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Life-Size Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot: Man Builds Droid That Punches You

Science fiction writers have long imagined the day when robots will rise up and attack humans. It's safe to say that none of them pictured it looking anything like this. An Australian draftsman has constructed a robotic boxing buddy, called Punching Pro, that uses two arms powered by 12-volt windshield-wiper motors to...

NASA Plans 2025 Manned Mission to Asteroid

It's a little soon for astronauts to suit up, but NASA is planning to send a manned mission to an asteroid in 2025. In keeping with President Barack Obama's 2010 vision, the space agency has shifted its sights from returning to the moon and, instead, is aiming for a smaller -- and possibly more dangerous -- rock in space,...

US Robots to Peek Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown

The world may soon get a glimpse inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant -- through the "eyes" of a U.S.-made robot. A Massachusetts company that manufactures robots for U.S. military bomb disposal units in Iraq and Afghanistan has sent four of its top-technology robots to Japan, to venture into radiation-exposed...

Internet for Robots: It's Not Skynet, It's RoboEarth

It's one of science fiction's most familiar ideas: computers that can, when hooked up to other computers, become self-aware and exhibit human characteristics. The results are often sinister, as the machines perceive humanity as a threat and defend themselves to the death. "Star Trek" had its Ultimate Computer, among many...

Training Begins for 2011 Robot World Cup Soccer

(Oct. 25) -- Get ready to break out your iVuvuzelas. Although the 2010 RoboCup championship in Singapore has already crowned its champion -- Germany's "B-Human" took first prize in the standard platform league -- researchers at the University of Edinburgh are already gearing up for the 2011 competition. The 2010 RoboCup...

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05/30/12 The Italian Drone Fleet You Didn't Know About Is... Source: The Business Insider The U.S. plans to arm Italy's fleet of drones and U.S. officials say that Italy intends to initially deploy them in Afghanistan , reports Adam Entous of the Wall Street Journal.
05/30/12 Knife-wielding robots to debone chickens at superhuman... Source: NBC - NBC 40 WTWC - Tallahassee FL Robots are more than capable of painting cars, firing rivets and doing other mechanical tasks, but it seems that cutting up a chicken properly presents quite a challenge.
05/30/12 Ottawa considers high-altitude drones for Arctic... Source: Red Deer Advocate - Red Deer - AB - Canada The Harper government is considering a proposal to buy at least three high-altitude, unmanned aerial vehicles in what could be an attempt to salvage its Arctic sovereignty ambitions.
05/30/12 Surgical robots to take over operating theatres Source: New Zealand Herald Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations.
05/30/12 Spying Robots & More: The Coming Robotics Revolution Source: BankSITE Anticipating the potential for civilian uses, AeroVironmentin 2011 unveiled the Qube, a portable unmanned aircraft system for police and other first responders.