robots

On the record: New overseer for TechMeme robots

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 12/03/2008 - 6:19pm

Former Valleywag snarkstress Megan McCarthy is now the moderator of good taste and journalism for TechMeme.



 

Robots that fetch could help disabled at home

CNN.com - Health  Mon, 12/01/2008 - 9:45am

It took Norma Margeson a few minutes to learn to control the skinny metal robot.



 

Google jokesters warn off zombies

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 10/31/2008 - 10:10am

The search giant injects a little Halloween humor into its robots.txt file's instructions for Web-crawling software.



 

Digitizing Holocaust memories

CNET Tech blog  Mon, 10/20/2008 - 12:19pm

USC system backed by Spielberg and Sun uses robots to help make more than 100,000 hours of genocide testimonials videotaped on Betacam SP available on the Internet.



 

Test explores if robots can think

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Sun, 10/12/2008 - 11:15am

An experiment takes place at Berkshire's University of Reading to see if robots are capable of intelligent thought.



 

Stellar result in MoD challenge

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 11:52am

The Ministry of Defence has concluded a contest to identify robots best suited to battlefield conditions.



 

Robots aid nuclear clean-up

BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 6:45am

A small army of machines and ROVs is aiding in the demolition and clean-up of a Scottish nuclear plant.



 

Zappos tries robots on for size

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 06/27/2008 - 5:50am

Zappos.com, the online retailer with free shipping both ways, has hired little orange robots to carry your shoes.

Actually, the company, which now sells more than just shoes, has just finished outfitting it's Kentucky warehouse with a robotic army to help fill orders, the company supplying the system ...



 

Many Birthdays at Mohawk: 6-23-08

Austin Metablog  Thu, 06/26/2008 - 4:33am

Many Birthdays played Mohawk Monday with Paper Airplanes and Baby Robots. Photos and Review by Sounds Like Austin...

(via Sounds Like Austin)



 

Photos: Heavy metal at RoboGames

CNET Tech blog  Fri, 06/13/2008 - 8:55pm

Thousands of robots from dozens of countries fight their way through competitions at the International RoboGames in San Francisco.