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DARPA Building Robots With ‘Real’ Brains - Blog

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Learning and Teaching attempts - HE: robots and artificial intelligence

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Dances with Robots | BU Today | Boston University

Dances with Robots | BU Today | Boston University | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
In the video above, watch researchers at BU's Intelligent Mechatronics Lab design dancing robots. View closed captions on YouTube. As dancers, this couple is no Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The leader's moves are ...
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The Robot as Decider | BU Today | Boston University

The Robot as Decider | BU Today | Boston University | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
In the video above, Massimiliano Versace and colleagues at BU's Neuromorphics Lab describe how they are using biological intelligence to create increasingly autonomous robots. NASA has tapped the lab for two ...
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This Humanoid Robot Gets Pushed Around But Stays on Its Feet - IEEE Spectrum

This Humanoid Robot Gets Pushed Around But Stays on Its Feet - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Italian researchers are building a humanoid that can balance like humans do
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Robots Save Easter After Negligent Bunny Makes A Mess Of ...

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The Robotics and Perception Group in the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zurich is nailing it. Funded in 2012, they are studying the development of autonomous robots by making seasonal videos.
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Video Friday: Robot Jellyfish, Robot Dragonfly, and a Crazy Game of Telepresence Soccer - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Robot Jellyfish, Robot Dragonfly, and a Crazy Game of Telepresence Soccer - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
When it comes to robotic insects, there is certainly such a thing as far too big
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TurtleBot 2: Unboxing and First Demo - IEEE Spectrum

TurtleBot 2: Unboxing and First Demo - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Let's see what happens when we take our TurtleBot 2 out of the box and try to get it to follow us around
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Robot Ants Blaze Trails with Pheromones of Light - IEEE Spectrum

Robot Ants Blaze Trails with Pheromones of Light - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
A swarm of small robots mimics the path-finding behavior of real ants.
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Swarming robots could be the servants of the future | Science Codex

Swarming robots could be the servants of the future | Science Codex | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines.
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News in Brief: Custom-designed legs help robots speed over sand ...

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News in Brief: Custom-designed legs help robots speed over sand. Six-legged machine runs across grainy surfaces. By Meghan Rosen. Web edition: March 22, 2013. A+ A- Text Size. Six-legged machine runs across grainy surfaces ...
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Futurity.org – Convex legs let tiny robots scurry in sand

Futurity.org – Convex legs let tiny robots scurry in sand | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Postdoctoral fellow Chen Li observes as a robotic arm rotates a model c-shaped leg through poppy seeds to measure ground reaction forces used to create terradynamics. The researchers are studying how legged robots ...
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Swarm Robots Cooperate with AR Drone

"Spatially Targeted Communication and Self-Assembly," by Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'Grady, and Marco Dorigo, from Universite Libre de ...
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Bizarre Soft Robots Evolve to Run - IEEE Spectrum

Bizarre Soft Robots Evolve to Run - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
These simulated robots may be wacky looking, but they've evolved on their own to be fast and efficient.
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The Robots App Is FREE During National Robotics Week - IEEE ...

The Robots App Is FREE During National Robotics Week - IEEE ... | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
More than 30000 people have already downloaded the app over the weekend. What are you waiting for?
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The Robobee Project Is Building Flying Robots the Size of Insects: Scientific American

The Robobee Project Is Building Flying Robots the Size of Insects: Scientific American | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Thousands of robotic insects will take to the skies in pursuit of a shared goal
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Indian Academic Builds Humanoid Robot with Artificial Intelligence - Science World Report

Indian Academic Builds Humanoid Robot with Artificial Intelligence - Science World Report | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Science World Report Indian Academic Builds Humanoid Robot with Artificial Intelligence Science World Report (Photo : Reuters) An Indian academic Ram Ramamoorthy, has developed a humanoid robot that will play the traditional 'rock-scissor' game...
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Video Friday: Robot Rocket, Giant Sphero, and 3D Printed Head - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Robot Rocket, Giant Sphero, and 3D Printed Head - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
And more from Festo. And iRobot. And JPL. Get ready for the weekend with Video Friday!
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These Robots Work Together Using Advanced Artificial Intelligence ...

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Dr. Roderich Gross, Head of the Natural Robotics Lab at the University of Sheffield, and his team have created 40 robots that can work together through the use of advanced artificial intelligence. The robots are programmed to ...
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Interview: TurtleBot Inventors Tell Us Everything About the Robot - IEEE Spectrum

Interview: TurtleBot Inventors Tell Us Everything About the Robot - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Melonee Wise and Tully Foote talk to us about TurtleBot's past, present, and future
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Startup Spotlight: SynTouch Seeks to Enable Robots With 'Machine Touch' - IEEE Spectrum

Startup Spotlight: SynTouch Seeks to Enable Robots With 'Machine Touch' - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
This California company has developed an innovative tactile sensor modeled after the human fingertip
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Scientists Use Tiny Robots to Understand Ants [Video] | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network

Scientists Use Tiny Robots to Understand Ants [Video] | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
Want to know how ants think? Look to the robots.



A study published in PLOS Computational Biology explains how researchers used tiny robots to investigate ant behavior.

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Better Eyes for Flying Robots - IEEE Spectrum

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New systems could improve the vision of micro aerial vehicles.
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Teachable moments: Robots learn our humanistic ways

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(Phys.org) —Robots can observe human behavior and—like a human baby—deduce a reasonable approach to handling specific objects.
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Video Friday: Robots That Fold, Robots That Drive, Robots That Drink - IEEE Spectrum

Video Friday: Robots That Fold, Robots That Drive, Robots That Drink - IEEE Spectrum | Robots in Higher Education | Scoop.it
It's a good thing that these origami robots can't fold themselves and multiply, because if they could, the world would have ended by now. It's Video Friday!
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