November 5, 2015 Smart or smart-ass? IBM’s Watson computer learns to swear Watson -- the IBM robot that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov at his own game -- had to have his memory wiped after he memorized the entire contents of human slang repository UrbanDictionary.com.
November 4, 2015 Boston Dynamics' robotic dog is going through basic training with the Marine Corps Google and Boston Dynamics' latest robot is now going through basic training with the US Marine Corps, which recently recruited the robodog for field trials, reports Ars Technica.
November 4, 2015 Underwater robots function like schools of fish Robotics may soon be giving sea life a run for their money. European scientists have created small underwater robots that are capable of not only learning individually but also of interacting and exchanging information as a group — a function known as collective cognition, which is akin to schools of fish. Over the past year, 22 videos have been released by the EU-supported CoCoRo project that show the autonomous robots performing various demonstrations underwater as a group, which is the largest underwater robot swarm to date.
November 4, 2015 Meet Robear, Japan’s robot nurse with the face of a bear Japan has long been looking at how it might use robots to provide care for the elderly, and with a rapidly aging population, and a birth rate that continues to fall, the issue has taken on growing importance in recent years.
November 4, 2015 UK shifts up a gear with its driverless car ambitions Believing the driverless car industry could be worth as much as $29 billion by 2025, the U.K. government said Wednesday it wants to go easy on regulating the testing of such vehicles in the hope of pushing research forward at a faster pace.
November 4, 2015 Scientists implant tiny robots inside live mice Can robots travel inside living animals? It sounds like science fiction, but scientists have just made it a reality by implanting tiny nano-robots inside living mice. Researchers from the Department of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego, published their report on the first successful tests of implanting micro robots designed to disperse drugs within a body, reports SmithsonianMag.com.
November 4, 2015 Safety fears grow as close shaves between drones and aircraft increase Despite the fact that drone flights are banned within five miles of U.S. airports, an alarming number of sightings have been reported by pilots in the last six months, with some coming perilously close to aircraft.
November 4, 2015 Internet for all: Facebook to start testing Wi-Fi drones next year The team behind the Facebook-led project to bring Internet connectivity to remote locations around the world using drone technology has revealed that it plans to start the service in the next five years, with test flights scheduled for 2015.
November 4, 2015 Google’s Project Wing could lift US drone industry Google’s entry into the drone space with its Project Wing initiative is good news for the broader drone industry, according to an expert in the technology.
