More about robots (229)

6-12-2012 | This article first appeared in the December issue of Elektor. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the merger of the physical and the digital wo...

21-11-2012 | It does not happen often. Calling for a public debate about the desirability of a technology that is still at least 20 or 30 years away from...

14-11-2012 | With everybody constantly on their phones, the emergence of the Internet of Things and augmented reality, ubiquitous computing does not seem...

20-10-2012 | Charli-2 comes out of the RoMeLa Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory at Virginia Tech. There is more to Charli-2 than just hot dance moves...

26-09-2012 | A sensor array that can be strapped to the chest builds a map in real time as the user moves through the environment. The team of MIT’s Co...

10-07-2012 | In the 2005 comic book series The Surrogates (turned into a movie by the same name in 2009) people remotely operate humanoid robotic substit...

27-06-2012 | When art partners with technology the results are often fascinating. But when the starring role is given to sixteen quadrotors mounted with...

15-05-2012 | Computer performance doubles roughly every two years but human performance unfortunately does not. So, in order to stay in control of increa...

1-05-2012 | Small robots are eminently suitable for experimenting with various possibilities for generating movement. Particularly when a number of legs...

30-04-2012 | Attending the Robocup Dutch Open is like taking a peek into the future. Teams of fully autonomous robots compete with each other in a soccer...