Robots - Page 67

March 24, 2016

Robots battle for underwater supremacy

While 32 teams are fighting for robo-supremacy beneath the West coast waves, across the pond two European research teams announced breakthroughs -- based on octopus and rainbow trout.

March 24, 2016

Giant robot jellyfish to patrol US coasts

A 170 pounds, six-foot long robot jellyfish named Cyro is now patrolling U.S. coastal waters.

March 24, 2016

What do you get when you cross a robot with an octopus?

Inspired by the way they grasp objects, the Army is developing self-sealing suction cups for robots -- just like those on an octopus.

March 24, 2016

Robot helicopters help out in war zones

As the military use of drones has skyrocketed, controversy has followed, with some wondering whether drones should be flown at all. K-MAX is one reason to rethink such sweeping generalizations.

March 24, 2016

Robots that fall upwards to safeguard the oceans

The U.S. military wants to seed the remote reaches of the deep sea -- with unmanned stealth technology.

March 24, 2016

Liquid ping-pong robots self assemble in Colorado

Robo-droplets are now swarming together, coalescing into a "liquid that thinks," in the lab of Professor Nikolaus Correll from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

March 24, 2016

Gold, silver, bronze, silicon? Robot Olympics set to begin

While the world gears up for the London Olympics, humanoid robots are preparing to compete in their own Olympics.

March 24, 2016

Could guided bullets turn average Joe into sniper?

Two military research labs have been racing to revolutionize rifle accuracy and range by developing the first-ever guided bullets -- a technology that could potentially give any hunter sniper skills, if made public.

March 24, 2016

Immigrants could cause a superbug apocalypse, scientists warn

Immigrants may import dangerous and potentially lethal superbug strains, a medical journal recently warned -- and robots may hold the answer.

March 10, 2016

Most Americans think robots will take our jobs within 50 years

Many Americans think that within 50 years, robots will "definitely" or "probably" do much of the work we do today.