering.

25 Apr 2015

New Therapeutic Tool for Motor Rehabilitation for Children Being Developed at UC3M

In collaboration with other national institutions, researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are designing a new therapeutic tool for motor rehabilitation for children. In this project, an interactive social therapist robot, which is totally autonomous, is able to perceive patients’ reactions and determine if they are doing their exercises correctly.

21 Apr 2015

Expert to Lead Charter Day Panel on Robotics at Cornell University

Robotics expert Hadas Kress-Gazit, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will speak at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination. Her panel, “Robotics: Today's Intertwining of Engineering and Computer Science,” will be Sunday, April 26, 9-10:30 a.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.

17 Apr 2015

A Robot That Can Learn Moral Behavior

In research worthy of science fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot,” Bertram Malle is working to design a moral robot.

17 Apr 2015

Image of Robot ‘Listening’ to an Unborn Child Wins EPSRC Science Photography Competition

An image of a robot ‘listening’ to an unborn child has won the ‘People’ category in this year’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Science Photography Competition.

18 Mar 2015

“Sky Sky Sky” Drama to Feature Fully Functioning, Custom-Programmed PR2 Robot

Actors are not robots, Hollywood evidence aside.

13 Mar 2015

Children Teach Robot to Write Letters

Who is the teacher: the student or the machine? By showing a robot how to write letters, children improve their writing skills and gain self-confidence. This system, called CoWriter, was developed by EPFL researchers.

13 Mar 2015

KASPAR Social Robot Showcased at High Profile Science Fair in London

KASPAR, the University of Hertfordshire’s social robot, has been recognised as one of the most important university science research projects in the UK and is being showcased at a high profile science fair in London today.

12 Mar 2015

RxRobots Announces Delivery of MEDi Robots to Alberta Children's Hospital

RxRobots™ announced today that it has delivered four MEDi® robots to Alberta Children's Hospital where MEDi® was developed along with plans to expand into the U.S. market this year. RxRobots builds applications for robots to interact with children while they are having painful medical procedures done, such as vaccinations and blood tests.

6 Mar 2015