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Hotel Chain Introduces Robotic Butler

A robotic butler, also known as Botlr, debuted at the Aloft Hotel in Cupertino,...

Researchers Create Origami Robots

A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard University have developed an origami robot...

Baseball Team Adds Robo-Fans to Crowd

The South Korean Hanwha Eagles baseball team has added a section of robots to help improve the mood at baseball games. Over the past five years, the team has consistently been in last place and has lost over 400 games.

Researchers Creating Adaptable Furniture That Moves

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) are creating modular robots that...

Researchers Develop Material that can Change Between Hard and Soft States

A team of MIT researchers created a phase-changing material built from wax and foam that could be used to build deformable surgical robots. These robots could switch between hard and soft states without damaging organs or vessels as it travels through the body.

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3D Robots Made with Self-Assembling Components

Researchers at MIT have written two different papers that describe the idea of bakable...

Researchers Use Insects as Inspiration for Micro-Robots

University of Maryland researchers are using the legs of insects as inspiration to create new micro-robots that will be able to travel uneven terrain quickly. The team is also working to have the robots jump and clear obstacles in their way.

Increase in Human-Robot Interaction Sparked by ‘Sociable Humanoids’

In December 2013, Google acquired 8 robotic companies that specialize in manipulation, vision and humanoid robots. One of those companies is a spinout of MIT, Meka, and they are creating ‘sociable’ humanoids that safely work next to humans in various environments.

Tiny Robots Programmed to Work Independently to Build Structures

Scientists at Harvard University have created robots that use sensors, a few set of rules and environmental signals to build pyramids and other structures. The team was inspired by termites and their ability to work self-sufficiently without communication or a leader.

Robots Teaching Kids How to Code

Play-i Inc. is using robots created with 3-D printers to teach kids how to...
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