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Seahorse's Armor Gives Engineers Insight Into Robotics Designs - SpaceDaily Space Daily Researchers are hoping to use a similar structure to create a flexible robotic arm equipped with muscles made out of polymer, which could be used in medical...

There is a huge fall in the honeybee population, nearly a one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died due to mysterious affliction called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which began to wipe out honeybee hives.

Meet Cyro, the robotic jellyfish. Designed by a team of researchers at Virginia Tech's College of Engineering, the robot is 5 feet, 7 inches wide and weighs 170 pounds but is stealthy enough to one day be used as an underwater spy for the military...

The history of computers is the history of abstraction. Early calculating machines, like Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner, hid the calculating process from the user, but still required the user to input numbers and provided numbers as output.

LROD system helps robots to discover objects for themselves - Gizmag
Gizmag
One of the major anticipated applications for robots is in care for the elderly and helping them with daily tasks.

Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci surgcal robot, has issued an "urgent medical device notification." They are announcing that certain -09 and -10 versions of the MCS instruments may develop micro-cracks near the distal (scissor) end of the...

Gliding robot mimics flying fish
New Scientist
IT MIMICS the leaping glides of flying fish and needs no external power.

When Michael Gore stands, it's a triumph of science and engineering.

Should we fear the rise of robots? From pharmacists to fast food cooks, here's a look at 10 advancements in technology that could put you out of work.

One of the leaders in bio-inspired robots is right across the Bay from the Academy. Biologists and engineers at UC Berkeley have been collaborating for several years on biological inspiration.

San Diego Entertainer Magazine
Robotic insects make first controlled flight - SpaceDaily
Space Daily
In the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight.

A silk moth — actually, 14 different male silk moths — each, in turn, hooked up to a robotic vehicle at Dr. Noriyasu Ando's lab at the University of Tokyo. Every one drove the vehicle to the intended target.

Watch this robotic worm assemble itself. Oh, and it was 3D printed. - Io9
io9
Sure, this adorable little inchworm robot looks cute.

The Tokyo Times
Do You Stink? This Robot Will Tell You - Mashable
Mashable
If you're headed to an important meeting or big date, it's probably a good idea to make sure you don't stink.

Robot Suit Turns Kids Into
PSFK
Sakakibara Kikai's newest robot suit, the Kid's Walker Cyclops, weighs 800 pounds and is 7 feet tall. Developed for children, the cockpit opens up to reveal a ladder so they can climb up and operate it.

Stäubli Announces Technology Days Open House Robotics Online (press release) Stäubli Technology Days is geared to professionals in engineering and manufacturing management who are looking for ways to increase efficiency and maximize productivity...

3D-Printed Robot Assembles Itself
Discovery News
Robots — they grow up so fast. First, all they want is to be tethered and have roboticists and engineers put them together and tighten their screws.

Wiggle robotic cat ears by increasing your state of calm. Astonishing advances in the ability to harness brain waves have made the fantastic notion of moving and controlling objects with the mind possible.