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Researchers build a robot you can’t knock down; Robot apocalypse begins
After all of our advancements in walking robots, we still have yet to see one that can pick itself back up. Current automatons either need to be helped back up or specifically designed to do so.
By Kevin Lee | 09 May, 2012 03:09
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Scientist unveils mind-controlled robot
A professor at a Swiss university has unveiled a robot that can be controlled by the brainwaves of a paraplegic person wearing an electrode-fitted cap, news agency ATS reported.
By AAP | 26 April, 2012 09:46
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Pole-dancing robots wow world tech fair
Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets at CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole-dancing robots.
By AAP | 07 March, 2012 09:57
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Flying robots play James Bond theme
A video shows flying robots darting through hoops, working together in swarms and even forming a band to play James Bond film theme music.
By AAP | 06 March, 2012 08:27
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Cyborg plants render humans even more obsolete
The cyborg plant is not a new concept. The robot plant replacement is even less new: You can buy one for a price of $4.19 from ThinkGeek, after all. But a team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich isn't interested in solar-powered plastic toys or surgically-altered self-lighting plants that hang on a wall (creepy!) -- they're giving plants the ability to feed, water, and sun themselves, by augmenting them with iRobot technology and wheels.
By Rachel Martin | 21 September, 2011 04:25
Features about robots
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The industrial robot revolution
One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.
By Sandra Gittlen | 20 February, 2012 22:25
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The 10 best hacks of 2010 (so far)
In honor of Towel Day, and the Glorious 25th of May, here are ten of our most favorite hacks featured in Geek Tech in the last five months, running the gambit from phone, car, and CPU mods. Read on for some great moments in geek!
By Alessondra Springmann | 26 May, 2010 03:14
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How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?
It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?
By Robert McMillan | 08 October, 2009 18:54
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Robots improve safety, efficiency at Thai hospital
A Thai hospital famous for medical tourism and celebrated for its use of new technologies is turning to robotics to become more efficient and improve patient safety.
By Dan Nystedt | 15 May, 2009 06:44
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