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  • CoWriter: Children Using Robots To Learn Writing

    Mar 08, 2015

    CoWriter is a system developed by researchers from EPFL to help children improve their handwriting skills by using a robot which makes it possible for them to learn in a more positive environment.

  • CIROS Promotes the Leaping Development of Robotics

    Jun 17, 2015

    With its global renowned exhibitors, CIROS has become the most important annual event of the domestic robotics industry while promoting and leading the transformation of manufacturing in China.

  • Harvesting Robot Picks Peppers

    Oct 13, 2014

    Project CROPS developed a robotic system that is able to selectively spray and harvest sweet peppers while autonomously navigating through a greenhouse.

  • One more day to RoboCup 2013

    Jun 25, 2013

    Only one more day to go untill this years Robocup soccer competition will start in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. RoboCup is the largest international robotics event which is held every year.

  • European Robotics Week 2014

    Nov 18, 2014

    On November 24 - 30, the 4th edition of the European Robotics Week will take place in a range of locations throughout Europe featuring a variety of robotics-related activities for the general public.

  • Water testing Robots from TESC

    Jul 10, 2014

    Taihei Environmental Science Center (TESC) has developed a new robotic system that automates the entire process of water testing using a series of 3 individual robots.

  • Another Robot Bound To Run

    Sep 16, 2014

    MIT Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory researchers have developed a special computer process for bounding, which enables the Cheetah v. 2 to run faster and untethered

  • Robots To Staff Hotel In Japan

    Feb 03, 2015

    In July, the Henn-na Hotel in the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Japan will open with most of the staff being robots

  • NSK robot to guide blind people

    Sep 07, 2011

    NSK has recently announced that they are developing a quadrupedal robot that could act as a guide dog helping people who are visually impaired.

  • RoboCup's new initiative: RoboParty!

    Jun 29, 2014

    RoboParty is a unique educational project that helps young people interested in robotics. This year, the RoboParty event is part of the Robocup 2014 event and is held from July 21st - 23rd, 2014.

  • Social Robots Are Getting Emotional

    Feb 13, 2015

    Researchers have been working on a social robot that collaborates with caretakers and relatives to support elderly to maintain an independent life.

  • ABB Unveils Collaborative Robot: YuMi

    Sep 09, 2014

    ABB has unveiled the world’s first truly collaborative robot: YuMi®, an Innovative and human-friendly, dual-arm robot with breakthrough functionality that unlocks vast global additional automation potential in the robotics industry.

  • Powering-Up Emergency Responder Robots

    Jan 14, 2015

    Sandia National Laboratories’ newest emergency responder robots will address problems with degraded physical environments and energy efficiencies.

  • Robot Plants Growing Roots

    Oct 10, 2014

    PLANTOID is a robotics project with the aim to design and build a new generation of robotics hardware and software technologies inspired by plants.

  • Edison Robot Raises 400% of Crowdfunding Goal

    Aug 22, 2014

    Robot Edison raises more than 400% of its crowdfunding goal in a Kickstarter campaign. Edison is an easy-to-program robot intended to be used in schools as a fun and engaging way to educate students about robotics and programming.

  • RoboCup is going to Brazil

    Jun 18, 2014

    A week after the FIFA World Cup has ended, RoboCup is taking place in João Pessoa, Brazil. The games will start on july 19th with 2 days of set up, followed by the actual competitions on the 21th till 24th and a Symposium on the 25th.

  • ICARUS Uses UAV For Demining

    Jun 16, 2014

    To protect deminers and save time, ICARUS has started to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for mapping and detecting. One of the major issues facing flood-hit areas is the widespread presence of unexploded devices from the war.

  • Lil'Bot is crowdfunding with Kickstarter

    Jun 06, 2014

    Lil'Bot is a robotics project which aims to build a low-cost, open-source, balancing robot that is easy to program. In order to fund this robotics project, its creator Chris Hakim started a crowdfunding program using Kickstarter.

  • ACHIRES: Watch That Robot Run!

    Sep 05, 2014

    Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa and his colleagues at the Ishiwaka Watanabe Laboratory of the University of Tokyo developed a bipedal walking robot that is one of the fastest robots ever made: ACHIRES

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