Robots to collect dangerous data
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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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An ingenious hacker finds a new application for Apple's remarkable Sudden Motion Sensor: World's biggest and most expensive Roomba remote control. In Cult of Mac.
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Remote-control sharks, pain guns, radioactive scorpion venom ... Bond-like technology is unnervingly real in some labs. By Greta Lorge from Wired magazine.
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Want a computer that screams when a thief strikes? Or a personal tracking unit in case you get kidnapped?
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More than 1 million computers &#151; possibly yours, too &#151; are used by hackers as remote-controlled robots to crash online systems, accept spam and steal users' personal information, the FBI said Wednesday. The government has no way to track down all the computers, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, that hackers have massed into centrally controlled collections known as botnets.
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Making robots that interact with people emotionally is the goal of a European  project led by British scientists.
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Well, not the world maybe, but possibly your lawns and kitchens. The use of robots -- especially as domestic help -- is expected to increase sevenfold by 2007, according to the United Nations.
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GENEVA - The use of robots around the home to mow lawns, vacuum floors, pull guard duty and perform other chores is set to surge sevenfold by 2007, says a new survey that credits dropping prices.
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Robots will be truly useful when they get sensitive arms and hands, plus the programming to use them properly.
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Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
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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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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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US scientists investigate whether robots could be used instead of animals for testing chemicals.
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A reconfigurable handheld device could foster a community of hardware hackers.
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We meet the nerds with the world's cleanest floors In Silicon Valley, any conference calling itself the "Best of the Best" promises more fluff than stuff. But a recent Churchill Club event which promised the cream of the robotics industry confirmed the sceptics' worst fears. Consumer robotics is a business built mostly on play, hope and tinkering - rather than profit or technical accomplishment - to the point that huge, obvious, deal-breaker truths are never even mentioned.â¦
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Robots are set to become increasingly familiar companions in homes by 2007, says a United Nations survey. Seven times more robots will helping us out with the cleaning, security and entertainment in three
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Aethon Inc. has brought out a system that uses two robots -- Homer and Tug -- to monitor the movement of medical equipment using RFID technology.