I ROBOT! Do we need international rules?

Isaac Asimov set some rules that he thought that Robot’s if existed should obey.  The point is now that science fiction has started to become a reality we are seeing robotic technology and robots being...

Artificial brain '10 years away' - End of the human race?

" A detailed, functional artificial human brain can be built within the next 10 years, a leading scientist has claimed. Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat...

Canada's Space Program

Canada has an active space program, the CSA. Some of its products have been vital to the soon-ending Space Shuttle program, to the Hubble space telescope, and the International Space Station could hardly have been constructed without the robot arms. The CSA, working with...

The Wall-E Builder's Group Exceeds 2,400 Members!

With the release of Wall-E in November 2008, a renewed interest in the little guy has been sparked. The Wall-E Builder's Group is a group of builder's who started as a Google Group in October of 2007 on the founders (Jawa Lunk) birthday. The group had nothing more to start...

Robotic Pursuit Squads are a Forgone Conclusion

"Robotic Pursuit Squads are a Forgone Conclusion October 28 2008 / by Alvis BrigisCategory: Technology How likely is it that 5 years from now, sometime in 2013, the U.S. government will employ a pack of search robots to track human fugitives,...

[Smarter than Humans?] Why We Can Be Confident of Turing Test Capability With...

"Of the three primary revolutions underlying the Singularity (G, N, and R), the most profound is R, which refers to the creation of nonbiological intelligence that exceeds that of...

Robot Surgery: Successful

Surgeons in Calgary have successfully removed a young woman's brain tumour using a remote-control robot, taking advantage of the device's ability to move in smaller increments than is possible for humans."Doctors...

Third `Japan-Germany Industry Forum` to focus on robotics and food

"Robotics and the food industry will be the focus of this year's forum. Mr. Jiro Kawasaki will begin the forum with a keynote speech. He is a member of the Japanese House of Representatives and current Secretary General of the Germany-Japan Representatives Friendship...

Kindergarten and robots: Nyack has matched the two with good results

Kindergartner Akenti Wheeler has learned all about balance, levers and fulcrums by building a seesaw in her robotics class at Valley Cottage Elementary School.   Classmate Emil Radoncic can explain the...

The Old Meeting the New

The Old Meeting the New By: Anthea Mislan Technology to help to often neglected people in our society: the elderly. Artificial intelligence and robotics are fairly new on the market; the first one developed merely 1961 in t General Motors Plant. With a fast advancing...

RoboRoach, Better Than A Treasure Finder

 Who of us hasn't fallen victim to the malicious ways of forgetfulness? Now, with the creation of the RoboRoach, those peskey keys and socks will no longer be beyond our reach. Mitsubishi has recently come out with a device that combines one part dog, one part bug,...

Mars Or Bust

"Well in this case its a bust for the Canadian Space Agency and Canada's high tech value added high tech industries that are leading edge in space robotics. Ottawa scraps plans for Canadian-built Mars rover"

Women take on robotics to give it humanity

Researchers are finding new ways for robots to connect with humans in such amazing areas as health and children care."The new field of human-robot interaction was born. Unlike the rest of robotics, many of its...

I, Robot

"South Korea unveils armed guard robot for possible use along tense border with North"

NASA Postpones Shuttle Landing Due to Mystery Object, Weather

"NASA will postpone the planned Wednesday landing of the space shuttle Atlantis and its six-astronaut crew to further assess a mystery object seen floating between the orbiter and Earth earlier today."

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