Scientists try to make robots more human
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George the robot is playing hide-and-seek with scientist Alan Schultz. George whirrs and hides behind a post until he's found.
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A new "resilient robot" can change how it walks in response to damage&#8212;perhaps in the same way newborns learn to walk, scientists say.
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Superdense arrays of silicon electrodes will bring scientists closer to an artificial retina that approximates normal vision.
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It&#039;s one of the greatest challenges for robotics engineers: Building a machine that actually walks like one of us.
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Unmanned aircraft are to help scientists with research flights that are too dangerous or difficult for human pilots.
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A PREDATORY robot devised by British scientists could generate its own energy by catching and digesting flies. Called EcoBot II, the creation is part of a drive to make &quot;forget and release&quot; robots that could
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Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs and cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.
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Researchers train a monkey to feed itself by guiding a mechanical arm with its mind. It could be a big step forward for prosthetics. By David Cohn.
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Rat cells grown onto microscopic silicon chips worked as tiny robots, perhaps a first step toward a self-assembling device, researchers working in the United States reported on Sunday.
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Electronic versions of the rodents' bristles could one day help bots inspect oil pipelines and explore remote locations from the deep sea to outer space.
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Rapid advances in robot development are leading to a whole new generation of tools and toys.
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Scientists have created a  salamander-like robot that married biology and robotics and  enabled them to explore ideas about the first vertebrates that  emerged from water to land hundreds of millions of years ago.
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A new breed of snake arm robots has been developed by researchers that allow them to access hard-to-reach areas.
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A group of scientists in Japan have developed a humanoid that acts like a toddler to better understand child development.
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Researchers are working out the rules for a future code of social behaviour in human-robot interaction.
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A team of US scientists show off a novel device that harvests energy from human movements.
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Part human, part machine tests kit for planetary missions. European scientists have sent a 'cyborg' to roam the Spanish countryside as part of a mission to create robots that are good at exploring planets ...