Robot surgeons, chameleon soldiers
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BBC South Koreans are hard-core techies and use some of the fastest broadband and mobile networks in the world. A recent survey of 3,500 Korean tech experts gives a peek at their view of the future. By 2012 they foresee mobile phone batteries that last for two months before recharging. By 2015 they think the Web will deliver smells via ...
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Remote-controlled flying rats were only the beginning. Armies are drafting everything from bugs to sharks to chickens into
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BALTIMORE -- Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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A surgical robot developed by UK scientists makes hip operations so simple even students get good results.
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New York, Oct. 21. (PTI): With rapid development of science and technology, &#39;Obedient&#39; robots are poised to take over dangerous, unwelcome and even welcome jobs from humans over the next few years, a new study has said.
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The next big use for iRobot's bots: patrolling international borders.
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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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It's time for radical robomediation. Let's hand the service industry to automatons rather than transforming humans into reluctant machines. Commentary by Momus.
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'He stole our robot' A major American military push to get more combat robots into the field has ground to a halt following a bitter dispute between rival mechanoid makers.â¦
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A German art group reprograms old assembly-line robots to become autonomous artists. The machines draw, spin tunes and dance in public. The group wants to show that the industrial beasts can create beauty. By David Cohn.
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Science & environment: A team of surgeons and engineers have been awarded Â£2.1m to build a sophisticated surgical robots
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Dr. Michael R. Treat is hard at work on an invention he hopes will change the way surgeons work in the operating room - an automated helping hand.
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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FOR decades, science fiction has promised a future in which lifeâs most mundane chores are carried out by robots. Sadly, the clunky, wobbling automatons that have been wheeled out as examples of this brave
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The US military plans to deploy robots armed with machine-guns to wage war against insurgents in Iraq.
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Working Daleks only a matter of time Aficionados of the killer-robot world barely get time to catch their breath these days. Yesterday was no exception, with two military droids making their debut.â¦
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.