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Robotech Academy Kickstarter Hopes To Resurrect Unfinished Animated Series
The original Robotech ‘toon was a staple of my Saturday mornings when I was young, but it’s one of those …
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Magnet-Controlled Robotic Sperm Is Now A Thing That Exists In The World
When I first saw a headline about robotic sperm, I thought it was somehow related to the #Yesallwomen phenomenon. For …
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Meet OutRunner, The World’s New Fastest Robot
The world’s fastest robot used to belong to Boston Dynamics. Everything that used to belong to Boston Dynamics now belongs …
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World’s First Start-Up Competition For Robotics Is Taking Entries
Have you ever been engaged in some dull or repetitive task and thought, “I’d love a robot to do this …
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These Robots Want To Hang Out With Your Grandma
I’m currently teaching a research seminar on robots and artificial intelligence, and I recently posed a question to my students. …
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Manufacturing Robot Baxter Doesn’t Want To Replace Human Workers
Rethink Robotics, founded by former MIT faculty and CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) director Rodney Brooks, who also …
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Guy Hoffman’s TED Talk Tackles The Task Of Making Robots Seem More Human
Even though it’s in the title of this TED Talk, “souls” is a bit misleading. What roboticist, musician, and actor …
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DARPA’s Robotics Challenge Narrows The Field To Eight Finalists
DARPA’s Robotics Challenge, where teams compete to design and develop disaster response robots, kicked off in June, with the software-based …
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The Dutch Create The First Autonomous Flying Robot
Flying robots are nothing new (unless you’re Amazon), and neither, at this point, are robotic bees and remote-controlled cockroaches. But …
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Meet Valkyrie, NASA’s Superhero Robot
We’ve done lots of posts here on GFR about NASA, many of which bemoan the state and the budget of …
Robots Are Revolutionizing Education And Development For Autistic Children
Kids with autism or Asperger’s often struggle with social interaction, which can make conventional classroom learning extremely challenging and sometimes …
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Robots Go Gaga For Smartphones In This Quirky Short Film
If we’re to believe the majority of written and visual science fiction, then the future of this planet will come …
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Move Over, Jacques Cousteau—This Robot Turtle Investigates Shipwrecks
While drones and rovers are common in the robot-related headlines these days, robots are slowly but surely taking to the …
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TEDx Talk Shows How Robots Can Make The World More Physically Accessible
10 years ago, at the age of 40, Henry Evans suffered what many would consider their worst nightmare—a stroke that …
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Robots Run This Space-Themed Chinese Hotel
Okay, China. You win. A space-themed hotel is pretty badass, but staffing it with robots? Total genius. Given that most …
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Robotic Surgery May Not Be The Medical Revolution Doctors Initially Thought
Last year, a slew of articles and studies claimed that doctors who play video games become more skilled surgeons. The …
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Big Time Rush Plus George Lopez Plus Robots Equals La Vida Robot
‘Round these parts, we’re reluctant to admit that not all things are as cool as Robot Combat League, and that …
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Robot Musicians Perform in Brooklyn, Threatening Local Hipster Population
Move over, hipsters. Your ranks are about to be infiltrated. And all those girls you get playing the guitar? You’re …
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Japan’s Kirobo Robot Talks To Us From Space
One small step for man, one even smaller step for robots. On August 21, Japan’s adorable Kirobo robot became the …
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Isaac Asimov Predicted The Future Of 2014, In 1964
Could Isaac Asimov see the future? Science fiction has always been about imagining the future: technologically, philosophically, or even satirically. …
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Can An Artificial Intelligence Get Into The University Of Tokyo?
Artificial intelligence isn’t at the point where we’re all bowing down to our robot overlords just yet, but it’s a …
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Meet RoboThespian, An Actual Robotic Stand-Up Comedian
Recently, we told you guys about a computer that comes up with its own jokes and gauges audience reaction. I …
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TED Talk Describes Jobs Of The Future And The Future Of Jobs
Lately, you can’t scan the technology section of a paper or magazine without seeing articles about robots replacing humans in …
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Crowdfund A Robot With The Artificial Intelligence Of A Three-Year-Old
Everybody likes to talk about artificial intelligence as if there is one simple hurdle to jump over and then BOOM, …
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Pacific Rim/Robot Jox Mashup Trailer Has To Be Experienced
Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is one of the biggest movies coming out this summer. While Japanese Anime and pop …
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Robotic Snakes Will Hug (Strangle) Whatever They’re Thrown Against
Surrounded by Louisiana wetlands, I’ve seen my fair share of snakes. Without a textbook knowledge of what’s what, I just …
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The Japanese Invented A Robot Suit, Named It HAL
Seemingly in preparation for the release of director Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, the world has decided it’s about damn …
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Super Robot Fight Planet Teaser Promises Stop-Motion Robotic Fun
With a name like Super Robot Fight Planet, you already have a leg up on your competition. From that title …
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Collaborative Robot Assists Workers, Rather Than Replacing Them
As robotic technology becomes a staple in the manufacturing industry, many workers fear that they could lose their jobs to …
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