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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

  Tags: whatisthisidonteven, robots, gadgets, consumer electronics

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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

  Tags: robots

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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

  Tags: cebit, CeBIT Germany, robots

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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

  Tags: robots

• 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

  Tags: consumer electronics, gadgets, iRobot, robots

• Google Blames a Human for its Robo-Car Crash

  One of Google's self-driving cars got into an accident earlier this week. But Google is claiming the auto-pilot-equipped Prius was actually flipped into manual mode when the accident happened, making this a case of user error.

  By Paul Suarez | 07 August, 2011 10:45

  Tags: consumer electronics, gadgets, Google, robots

• Robotic Herds Could Be the Next Step in Farming

  Fully autonomous herds of robots could be the future of farming, or at least that's what one roboticist thinks. Trossen Robotics forum member Vanmunch has developed an "Autonomous Micro Planter," which he's named Prospero.

  By Blair Hanley Frank | 01 March, 2011 12:39

  Tags: gadgets, robotics, robots

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  Robot speeds up cancer research effort

  A robot like an oversized inkjet printer is dramatically speeding up the Australian search for new cancer-fighting drugs for children.

  By AAP | 15 February, 2011 11:22

  Tags: cancer, Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA), robots

• Robotic privacy curtain fails, but amuses the masses

  More than ever, people are taking their online and real-life privacy more seriously. Swedish inventor Niklas Roy also felt that his privacy was being invaded on a more basic level--by passers-by looking in through his large workshop window. Most might have just opted for a normal curtain, but Niklas got inventive and created the robotic curtain.

  By Elizabeth Fish | 12 January, 2011 04:39

  Tags: consumer electronics, gadgets, robots

• WA robot off to NZ mine

  The West Australian government is sending a robot to New Zealand to assist in the rescue operation for 29 miners, including two Australians, trapped underground at the Pike River coal mine.

  By AAP | 23 November, 2010 14:31

  Tags: NZ mine disaster, robots

• Get Snooping With a Nosy Japanese Robot

  If you're a homeowner and have done any sort of do-it-yourself home projects, chances are you've had to get into the crawlspace beneath your home on some occasion. It's a dirty job, sure, but somebody's got to do it. However, a robot out of Japan can save the hassle.

  By Elizabeth Fish | 26 October, 2010 09:49

  Tags: gadgets, robotics, robots

• Behold the robotic future of cake decoration

  Developments are still continuing apace in the field of delicious-food-making robots. This time we have an automated cake decorator that extrudes designs onto your cake in a process that's one part frosting, one part spirograph, and 100% awesome.

  By David Daw | 20 October, 2010 11:55

  Tags: cooking appliances, home appliances, robotics, robots

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  iRobot demos 'shape shifting' next-gen robots

  Meet the next generation of robots that shape-shift, are squish-able, and can troll the world's oceans for months on a single battery charge. iRobot, best known for its Roomba disc-shaped robotic floor sweeper, is going way beyond scooping potato chips from under couches with its latest robot offspring.

  By Robert S. Anthony | 16 October, 2010 05:21

  Tags: iRobot, robotics, robots, Tech industry

• Google's Self-Driving Car: Will Hollywood's Dream Become Reality?

  Google self-driving cars may someday let us nap at the wheel, but in Hollywood driverless cars such as K.I.T.T. are old news. Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently announced the search engine giant was actively testing autonomous cars and had already logged 140,000 miles with its fleet. The technology isn't quite ready, but don't tell that to Hollywood.

  By Ian Paul | 13 October, 2010 05:58

  Tags: Automotive, entertainment, Google, industry verticals, robots, Tech industry

• MIT builds swimming, oil-eating robots

  MIT researchers have used nanotechnology to develop a robot that can autonomously navigate across the surface of the ocean to clean up an oil spill.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 27 August, 2010 07:00

  Tags: BP, Emerging Technologies, green, green IT, hardware, hardware systems, robots