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Students Create Robotic Locker Opener for Disabled Classmate
Muscular dystrophy robbed Nick Torrance of his ability to walk, which would be hard enough for a teenager to handle. But it also hindered...
Youth Robotics Club Helps Paralyzed Cat
Nine-month-old Flipper the kitten was born with a twisted spine that makes it impossible for him to stand up -- or walk about without...
Robot Built to Harvest Space Junk, Recycle Dead Satellite Parts
Earlier this year, a government agency known for its futuristic technologies, introduced its Phoenix program--an initiative that aims to "develop and demonstrate technologies to...
Paralyzed Woman Now Eats and Writes Using Mind-Controlled Robot Arm
Researchers in the United States have developed a robotic arm controlled directly by thought with a level of agility closer than ever to a...
Paralyzed Person Can Use Brain Signals to Control Robot
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone.
The team at Switzerland’s Federal Institute of Technology...
Robotic Surgery Brings Revolutionary Relief to Sleep Apnea Sufferers
A 32-year-old police officer hasn't benefitted from a good night's sleep in years. Suffering with sleep apnea, the only option for him was an...
Wee Robot Wanders the Streets To Raise Money For Charity (Video)
The future of fundraising may conjure visions of Star Wars.
Tim Pryde, a 21-year-old product-design student at the University of Dundee, in Scotland, built a...
US Sending Robots to Japan to Help Nuclear Plant
The U.S. government is sending some robotic help to Japan to help regain control of the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant. A top Energy Department official...
UK Team Builds Robot Fish to Detect Pollution
Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off north Spain to detect pollution. The team hopes to use...
Robot Offers Hip Surgery Success
"A surgical robot developed by UK scientists makes hip operations so simple even students get good results." (BBC Health)
Monkey Brains In U.S. Make Robot Walk In Japan
New research allows rhesus monkeys in North Carolina - just by thinking - to control robotic arms & legs all the way in Japan....
Robot Suits Offer Super Powers That Help Elderly
Japanese scientists showed off their intimidating and clunky AIR-PRESSURE ROBOT SUIT, designed to keep old people out of wheelchairs and on their own. In...
Homemade Robot Reacts to Bad News
"One student, for example, made a robot that sits on the side of the road and, when it sees a car going too fast,...
Aerial Robot Camera Helps to Fight Fires
It may look like an invention straight out of a science-fiction film, but a new remote-controlled helicopter robot is the latest gadget being used...
Forget the Zoos, Let’s Go to the Robotarium
I can imagine my kids screaming in the back seat, "Robotarium! Robotarium!" Their obsession demands a visit to the first zoo ever created to...
Robots Clear Waterways of Deadly Mines
Andrew submitted this link to an AP story about a new technology developed for clearing deadly underwater mines. The ultimate in lifeguards, this...
Polar Robot to Roam South Pole doing Science Experiments
Look at the Cool Robot! That's the name for the new solar-powered mobile science station built by Dartmouth students and faculty to specifically withstand...
Less Invasive Way to Collect Blood Is Inspired by Leeches and Needs No Medical Training
A new blood-draw device that's painless but more reliable than a finger prick has been developed by researchers in Zurich to help physicians bypass...
Drones Find Dozens of Landmines Littering Ukraine So They Can Be Defused
When drones appeared on the scene en masse, many people saw the potential immediately—for military purposes, for breathtaking photography, even wildlife conservation, but for...
‘Hello, Voyager!’ Celebrated Spacecraft Is Once Again Transmitting After Nasa Repair from 15 Billion Miles Away
Last November, one of NASA's most famous craft, Voyager 1, stopped transmitting messages to the great anxiety of those responsible for receiving them.
It wasn't...