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Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, picked by bjk1903 5 months ago tags science technology robots computers data research |
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Robots have long been the fascination of people throughout the world. Movies have stretched the imagination and science and technology have made some robots a reality. Following are ten high technology robots that may change the world. picked by prinks 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Humans revel in touch. Touch-spoiled babies grow up healthier; lovers can't keep their hands off each other; and people who master the subtle touch are perceived as friendlier; and THAT could also be key to making robots accepted by humans as social peers, scientists say. (Is it me, or does that demonstrative pic just look 'wrong') picked by DrNothing 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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British scientists will today take the first steps in an astonishing project to create the first real-life Transformers - the science fiction robots which can change shape at will. The £4.6million experiment will attempt to build swarms of tiny robots, each the size of a sugar cube, that move around on their own and connect together to form larger, intelligent machines. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Robots from about 30 firms took part in three-day event which began on Friday. They were pitted against each other in football matches and a variety of other contests. Also on display was "Karfe Lady" a humanoid robot from Japan's Nippon Engineering College. "She" was able to take on passers-by in games of "rock-paper-scissors". picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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US scientists are taking the first step towards testing potentially hazardous chemicals on cells grown in a laboratory, without using live animals. High speed robots would make testing faster, cheaper, and more effective, while leaving animals unharmed. picked by mahler87 10 months ago 4 comments edit related share science |
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If robots are made to exhibit characteristics of the human psyche, then this research explains that they must also exhibit psychopathic tendencies. picked by snood 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Mr. Woo has no formal training in mechanical engineering, none whatsoever, but he goes ahead and makes robots anyway, 24 hours a day. It drives his wife nuts but he just can’t seem to help himself. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
