Advent of the Robotic Monkeys
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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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Extraordinary advances in unmanned aerial vehicles signify progress in the field of robotics.
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How to sell a robot for pleasure and profit Robo Developer Right now, commercial robot builders are planning to invade our homes with their mechanical creations.â¦
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In Japan, a 28,000-square-foot homage to the automaton begins the archiving of man's fascination with robots. Take a look at some of the specimens. By Brian Ashcraft from Wired magazine.
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The Japanese develop a toddler robot. Here's a humorous look at the next generation mechanical child.
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Well, it's election time in the Republic of the Philippines, and that means the monkeys are rolling around in those political barrels, having as much fun as they can while laughing their heads off at the strange goings-on that characterize a democratic process loosely based on the American model  but that de facto looks more like a Fellini movie crossed with a Tom and Jerry cartoon - column includes a useful election-year glossary!
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OSAKA, Japan -- A group of scientists in Japan have developed a robot that acts like a toddler to better understand child development.
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Industry shift from spying and killing? Korean roboticists announced over the weekend that their industry had achieved yet another world first, as a droid officiated at a wedding south of Seoul.â¦
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Millions of new robots will be installed in households over the next few years, a UN report predicts.
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Linux-based robots are tricky to create, but Michael Surran's Robotics class found out it can be done.
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A recent census of the world's primate population finds that many of them are in danger of disappearing
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Scientists in the United States find a way to turn lazy monkeys into workaholics using gene therapy.
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With each passing day, those peppy robots on Mars - Spirit and Opportunity - churn out extraordinary new views of the red planet. Each android is over a year in operation, relaying a steady stream of eye-catching photos.
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Wired News will be covering the RoboGames this weekend in San Francisco. Bookmark this page for ongoing coverage of combat bots, sumo bots, soccer bots and more.
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It's Reg vs Rollo Do pets eventually resemble their owners? Or do owners get to look like their pets? It's heck of a conundrum - but one we might now be a little closer to solving. For the past fortnight it's been hard to escape the animated faces of "Joan", or "George" the graphical representations of what we're told is a new breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence. TV and newspapers, both highbrow and lowbrow, have flocked to report on the chatterbot. You can talk to Joan (or George) - the output of the British software project Jabberwacky - and think it's human!â¦
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Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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Artificial Life, a brazen Hong King Company has invented a new (and I use the next term very loosely) game. For those men without a girl, and who have exhausted every other method of finding companionship, comes the Virtual Girlfriend.