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Robot joins resthome staff (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 17 hours ago
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Residents of an Auckland retirement village now have a robot helper, thanks to new research into inexpensive robotic assistants for the elderly. Selwyn Retirement Village in Pt Chevalier, where its tasks will include taking vital signs and giving reminders.
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Robotics, Robot, Health Medical Pharma, Technology Internet
Elkhart Memorial hosts Lego competition
Elkhart :: IN :: USA | about 22 hours ago
Credibility But we're not talking about a football field, we're talking about a contest field for a robotics competition...Teams program them with computers to perform tasks, and the most souped-up robots win.
Tags: Elkhart Memorial, Elkhart, Elkhart Indiana, Robot, Robotics, Danish design, Lego, Technology Internet, allnews
Cape Coral engineering class makes arms move
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility P.M. — As Amanda Dicicco pressed down on the syringe, the lever on the wooden robotic arm moved upward. �That one worked better than the first one,� said Jacen Vaughan, 15, one of her teammates. Excited to see progress, Dicicco gave Vaughan two thumbs...
Tags: Jeremy Dearinger, robot arm, Amanda Dicicco, Fort Myers, Robot, Medical equipment, Syringe, Robotics, Technology Internet, Education
Robots, morality topic of USI lecture
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Robots and morality will be the topics of a lecture Thursday evening at the University of Southern Indiana. The lecture, “Moral Machines: You May Like Robots, But Will They Care for You?” takes place at 6 p.m...Robots already handle tasks that include...
Tags: Evansville, Cognitive science, Technology Internet, Robotics, Robot, Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, Health Medical Pharma, Education
Guide, guard, gatekeeper: an all-in-one Taiwan robot
Taipei :: Taiwan | 6 days ago
Credibility Taiwan researchers have invented an robot that can act as a receptionist, tour guide, security guard and doctor's aide, the latest offering from an island seeking to make its name in the global robotics market. The 60 kg (132 lb) interactive robot named...
Tags: National Taiwan University, Monica, robot market, Taiwan, Taipei, Robots, Robotics, Robot, Technology Internet
Bristol scientists develop Scratchbot, the life-saving robot rat
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility A team of scientists has created the ScratchBot (Spatial Cognition and Representation through Active TouCh), which uses its plastic whiskers in a sweeping back and forth motion to find its way round, much like a real rat. The robot is part of an effort...
Tags: Bristol Robotics Lab, robot rat, United Kingdom, London, Cog, Robotics, Robot, Whiskers, Technology Internet
Tourney rewards love of Legos
Fort Collins :: CO :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility League Robotics Tournament in Poudre High School's main gymnasium. With 350 points, the Titans, eight students from Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, advanced to the final competition to determine the overall winner for the robot competition. The...
Tags: Aaron Aaeng, Legos, Fort Collins, Danish design, FIRST Lego League, FIRST, Robot competition, Robotics, LEGO, Educational toys, Embedded systems, allnews
Will Segway sci-fi ever be everyday fact?
Toyota :: Japan | 8 days ago
Credibility When the Segway first appeared, in 2001, it seemed like science fiction had sprung to life. Quiet, compact, efficient, and utterly mesmerizing with its ability to self-balance on two wheels, the U.S.-made "personal mobility device" promised to revolutionize...
Tags: Segway Japan, Japan Language, SGI Japan, Dai Akimoto, segways japan, segways tour, Shinrin Koen, akimoto explain, Segways, Japan, Toyota, Electric vehicles, Segway PT, Robotics
Japanese children embrace environmental consciousness
Tōkyō :: Japan | 9 days ago
Credibility We bring the children from grades five and six here twice a year, as they learn so much from the hands-on displays, and presentations and guides and the planetarium here is wonderful," said Miyuki Yamagishi, a grade six teacher from Kumagaya Nishi Elementary...
Tags: Kumagaya Nishi Elementary School, Mamoru Mohri, ASIMO, Japan, Tōkyō, Humanoid robot, Robot, Mohri, Planetarium, Robotics, Miraikan
Swiss robot creates art one brick at a time
Zurich :: Switzerland | 10 days ago
Credibility For close to four weeks in autumn a robot shipped in from Switzerland was busy laying bricks for a sculpture built deep in the heart of New York City's Chinatown. Swiss architects Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler are behind the project, which marks...
Tags: Gramazio & Kohler, Matthias Kohler, told swissinfo, Switzerland, Zurich, Industrial robot, Robot, Robotics, SRG SSR, Swissinfo, Technology Internet
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