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Undersea Robot to Track Marine Life Months on End

A robot that can follow marine organisms underwater for considerable distances would be key to learning more about these organisms.

By Andy Choi 2 Nov 2010

Mumbai Kids Get to Grips with Robotics

ThinkLABS Technosolutions is teaching school children in Mumbai how to handle robots. The 'hands-on' learning camp is based on robotics and virtual robotics. It will be held from October 30 to November 13 at reliance World stores in 5 locations at Juhu, Mulund, Powai, Borivali and Opera House.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2010

Italy to China With No Driver!

Vehicles without drivers have hit the roads of China. In a scene that could be straight out of a science fiction novel a set of orange automatic vans have navigated about nine thousand miles from Italy to China. They will be featuring in the 2010 Expo in Shanghai.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2010

Smarter Robots for U.S Military

The U.S. Army is building smarter robots to help it complete the more dangerous tasks with minimal risk to human lives. It already has an existing fleet of about 3,000 small tactical robots deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan which use sensor technology to sweep sensitive areas for Improvised Explosive Devices or IED's.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2010

GeckoSystems Partners With Japanese Firm on Robot Arm

GeckoSystems, developer of mobile service robots (MSR's), made an announcement regarding partnering with a Japanese robot company called ifoo Co. to develop a low cost robot arm. The jointly developed robotic arm is intended for mobile service robots and light industrial use.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 1 Nov 2010

Happy Birthday ASIMO

ASIMO the world's most advanced humanoid robot from Honda is ten years old as of 31 October 2010. The humanoid robot was created as part of Honda's research and development program in robotic and human mobility.

By Andy Choi 1 Nov 2010

Studying Child-Mother Interactions to Design Robots with Social Skills

At the University of Miami scientist are examining 13 mothers and their babies in the age group of 1 to 6 months to try and discover the secrets of the human cognitive development. Face to face interactions between mother and child were studied in the first phase.

By Andy Choi 31 Oct 2010

Contineo Robotics and Remotec to Collaborate on Global Security

Contineo Robotics and Remotec are entering into a partnership to develop life saving technology. Remotec is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, the global security firm. The collaboration based in Oklahoma City will improve tactics used by first responders in crisis situations.

By Andy Choi 31 Oct 2010

Indian Students Shine at International Robotics Comp

Bharat University students are greatly encouraged by the prizes and medals that they won at the AutoCup 2010 which is an international robotic competition that was held in Tehran, Iran. In toal eight Indian students from Bharath University, Saveeta University and Anna University won medals in the "@home category".

By Andy Choi 31 Oct 2010