Invasion of the DIY robots
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Also: Lucatel merger to spur shakeout. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ...The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid &quot;model&quot; of what they and the world around them are like.
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com October 20, 2004, 12:46 PM PT. There were over 600,000 household service robots in use worldwide in 2003, and more than 4 million new units should join them over the next three
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The consumer robotics specialist gets down and dirty with its new workshop automaton.
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Carnegie-Mellon professor is working to create swarms of tiny robots that can assume any shape.
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Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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BALTIMORE -- Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside?
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Several research teams are developing robots made of smart building blocks that can morph into different forms to perform a broad variety of tasks. The bots are to be used in space missions and in search-and-rescue efforts. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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The automated life used to be the exclusive realm of the rich. Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you. By Tom Vanderbilt from Wired magazine.
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Chief executive Colin Angle offers a vision for the robot home contrary to the one you might have looked forward to as a kid.Photos: iRobot phones home, cleans gutters
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The United Nations annual World Robotics Survey predicts the use of robots around the home will surge seven-fold by 2007. The boom is expected to be seen in robots that can mow lawns and vacuum floors, among other chores.
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A robotics exercise sponsored by the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security is trying to find ways to evaluate the performance of robots.
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Japanese companies design 'helper robots' that could assist an aging population.
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Fly-by-Wii Someone has adapted an industrial robot to allow it to be controlled using the remote controller that ships with Nintendo's Wii games console. A neat example of Wii Remote hackery, to be sure, but what'll happen when the robot gets to hold its own controller?â¦
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A military project aimed at building smarter robots has given researchers the wheels they need to make their automatons go.
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A cadre of unknown designers shapes everyday human-machine interactions. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine.
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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.