Sci-Tech

NASA prepares humanoid robots for trip to Mars

Humanoid Robots to pioneer Mars colonisation?

30/05/2016

World News

Robots ‘must not be given license to kill’

Autonomous robots should never be used for combat missions because they would undermine the fundamental rules of war, a report has warned.

13/04/2016

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Meet Little Casper, a robot designed to help children suffering from cancer

A robot named “Little Casper” has been designed to help children in hospital suffering from cancer. It is currently being tested at this hospital in

28/03/2016

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Takeaway: my robot, my friend

28/03/2016

Culture news

Putting the art into artificial intelligence as a critic robot tours Quai Branly in Paris

Visitors to Paris' Quai Branly museum of indigenous art will encounter a little robot in a bowler hat which is programmed to record their reactions and then use the data to develop its own taste.

02/03/2016

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Humanoid robots take centre stage in China

Humanoid robots were among the highlights of the World Robot Exhibition, which is taking place in Beijing from November 23-25. They included Android

25/11/2015

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Robot archaeologists: taking the risks out of underwater fieldwork

Underwater archaeology is an exciting, but sometimes risky field of studies. To eliminate those risks a European research project, ARROWS, is working

14/09/2015

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Do you know: are there still treasures under the sea?

14/09/2015

USA

Robotics a walk in the park with latest advances on display

Boston Dynamics , one of Google’s parent company Alphabet’s hi-tech arms, has released video of its latest baby, the Atlas robot. In the video the

18/08/2015

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Welcome to Japan's robot hotel

16/07/2015

Culture news

Humanoid robot stars in Berlin opera

A small robot, the size as an 8-year-old child, is the unlikely star of the opera ‘My Square Lady’ at Berlin’s Komische Oper. The opera tells the

02/07/2015

Target

Japan: using smart technology to save lives at sea and beyond

In this episode of Target Special Japan we discover a unique amphibious search and rescue plane. The ShinMaywa, used by the Japanese Navy, is the

06/04/2015

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Do you know: what is a soft robot?

08/09/2014

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A robot that grows

28/07/2014

Japan

Speaking robot has sent to the space from Japan

05/08/2013

World

How IT is boosting education

07/06/2013

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Do the locomotion

06/05/2013

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Handy Robots

25/02/2013

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Robots at work

18/02/2013

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A world without limits

13/11/2012