Military robots in conventional warfare, fighting as foot soldiers may sound other-worldly, Hollywood-like or even sinister to some. But if experts are to be believed, they could be a reality in the very near future. The latest robotic technology researchers at various institutions have been supporting the US Military in   Read More ...

In any discussion of the latest robotic technology, whenever there’s a mention of the origins of robotics, everybody thinks of Isaac Asimov. Fair enough, the science-fiction writer coined the term, and we are pretty certain without him, the things we know today as robots would be known by far less   Read More ...

If the way latest robotic technology can be misunderstood, under-appreciated and negatively perceived needed a showcase, the movie “I, Robot” would be the perfect candidate. It relies on slapdash pseudo-science and a general sense of paranoia that artificial (non-carbon based) intelligent life forms and robotic technology in general seem to   Read More ...

While robots that look, act and sound like humans have long been the subject of works of science fiction, those who follow robotics news, and developments in robotics technology, know that it’s not likely to be any time soon, and the idea may even be impractical. As a matter of   Read More ...

Robotics News: Robots are Older than You Think Regardless of the popular culture beliefs and general robotics news associated hysteria, the notion of robotics is far from a new form of technology. History books reveal that robots have been around for a long time. Actually, the very first documented creation   Read More ...

War leaves out a lot of dirty side-effects the worst of which is the mine-field. The single largest cause of civilian death in war-torn countries, a mine is simple and effect tool of death. Technology has come a long way from the age of metal detectors. Robots are used not   Read More ...

Climate scientists have turned to the U.S. and the Australian navy to deploy robotic measurement devices in the Indian Ocean, where pirates have made the area very dangerous for investigators. About a quarter of the ‘Indian Ocean is now a taboo topic of climate scientists are trying to run a   Read More ...

Farsighted Bristol Water has tested a couple of innovative underwater cleaning robot, if they can be used to ensure that customers continue to receive deliveries of clean tap water. The company was working with the Scottish firm of independent water quality engineers Panton McLeod to see if the machines –   Read More ...

I, Robot had people with personal robots in fiction of the 2035th But personal robot named Luna is visually less humanoid and more like those we saw in the movie Wall-E, taken hundreds of years after today. Luna was developed by RoboDynamics and will begin shipping later this year. CEO   Read More ...

Forget roasting marshmallows and going on nature hikes. Summer camp has gone high-tech. Students ages 10 to 18 roamed the laboratories at Auburn University’s Shelby Center for Engineering Technology on Saturday as they built and programmed Lego robots, designed Google apps and created games and videos through programming software. AU’s   Read More ...