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A Funny Chatbot Conversation

The Creative Machine Lab researchers at the Cornell University have managed to get two ‘chatbots’ to hold a conversation. The chatbots are essentially computer programs designed to seamlessly communicate with humans.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Scientists Simulate Moon Mission in Canada

A team of scientists in Canada conducted an interesting set of experiments in northern Labrador this week. The Canadian researchers put a small robot through a simulated moon mission at the impact crater at Kamestastinb Lake.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Seiko Epson Introduces Vision Guide for Industrial Robots

Seiko Epson has unveiled the Vision Guide, an image processing system for high-speed and high-accuracy detection of the position, shape and alignment of operations that have been completed by industrial robots.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Talented Nine Year Olds Help Paradise Robotics in Building Robots

Kathy Mosler from Paradise Robotics enlisted a group of 4th graders from the Extended Self-Contained Elementary School, Illinois, for helping in building of robots for customer demonstrations.

By Andy Choi 30 Aug 2011

Clinical Study by BIOTRONIK Reveals Novel Technique to Detect Cardiovascular Disease

BIOTRONIK has announced that the results of a clinical research conducted by Home Monitoring in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (Home-CARE) have been published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.

From BIOTRONIK 30 Aug 2011

Epson Announce Availability of LS6 Robots

Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson", TSE: 6724) today announced it would in September commence sales of the LS6, a new addition to its LS series of SCARA robots for automated assembly and transfer processes.

From EPSON Robots 29 Aug 2011

Handroid Could be Used to Remote Defusing of Bombs

Handroid is a scary looking robotic hand that looks like it came right off your biology lab skeleton. The robot hand was developed by a Japanese robotic firm called ITK and is a fully articulated robotic hand that claims the same dexterity as a human hand. It is also very light at a mere 740 grams.

By Joel Scanlon 28 Aug 2011

Aeryon Unmanned Drone Helps Rebels in Their Fight Against Ghadafi

Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is now defending himself against a robot. The Aeryon Scout is a drone that was created by graduate students at the University of Waterloo. It can fly 500 meters off the ground, use a camera to take pictures and stream video. It is being employed by Rebels who are fighting against Gadhafi.

From Aeryon Labs Inc. 28 Aug 2011

Toshiba Take the Robot Vacuuming Challenge to Roomba

The vacuuming robot Roomba is set for competition as Toshiba releases a new robot vacuum for Japan called Smarbo. The robot which is aimed at home users has some interesting features including two Central Processing Units of which the company is yet to release more details.

By Andy Choi 28 Aug 2011